Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 27, 2017

In September 2016 Sally Brown , an assessment, learning and teaching in higher education consultant, was invited to speak. The next meeting is in May 2017 and will be looking at opportunities for staff development such as the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Academic Practice (PgCAP) and peer observation.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 11, 2017

It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His remit in the IAD is enhancing assessment and feedback practices within the University of Edinburgh. Jul 11, 2017

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University Business

JUNE 26, 2024

In few places does this remain more evident than in higher education facilities organizations, where the unique flexibility of people is needed to serve a complex combination of human, operational and building demands. Now, they’re cutting staff Developing talent isn’t just about technical skills.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Scottish Council for Educational Research, and the Society for Research into Higher Education and has honorary doctorates from the Universities of Gothenburg and Turku. He also served as President of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Simon Varwell Simon Varwell is Senior Development Consultant at sparqs , Scotland’s national agency for student engagement, where he leads on institutional support and staff development.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 26, 2020

Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development. Information Services Teaching Continuity web pages New guidance for students on using online learning tools Derek Jones Dr Derek Jones is an Academic Coordinator on the MSc in Clinical Education. and Loads, D.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

For further reading about co-creation of the curriculum and students as partners in learning and teaching, I would recommend the following journals: International Journal for Students as Partners Journal of Educational Partnership, Innovation and Change Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education References Bovill, C., & Bulley, C.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes. Her research interests include, e-professionalism, digital education, and research ethics. Research profile Laura Wardrop Laura Wardrop is the CPD Manager for the Easter Bush Campus. Apr 22, 2024

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

AUGUST 1, 2018

For the last ten years I have been researching the ways that staff and students co-create curricula. I can’t imagine the BBC commissioning me to lead a TV series where I could showcase higher education co-created curriculum in the style of Professor Brian Cox on Astrophysics or Professor Mary Beard on Roman History.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

These issues will be discussed in great detail in the upcoming free and online course “Making Blended Education Work” starting May 11th… In the recent New Media Consortium horizon report (Alexander et al., driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for the next one to two years). Reference Alexander, B.,

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We’re all Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) , so we know what it’s like to take a good hard look at our own teaching and our students’ learning, to challenge ourselves to improve and to go public on our successes and disappointments and what we’ve learned from them.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It has been designed to complement existing continuing professional development around teaching in higher education currently being offered by the University. Oct 22, 2019

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 17, 2019

Read the HEA Case Study, Using blogs as a form of Assessment , in Transforming Assessment In Higher Education (pp. Nina Morris Dr Nina Morris (N.Morris@ed.ac.uk, @_NinaJM ) is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

The strategic context Every four years, QAA Scotland undertakes a cycle of reviews of all Scottish higher education institutions, focusing on enhancing the student experience – this is called the Enhancement-Led Institutional Review, or ELIR. Labake’s PhD research is exploring internationalisation of higher education and employability.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Commonly, we face a situation in higher education where teaching and research are considered as separate entities rather than as endeavours that support and enhance one another, and we wanted to challenge this perception. Studies in Higher Education , 29(6), 709-726. Making short politics placements work. Griffiths, R.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 15, 2019

Exploring what counts in higher education, on 3 and 4 June 2020, in Glasgow. The Enhancement Themes are key areas identified and agreed by the Scottish higher education sector as a means for institutions, academic staff, support staff and students to work together in a focused way to enhance the learning experience for students.

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MARCH 6, 2019

The appropriation and repurposing of social technologies in higher education. Exploring students’ understanding of how blogs and blogging can support distance learning in Higher Education. Studies in Higher Education , 39 (2), 219–232. Computers & Education , 58 (2), 766–774. link] Kerawalla, L.,

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Session 1: Mental Health Promotion in Higher Education We had our first session of the semester in Week 1 ( 17 Sept 2019). In this first session, led by Deborah Holt, we looked at the importance of mental health promotion in higher education. For more details please see the QEA webpages.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I spoke with colleagues from all three Colleges about what it has been like to grow as a teacher before the recent upsurge in formal continuing professional development for teaching in higher education. Nov 30, 2016

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 26, 2018

One option that can address these questions and hurdles is a professional teaching accreditation with Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy (HEA)). With new areas of literature comes a whole new language and many new ideas, often requiring a great deal of effort to get one’s head around.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 12, 2019

As part of the role, postgraduate peer tutors can work towards their Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), in a similar way to the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education. Higher Education, 71(2), 195-208. link] Bozalek, V., Alperstein, M., & Mitchell, V.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Scottish Council for Educational Research, and the Society for Research into Higher Education and has honorary doctorates from the Universities of Gothenburg and Turku. He also served as President of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 30, 2019

Celine Caquineau Dr Celine Caquineau is a lecturer at the Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. We are also considering how to effectively include our vast online BMS community in these events. For upcoming sessions, please visit the BMTO teaching network website.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 28, 2020

2020) Participatory alignment: a positive relationship between educators and students during online masters dissertation supervision. Teaching in Higher Education 0(0). link] Gill Aitken Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education, Edinburgh Medical School. Taylor & Francis: 1–15.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Soon after I had taken on a new role as Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development in autumn 2022, I enrolled on the PgCAP programme.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Many of us, including members of staff, have also benefited from the ethos of inclusion. Ensuring equitable opportunities for people to realise their aspirations has become an increasingly important agenda in higher education. Nevertheless, making education inclusive and accessible requires hard work.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Enabling Dialogue Between Students and Their Teachers – Anna Wood Keynote 2: Strong and Weak Ties – Changing Teaching Cultures in Higher Education – Dr. Torgny Roxå 4D: Preparing Students for Dealing with Wicked Problems – Rebekah Tauritz and Velda McCune 5C: What is the Value of Lecture Recording at the University of Edinburgh?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 27, 2020

Here we summarise a recent study that we undertook into the relationships that can develop during online postgraduate dissertation supervision. If you want to know more, the study has recently been published in Teaching in Higher Education. Derek Jones Dr Derek Jones is an Academic Coordinator on the MSc in Clinical Education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

An important focus of Sarah’s work is to enhance IAD collaboration and engagement with colleagues in Schools and Colleges and beyond to support high quality teaching and research provision in Higher Education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Her role in IAD gives her the opportunity to advise and support colleagues as they develop their digital teaching practices. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is currently undertaking a part-time PhD in educational research with a focus on hybrid teaching. Sep 23, 2021

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The growth of online education has greatly accelerated. With the rapid changes in whats available in devices and software, leaders of higher education institutions and faculty are being forced to think creatively about how to utilize and even embrace online education. Program and course development.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 24, 2019

Eli is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a masters student with Moray House, and is embarking on her first research project looking into studio teaching online. Read her learning technology blog or, if you are bored of learning tech, Eli is also an avid blogger on gardening, growing veggies, and cooking.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 17, 2022

Catherine Bovill Dr Catherine Bovill is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), University of Edinburgh, Visiting Fellow at the University of Bergen, Norway and Visiting Fellow at the University of Winchester, UK and previously a Fulbright Scholar. Jan 17, 2022

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Developed to support both students and staff, it now receives well over a million visits a year and its impact is extending within and beyond higher education. That’s where the Reflection Toolkit comes in. Read on to learn about what it is, how it can help you, and some places to start when thinking about reflection.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It has been designed to complement existing continuing professional development around teaching in higher education currently being offered by the University. Oct 22, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Higher Education , 1-19, [link]. Higher Education. A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on student attendance and attainment. Nordmann, E., Irwin, A., & Comber, D. link] Anne-Marie Scott Anne-Marie Scott is Deputy Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

He conducted a series of six studies with colleagues at Copenhagen Business School and the University of Birmingham, which included experiments and interviews aimed at understanding if staff should use smileys. Their results were rather conclusive… 2. This can also be downloaded as an Open Access e-book from Sense Publishers.

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