Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 27, 2017

As is often the case with networks, the chatting over coffee can be as informative as the planned sessions. From our perspective as education researchers, this network certainly feels like an effective way of disseminating information on university projects and resources that can help schools develop their learning and teaching strategies.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 24, 2019

In episode 5, Karen Howie (Technology Enhanced Learning Team Manager in Learning, Teaching and Web, Information Services) hosts a conversation about blogging to enhance your professional practice. She talks with University of Edinburgh staff members, Eli Appleby-Donald ( Learning Technologist at Ed inburgh College of Art) and Lorna M.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Rather than simply create more information for the students to look at, the students will be encouraged to go out and collect the information that will eventually make up the interactive organisational chart. My role in staff development means that I’m not just interested in the student experience, but the staff experience too.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 4, 2019

Photo credit: Pixabay, markmags, CC0 Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters, which showcases findings from recent projects that research learning and teaching practices at the University of Edinburgh. Rather, it is a way for them to make sense of their own teaching and their students’ learning, drawing on the principles of research.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Image Credit: Pixabay In this post, Prof Noel Entwistle introduces crucial insights gathered from his research into student learning dynamics at The University of Edinburgh. Some of these came from research into curriculum design, ways of teaching, and the learning experiences of students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

We have continued to keep an eye on new research being published in the sector in addition to commissioning and funding lecture recording research at the University through our Engagement and Evaluation group (much of it already covered in this mini-series). That’s okay.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 26, 2020

In most cases, you want it to be courteous but informal. Our experience and research into online teaching leads us to conclude that it can be an enormously enjoyable and effective strategy for learning and teaching. Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 29, 2019

Recorded at the end of this mini-series, these podcast episodes are guest hosted by the principal investigator on the lecture recording evaluation, Dr Jill Mackay ( a Research Fellow in Veterinary Education ). She has particular interests in digital skills, open educational resources, equality and diversity and online media.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2023

This is the second in a two-part conversation facilitated by Teaching Matters’ Eric Berger, which allows Emily and Andrew to consider the ‘whys, whats, and hows’ of podcasting through the lens of their PTAS-funded research project on educational podcasts. Transcript of this episode ] Timestamps: 2.15

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JANUARY 24, 2023

This is the second in a two-part conversation facilitated by Teaching Matters’ Eric Berger, which allows Emily and Andrew to consider the ‘whys, whats, and hows’ of podcasting through the lens of their PTAS-funded research project on educational podcasts. Transcript of this episode ] Timestamps: 2.15

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 17, 2019

In episode 4, student guest host, Lila Pitcher (Academic Blogging Intern in Information Services), leads a discussion with Dr Nina Morris (Lecturer in Human Geography) and Dr Hazel Christie (Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching) about the benefits, and challenges, of using blogging as an innovative form of assessment.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill. If interested, please contact Michael Gallagher for more information. References Moore, M.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 31, 2023

Dr King-Okoye is a lecturer in Nursing Studies at the School of Health in Social Science, and co-director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at The University of Edinburgh. Informal meetings were held with students prior to the VCE to discuss their perceptions, expectations and address any questions and/or concerns.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 24, 2019

Blogging is particularly well-suited to writing about the professional values that inform practice as it brings together the personal and the professional and it lends itself to reflection. Blogging to enhance your professional practice is also the topic of Episode 5 of the Teaching Matters podcast (released later today).

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Her research explores sustainability, social enterprise, and more recently, the pedagogy of critical thinking. She has a B.Com (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and a MSc (By Research) and PhD from The University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 19, 2017

To support them through their degrees, that hub would need to contain key School information, study skills training, details of the Personal Tutor system, careers information, peer support and so on. Yes, this information is out there. Moreover, that information is not always presented in a particularly engaging way.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Image credit: University stock photo, Paul Dodds In this extra post, Majdouline El hichou, Research Assistant on the PTAS-funded project on ‘Co-Creating a Development Needs Analysis (DNA) for PGRs’, shares insights into the co-creation process, learnings from surveys and focus groups, and their implications for the new DNA.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

For interdisciplinary students and researchers, working outside of your usual context and challenging yourself to think differently about a problem is the day-to-day mode of operation. Particularly for interdisciplinary learners and researchers, I think experiential learning has real potential, whatever the context. Oct 16, 2018

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Nursing students often tell me that they spend a lot of time on social media posting information and links, sharing photos and videos, and interacting with friends, family and others in these virtual environments. Sarah was keen to co-lead the review to gain some research experience during her undergraduate studies.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Some did participate in some formal development events about teaching but often it was the informal experiences that were the most important. We also need to make sure that our formal developmental processes build on the richness of the informal learning that is happening every day. Nov 30, 2016

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Informal conversations help build community It can be useful to provide opportunities for students to have informal conversations. You could provide a social forum for students to ask questions or just to chat informally and get to know each other. Sep 23, 2021

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 4, 2020

The ‘Practice Worth Sharing’ (PWS) forum in the Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) aims to promote discussion and to share information about practice that has worked well for academic/professional services staff, as well as providing opportunities to take a ‘tricky issue’ for discussion. May 4, 2020

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But colleagues also struggle to know where to go for information, advice, or support – reflection doesn’t typically ‘belong’ to one part of an institution and therefore sources of expertise covering diverse needs can be hard to find. That’s where the Reflection Toolkit comes in.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach. We reported recommendations in three areas: Expectations of institutions Institutions should consider: developing an institutional policy/strategy on supporting PGWT. Aug 10, 2017

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Participants at Learn usability session In this post, Stuart Nicol, Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group, introduces the ‘ Spotlight on Learn Foundations ‘ series. We consulted widely engaging staff and students. I hope you find their reflections interesting and helpful.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

I was really excited to be involved because it’s a service that I think offers so many benefits, both to the staff and students who use the service and the institution in general. Nina and Hazel are also working on re-usable assessment marking criteria to help staff assess blogs. Look out for it!

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, qimono, CC0 In this new ‘ Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing ‘, Teaching Matters will be sharing blog posts based on a new initiative that invites colleagues to attend lunchtime sessions aimed at promoting discussion and sharing information on teaching related practice. Oct 23, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

She shares some of the themes that have emerged and considers what research published this year is telling us about lecture recording, as a prelude to our own evaluation report to be launched here next week. A well-argued critique of the Edwards and Clinton paper (and the associated tweeting!)

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 18, 2020

Information Services have produced some excellent guidance about teaching online so that’s a great place to start. Useful resourcES : Information Services Teaching Continuity web pages New guidance for students on using online learning tools Velda McCune Velda McCune is Deputy Director of the IAD and Head of the Learning and Teaching Team.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Learn and Echo 360 are just two of the main areas that have built-in analytics tools for staff to use, holding a huge amount of data at a course and individual student level. This summer, I have interned in the School of Health in Social Science to research learning analytics and find out how it can be useful to the School.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In other words, there are lots of traditional research communiqués about the project, so in this blog I want to talk to you as if you’d just popped into my office for a cuppa and a chat. Click here to read the Value of Lecture Recording at the University of Edinburgh interim evaluation report.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 6, 2019

So, to address these issues, last October Information Services launched a new “Academic Blogging” service , building on some existing foundations, plugging some obvious gaps, and aiming to remove as many barriers to blogging as possible. Working with academic colleagues, we took a broad view of the different uses of a blog.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill. If interested, please contact Michael Gallagher for more information. References Moore, M.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more we understand about how lecture recording is being used at Edinburgh by staff and students, the more we can tailor support and guidance to meet those specific needs and develop the service accordingly. If you are interested in learning more about the research and evaluation work we are doing, please contact Jill Mackay.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 30, 2017

The responses demonstrated that attendees appreciated the opportunity to discuss issues with peers and receive feedback from colleagues in a friendly, informal atmosphere. The Informatics tutors’ webpages explain the aims and learning outcomes of the training programme and house the session slides and other useful resources.

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