Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. Based on this trip, I have now begun pursuing research into cotton production for my dissertation. Nov 15, 2018

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

They progress to big picture thinking, drawing attention to the importance of a number of areas prominent in the wider Higher Education zeitgeist: student-owned spaces; citizenship; interdisciplinary research; forum; catalyst; community; and collaborative learning.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As universities are under an increasing level of regulation and accountability in relation to student success and retention, we see commitments towards partnership working as a form of best practice (see: Office for Students Student Engagement Strategy ). Dec 9, 2022

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A flourishing field of student partnership work has recently emerged (e.g., Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten, 2014), which critically discusses and reflects on how universities can involve students in roles that, ‘actively shape and enhance their experiences of learning and teaching’ (Healey, Flint and Harrington, 2014).

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

A study published in the Journal of Education and Practice showcased that CBCS implementation led to increased student engagement, motivation, and higher levels of critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity compared to traditional education systems.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 1, 2016

It’s quite a strange experience being on the ‘other side’ of the university, acting as both an undergraduate student and a member of staff. Working with the Researcher Development team on projects geared towards tutoring and teaching makes you appreciate how much work your lecturers and tutors put into their jobs.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

These projects also develop research and critical skills obtained when writing essays. Moreover, students engage with the ‘real word’ and solve ‘real problems’ compared to artificial ones posed by a lecturer. These are skills required to function in the professional world and match attributes outlined by the University.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this post, Kit Daniel Searle, University Teacher in Operational Research (OR) at the School of Mathematics shares their experience embedding a low-risk consultancy project within their course curriculum highlighting the perks of student-industry collaboration. Do industry collaborative projects enhance students’ learning?,

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Through the MSc Performance Psychology programme at the University of Edinburgh, I, along with my dissertation supervisor (Dr Amanda Martindale), was able to partner with the NHS to investigate this idea further, specifically with scrub nurse practitioners serving on organ retrieval teams for my dissertation research.

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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. Feb 18, 2020

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. Based on this trip, I have now begun pursuing research into cotton production for my dissertation. Nov 15, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) offer another approach and way forward. This is a reflective framework for experiential learning, where students consider their learning gains through undertaking an activity of their choice, e.g. research, work experience, volunteering.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 13, 2023

I was immediately interested because this year’s Conference, titled, ‘Investigate, inquire, innovate: exploring research-informed teaching practice’ aimed to celebrate diverse learning and teaching practices by adopting the lens of SoTL (Scholarship of Learning and Teaching).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

To get around my fears, I realised that using a more interactive lesson meant more freedom in what I was saying and kept students engaged. Neil adds: The work with schools has really been embraced by our students. I was most nervous about having to deliver a lesson within time. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed the trip.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

However, common measures and indicators of student success in higher education typically include the following: Academic Achievement Academic success is often a central component of student success. Encourage student engagement, provide mentorship opportunities, and offer resources for academic and personal support.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

I was filled with an optimism and belief that has continued to grow over the two years since we started researching this subject. It’s the four or five “in the middle” who either have not thought about it or have not considered it as an option who are the ones that we are interested in engaging with to help them explore their potential.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Next year, Teaching Matters colleagues will be undertaking a research project investigating how a multi-authored blog (Teaching Matters!) Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance? Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 16, 2019

His research focused on climate change policy in Scotland. After completing his undergraduate degree in International Relations, Matthew got involved in a variety of community and environmental groups while studying for a Masters in Multi-level and Regional Politics. Matthew has worked for the University since 2011. Jan 16, 2019

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The idea is to engage academics with operational staff in order to form a mutually beneficial collaboration. In the Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability, we collaborate with researchers and students across the University, and partner with the Edinburgh Living Lab. What makes a Living Lab project?

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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 Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

She has 9 years’ experience contributing to the development and delivery of strategies that support students to flourish and enhance the student experience. Valerie is Carbon Literate, passionate about helping others grow and succeed, as well as social and environmental impact.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

. * While waiting for their PVG approvals, students contacted their school mentors and arranged a first meeting to discuss their outline for a 20-hour lesson plan on a cultural topic designed to engage young learners and motivate them to see the benefits of learning languages. Half-time: How has it been going so far?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Working within Information Services really opened my eyes to the huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes, which as a student you never really think about. It was extremely interesting to get a glimpse into the work being done to help improve the student experience.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

20 or students designed their own 10 credit courses over the summer ranging from research projects that explored degree-related topics more deeply to projects for volunteering or during summer internships. Apparently not, from the evidence of those who took part in the first SLICCs pilot in 2015.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2022

Zoe’s research in the field of education has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects. Now, despite being physically back in the studio, we are continuing to explore online space – just like our industry counterparts.

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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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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

The Edinburgh Medical School uses Student Selected Components ( SSCs ) as part of the medicine timetable to deliver a range of learning outcomes which mainly relate to developing research skills, and professional development including teamwork and teaching skills. Apr 4, 2016

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, shilmar, CC0 The Edinburgh Living Lab programme is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, (EFI), which is building links between the university and the city to facilitate long-term multi-disciplinary ‘research in the wild’. Supported by Sally Kerr of the council Open Data programme.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 22, 2020

The Making Transitions Personal (MTP) Pre-arrival and Start-of-year Reviews is an initiative that aims to support this through a set of targeted reflective questions given to students before the start of the academic year.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Over the last 20 years as the Programme Director of Graphic Design within Edinburgh College of Art’s (ECA) Design School I have been accustomed to teaching a wide range of students with diverse backgrounds from across the UK. Since that time she has maintained her professional practice and developed her research in the field of education.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Throughout this project, I researched technical aspects of solar energy generation as well as current UK energy policy, and I was required to do cash flow analysis. The nature of this exercise advanced my analytical abilities as I developed a much greater understanding of project financials and the proposing of business solutions.

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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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 7, 2017

The Leadership Group has over 400 members globally and has been developing a number of new work stream focusing on research, impact evaluation, leader and professional development among others. We are also planning to run the inaugural PASS/PAL/SI European Forum in Lund, Sweden in June of this year.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Rebecca Shannon ’s project, ‘A Geographical Introduction to Statistics’, is a set of workshops that aims to get students in their final year of secondary school up to date with statistical methods used within geographical research, in a fun way!

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I have paraphrased below what they told me… Global Challenges in students’ words One of the most important skills students have gained is the ability to think critically. Nowadays, there is a lot of false and misleading information that we should recognise and avoid using when we are conducting research.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

Students as Change Agents (SACHA) is a student-led design thinking programme that partners diverse student groups with host organisations to tackle challenges aligned to the University’s research themes and that address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

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