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Enhancing the student learning experience via social media

Teaching Matters Online Learning

There are many types of platforms and social media tools with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube being some of the most widely used across all regions of the world. There are many types of platforms and social media tools with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube being some of the most widely used across all regions of the world.

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Mini-series: Media Hopper Replay – a service shaped from the front line

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Professor Susan Rhind, Chair of the lecture recording Academic User Group and Director of Teaching at the Vet School, reviews the first year of Media Hopper Replay. Interestingly, at Edinburgh, as colleagues are starting to use Media Hopper Replay more routinely, we have seen the rhetoric shift.

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Write that Down, Write that Down! Journaling for Success in Student Affairs

Roompact

Maybe Im stuck in my own social media bubble, but it feels like theres been a huge resurgence in journaling as a hobby within the last few years. Everywhere I look, I see people using journaling as a way to set and track goals, capture lifes memories, and even collect the random scraps and stickers. Continue Reading →

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Mini-series: What are our students saying about lecture recording?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Media Hopper Replay student helpers This, the final post in our lecture recording mini-series , is devoted to the views and thoughts of our students – the recipients of lecture recordings. At Edinburgh, our ambition is to offer an outstanding student experience to as diverse a group of students as possible.

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Podcast: Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today’s university (Part 1 and 2)

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Teaching Matters podcast credits: Guest host: Polly Wells (School of GeoSciences) Director and Editor: Jenny Scoles and Sarah Thomas (IAD) Advisor: Meg McGrath (Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability) Producers: University of Edinburgh’s Communication and Marketing Media team. Feb 20, 2019

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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

SRA used social media to create communities of students before arrival at the University. SRA also leads the University’s Social Media Community. Initially set up as a practitioner forum it has developed into a learning provider and brings together more than 100 colleagues from across the University.

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Mini-series: Why Edinburgh is offering lecture recording at scale

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

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. You can find out more about Media Hopper Replay here. Follow her on Twitter @HoneybHighton Sep 12, 2018