Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 8, 2024

Image by Rodrigo Carvalho RCarvalho from Pixabay In this post, Professor Rachel Muers, from the School of Divinity, describes how a team of academic staff have trialed some new teaching approaches in a first year, first semester course: “Theology and Religious Studies Foundation Seminar” based on reflection and formative feedback.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

With this in mind, we planned to employ a PhD student to carry out the project and were pleased to be able to recruit Candela Sanchez, a current PhD student in the School of Health in Social Science , who demonstrated a keen interest and enthusiasm for the topic of RDM.

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Dr. Al Solano

JANUARY 18, 2024

in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University and worked at Middlesex County College for 18 years in a variety of roles including professor of psychology and student success, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, first-year seminar course coordinator, counselor, and disability services provider.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, higher ed leaders can go beyond by leveraging specialty foods at critical times and places outside their dining halls to increase student engagement in campus life, create more inclusive environments, and ensure equity among departments, on and off campus.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2024

Students engaged in ASA DataFest hackathon In this extra post, Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, Ozan Evkaya, and Amanda Lenzi, academics from the School of Mathematics, share their experience and insights on hosting the American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2024 at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. This led me to reflect on my previous teaching experience: how often had I asked students to really reflect on their learning and on the range of skills and experiences it provided?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Recognising this as a team of five postgraduate research students (PGR) representatives, we organised intellectually stimulating events focusing on the academic, social and wellbeing development of our diverse PGR learning community. Her research involves the child and adolescent development and mental health across cultures.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In this ‘Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing’ post, Dr Kelly Stone, a lecturer in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, shares some approaches that she has tried to make large lectures more interactive… In a recent Practice Worth Sharing seminar, we discussed how to make large lectures more interactive.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 5, 2024

This has been proved right according to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). According to a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation research , students who have individualized learning plans curated just for them are 1.5 times more likely to improve their academic performance than those who don't.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 5, 2024

” Anderson advocates for designing online courses that allow students to easily access necessary information and resources without needing to contact instructors frequently, thus fostering a more self-sufficient learning environment. .” In “Empire or Continent?”, link] For “An Imperial Game?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 16, 2020

The other way to reduce the distance is through the incredible programme of research seminars we run. For some reason, despite how much we encourage students to come, they still don’t feel it’s for them, but I think students would really benefit. His teaching and research focuses on modern Scottish History.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These range from physical resources, like real estate and facilities, to intellectual property and research capabilities. The failure to leverage these assets effectively has resulted in missed opportunities for revenue diversification and has weakened the institutions’ ability to invest in their core mission of education and research.

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

Students did all of the things required for developing a business such as writing a business plan and conducting market research but didn't actually start their businesses (most of them anyway). My students use my "High School Entrepreneurs: Start and Operate Your Own Business" resource to build and launch their own businesses.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 2, 2023

Make it possible for instructors to provide more individualized feedback and to participate in more student engagement activities (like student-faculty lunches or co-curricular activities), by, for example, shifting from 3 to 4 credit hour classes and giving faculty access to modest student engagement funds.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We invited speakers from all over Scotland and England to present their research in seminars over two days. On Friday 25th and Saturday 26th January, students of philosophy and researchers alike came and went to the talks, discussions and dinners. Tommy Zhang Tommy is currently a masters student at the University of St.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Original artwork by Nini-Wang, MA student at the Edinburgh College of Art In this post, James Lamb shares his experience with fusion teaching and reflects on ways to improve student engagement online by thinking beyond the face-to-face/online dichotomy. It’s something worth working towards.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Higher Education, check-ins are “more important than ever” ( insidehighered.com ) not only to keep students engaged with the curriculum, but to “gauge people’s well-being and see how they’re doing” (ibid). I wanted to test how this practice would go down with University of Edinburgh students. Oct 20, 2023

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Meanwhile, Kristina explores the use of podcasts as an innovative form of assessment in her courses, providing a fresh perspective on evaluating student learning. In contrast to purely technological applications, Dimitrios Gerogiorgis explores his approaches to blended learning, highlighting the crucial role of in-class seminars.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 23, 2025

With an impressive background that spans pioneering research in phase-change phenomena and heat transfer, Dr. Orejon brings a rich perspective on integrating practical experience with advanced teaching methodologies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a sustainability projects elective course at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, “all the students want to know what they can do,” says Joshua Cline, an adjunct professor who teaches the course, along with a seminar for juniors and a senior capstone. The class meets that need.

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