Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 3, 2022

Outstanding Commitment to Social Justice and Sustainability Debbie Aitken, Edinburgh Medical School Glen Cousquer, School of Veterinary Studies Al Lawley-Powell, Students as Change Agents Outstanding Course ‘Deaf Studies’, Audrey Cameron, Moray House School of Education and Sport ‘Parliamentary Studies’, Marc Geddes, School (..)

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 2, 2022

At EAUC, we appreciate this is harder for some, and, as such, have launched a series of events to support individual subjects to embed sustainability in their teaching called ‘ realigning curricula for the future ’. Instead, teaching in all subjects must address the climate emergency.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 26, 2020

Use content to generate discussion and engagement – less is more. A big advantage of online learning is that it gives more control to the learner, so focus less on synchronous events (live sessions) and more on asynchronous activities (wikis, discussion boards, etc.). Give control to the learner. References Aitken, G., and Loads, D.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

I was first made aware of the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) when I completed their 30-minute online ‘ Be Sustainable ’ course for staff. In 2018, I started a lunchtime jogging group for staff and students, which introduced some students to jogging for the first time.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2019

This in turn, has been shown to increase the feelings of belonging during students’ time at University, and, subsequently, raises educational success (e.g., Recently, I attended a ‘Sharing good practice from quality processes’ event here at the University. Felten et al, 2016). Apr 2, 2019

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 4, 2019

PTAS project teams disseminate their work widely, both within the University of Edinburgh and beyond, through traditional journals and academic conferences, blogs, videos and public events. We gratefully acknowledge that annual funding for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme is provided by the University of Edinburgh Development Trust.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 10, 2019

Our students and staff have been fantastic at contributing engaging pieces of writing covering everything from teaching, research and events to campaigning. We encourage everyone to send in contributions to keep the blog interesting and diverse.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You can learn more about Extinction Rebellion (XR) here , and an upcoming event at University of Edinburgh here. Ellie Ashton Ellie Ashton is a first year Religious Studies student at the University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The vet school is unique in that many staff give lectures and then are interacted with again in practical classes and/or in the hospital. There are also staff at social events at the school, staff-student collaboration through UCVME activities , and various opportunities to express opinions to staff.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It builds on the Framework for Interactive Learning in Lectures (FILL) developed by Wood et al. 2016), which characterises lectures by recording the type of activity taking place and producing a second-by-second timeline of events. FILL was designed with a focus on ‘Peer Instruction’ (Mazur, 1999).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The vet school is unique in that many staff give lectures and then are interacted with again in practical classes and/or in the hospital. There are also staff at social events at the school, staff-student collaboration through UCVME activities , and various opportunities to express opinions to staff.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 27, 2022

The content available on Consent Collective TV is purposefully creative and full of variety because no one message can reach the diverse audiences that make up staff and student populations. You can listen to your own UoE gameshow episodes and Collective Thinking panel discussions here on your landing page.

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