Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Unusually for students working within a packed and prescriptive curriculum, there was no “assignment brief” and no expectation; we understood that our students are busy and nothing was expected to be polished or perfect.

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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 Student Engagement

MARCH 14, 2019

This is a challenge for students and teachers alike when ‘peer learning’ – the mutual learning when students at a similar level teach each another – is used. We investigated the factors that influence whether students engage with peer learning in the workplace. What did we find?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Candela’s reasoning for taking this approach was to encourage students to see data management as a key aspect of the whole process of preparing for and carrying out a research project. Workshops were run in Spring and Autumn 2019, and Candela delivered training to around 100 attendees.

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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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

During the presentation itself, the theorists would say a few words setting the background to the paper – no need to present the papers in full as we had read them in advance – and then two students would present prepared responses. This is how the course differed from an ordinary research seminar. General discussion ensued.

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AIFS Abroad

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We’ll mix things up with seminars, discussions, and hands-on activities, plus we’ll explore some neat spots in London, like the British Library and local literature festivals, to make it all come alive. Sounds pretty great, right?

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Gerogiorgis, Personal Chair of Process Systems Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, explores the dynamic integration of active learning seminars in engineering education. Gerogiorgis delves into the 4S strategySet, Spark, Stroll, Summarizecrafted to maximise student engagement and learning effectiveness in hybrid learning environments.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s when EI rode in again, delivering seminars, training programs, skill development opportunities, and, most critically, guidance on how to secure funding. Photo credit: Lloyd Smith Now, armed with knowledge and resources, we were brimming with ideas and motivation, but the coffers were running low.

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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 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 Communities

JULY 1, 2022

They also have a “work in progress” seminar series to invite PGR students to present their work. In the Moray House School of Education and Sport, the Interweaving conference was organised in May 2022 by PGR students, with a theme of “Becoming more certain with uncertainties”, providing a place for PGR students to present and network.

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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 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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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 21, 2023

According to recent data from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), campuses that prioritize behavior management report higher student engagement rates, improved retention, and a more conducive atmosphere for learning.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 4, 2023

I facilitate a women's studies seminar every year, and as a seminar finale, my high school students design self-directed project-based learning experiences around a subtopic of their choice. ​ One year a student chose to self-direct a PBL experience on the topic of domestic violence. ​Get your answers!

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Provide placement and scholarship opportunities One of the most important predictors of student retention in higher education is scholarship and placement opportunities. Mentoring from day one makes students feel secure which becomes a critical factor in student success. Students like to share their views too.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Attend this 20-minute UB Ed Talk to learn how leading institutions are using innovative strategies to make their campuses more sustainable while achieving cost savings, improving their reputation, and fostering student engagement.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

We also held a methodology-based seminar – the grounded theory workshop – run by Dr Ethel Quayle (Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology) and Dr Susanne Kean (Lecturer in Nursing Studies). Alongside academic activities, we organised a series of events to enhance PGRs’ wellbeing and encourage teambuilding.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 5, 2024

Students who got academic counseling were 20% more likely to report greater levels of engagement and satisfaction with their educational experience. This has been proved right according to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Topics will include: Assessing your institution’s current online learning program Envisioning future goals, and gaining buy-in from stakeholders Identifying gaps in functional areas Creating a “Good, Better, Best” strategic framework Speakers Angie Mohr , SVP Student Engagement, Archer Education John Goodwin , EVP Growth Enablement, Archer (..)

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 30, 2022

PPLS PhD students have be nominated for multiple awards for their community initiatives , including CommuniTEA, where students come together regularly to discuss particular topics over coffee and cake.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

Foster: With SACHA it’s not all about what the university can give students through lectures and seminars but what the students can also give back to the university. It is a “give and take initiative” with the aim to involve students in the decision-making process in the University.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 12, 2024

Guiding Academic Pathways: Student Information System assists in guiding students and advisors through academic choices for personalized pathways. Monitoring Student Success: Student Information System vigilantly monitors student engagement and progress to ensure success.

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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. The School has a responsibility to help societies as much as possible.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Workshops, seminars, and ongoing training programs should focus on modern pedagogical techniques, the use of educational technology, and methods to foster student engagement and success.

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

This would be a great option for those of you teaching a high school entrepreneurship class, a college and career readiness seminar, a business course, an entrepreneurship summer camp, etc. 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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University Business

JULY 9, 2024

Classroom engagement is still recalibrating since the pandemic, and it will take a group effort to regain a sense of community across campus, two leaders at Bryant University’s Center for Teaching Excellence propose. “We need to articulate why the classroom is important and how students can reculture themselves to learning.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Credit: Pixabay In this insightful post, Dr. Daniel Orejon, a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids at The University of Edinburgh, dives into the transformative role of online preparation for laboratory courses.

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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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University Business

DECEMBER 11, 2024

. “We treat students who have to work the way that colleges and universities treat their D1 athletes,” she says.

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