Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We are still developing the process, and will be working on informing students about the career options within HE and providing more support for their teaching, just as we would offer staff as part of their professional development, and our aim is to have the students involved in these decision processes where possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. He currently is also a graduate research assistant with the Center for Community College Student Engagement. After completing his Ph.D.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Technology and writing centers, counseling services, and student health centers go unvisited (Medina & Posadas, 2012). Simple ways for faculty to increase student engagement with university services involve frequently and routinely advertising them and normalizing their use. Discussion Questions. institutions?

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Along with providing opportunities for developing meaningful relationships, collaborative quizzes serve to meet standard course learning objectives, such as “Collaborate within team environments to deliver effective messages.” Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education. Center for Engaged Learning (2023).

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University Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Student mental health on college campuses has taken a toll in the years after the pandemic, straining in-house counseling services and affecting student engagement. “I want to make sure there’s not one element or piece that creates an environment where a student ultimately leaves our institution,” Haywood said.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 3, 2023

These streamline learning and contribute to holistic student development. Benefits of Technology in Fostering Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes Technology enriches engagement with dynamic learning experiences. Streamlined processes efficiently gauge student progress.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Freedom to Grow We hope that using ungraded evaluation structures in a classroom might influence students’ sense of their own agency for learning, thereby deepening students’ engagement, sense of mastery, and autonomy. Ungrading: Why rating students undermines learning (and what to do instead), 91-104. Klemenčič, M.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. By involving students across grades and rooting the project under a faculty adviser, VIPs don’t end when the school year does.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

Thank goodness, because after reading a recent Chronicle article about the so-called “wars” over math curriculum , it seems clear that engaging in a curriculum war is the worst possible outcome for all involved.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“You’d think with all my research on the development of executive function and mental health and stress in emerging adulthood, I would have put together from the get-go that part of our job as faculty is to help students develop those skills.”

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 14, 2023

In this post, Dr Donna Murray guides the academic community to think about moving our ongoing conversations from AI-assisted plagiarism detectors and the lack of trust in students to exploring what it means to equip students to belong to an academic culture.

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Experiential Learning Depot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Inquiry-based learning questions are the heart of a classroom that thrives on curiosity, critical thinking, and student engagement. As educators, understanding how to effectively guide students from teacher-led inquiry to fully student-driven exploration is essential in fostering deep, meaningful learning.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

Additionally, successful students contribute to a vibrant and intellectually stimulating academic community. Career Readiness Higher education aims to prepare students for their future careers. Student success ensures that students develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for employment in their chosen fields.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 21, 2023

Promoting a Positive Campus Culture: Using Behavior Management in Higher Education editor Mon, 08/21/2023 - 03:15 In the dynamic realm of higher education, fostering a positive campus culture is not only desirable but essential for academic excellence and holistic student development.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 23, 2024

By encouraging interaction, these areas help students develop a feeling of community. The digital transformation of higher education, according to Educause Review, increases productivity and student engagement, which can be absolutely true.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 21, 2024

Our Outstanding Course award recognises courses which introduced students to new topics and perspectives; were delivered in new or innovative ways; and helped students develop personally or professionally. With over 200 courses nominated, our student panel had a tough task to choose our winner.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 14, 2024

With the new student support model being rolled out across the entire university this year, we wanted to make sure we took time to recognise the efforts of these staff, who have supported students’ development, demonstrated commitment to their welfare and wellbeing, and built a sense of community within their cohort.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

Photo of PALS training day Back in January 2018, a group of staff and students in the Business School got their collective heads around the table to address the problem: ‘How can we get our UG students to engage more in their personal and professional development?’

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eLiterate

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Another potential strength is that using ChatGPT can help students practice using technology in their writing. This is an important skill in today’s world, and it can help students develop the ability to effectively use tools like ChatGPT in their future academic and professional endeavors. My dialogue with ChatGPT.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 28, 2022

Help students develop the ability to self-assess. What we found helpful Inspired by the oft heard phrase “I know a first when I see one”, over a period of weeks we set out to try to describe the specifics of ‘firstness’ (and second and thirdness)[1].

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 15, 2022

We took this as an opportunity to engage in creative activities that allowed students to explore beyond their own ‘classroom’. For example, in the Rube Goldberg task, students developed their modules in their own rooms, garages, homes and gardens, whilst still working in virtual groups with regular remote meetings.

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University Business

JANUARY 5, 2024

Many educators consider HBS-style case studies the gold standard for helping students develop analytical business skills. Over 200 studies have shown that this type of active, discussion-based learning is more effective for every kind of student and promotes critical thinking.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 19, 2023

Chatbots can assess students' knowledge and skills, create customized learning paths, and provide instant feedback and support, improving student engagement and motivation. They can also make learning more interactive and accessible for students with disabilities while providing valuable data analysis for faculty.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

Helping students develop these capacities and skills whilst at university will certainly give them a head start in their career. 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 Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Coding Club initiative is trying to instill confidence in student learners at the University of Edinburgh so that they can become the teachers of tomorrow.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Reflecting back on the SPS Outreach Network for Access/Adult Returner Students project, it is important to consider lessons learnt ahead of the next academic year. Student engagement with the project was a lot higher at the start of semester 1, with very low dips during assessment periods.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 12, 2018

This frees up time so that staff can concentrate on their teaching, whilst InfPALS leaders compliment this teaching by dedicating their own time and resources to helping students develop other vital skills.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As the cultural marks left to us by generations before, we encourage our students to leave their mark by sharing stories with the world. We have collected 34 exciting stories where students engaged with local food, cultural events, historical places, sports activities, and nature sights.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

AUGUST 24, 2022

Through these workshops, students and staff from different disciplines and Schools across the University work together, leading to cross-fertilisation of ideas and cultures. Our assessment involves tasks that resemble workplace settings yet equip students with skills for their future professional life. How is the course assessed?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

We also showed other voices that challenge some of these voices – other students, family members, passers-by – with other kinds of knowledge and perspectives on the issues Mila grapples with. The book shows the importance of learning from others, involving intellectual foils and critical friends in students’ development.

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University Business

AUGUST 10, 2023

“We have to help our students develop, not just into great productive employees, but into thoughtful, conscientious, other-centered persons.” Market and communicate at nauseam Student affairs offices may be way ahead of the curve on how to deal with today’s students.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 4, 2023

​ Students can choose their own project topics and write their own driving questions. I often give students a theme and they choose a subtopic under that theme. Students develop their own project goals, including goals for 21st-century competencies. .​ That's why I love it!

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 27, 2024

Institutions can help students stay on track and succeed by connecting them with meaningful activities from the beginning of their academic experience by coordinating best practices with theories of student development. Makes use of technology and data analytics to improve student engagement.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

Be reflective A great coach/mentor is committed to their own as well as their coachee’s/mentee’s growth, strives for continuous improvement and takes time to reflect on their practice. Trust yourself.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2021

Original illustration by Georgia Smith, Edinburgh College of Art student In this post, Fiona McNeill walks us through the non-credit bearing course “Informatics Connect” that she and colleagues designed to help first-year students develop a sense of collegiality while studying online.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 30, 2023

Latchiya is also the elected university-wide Postgraduate Taught Representative: As part of my role of being a Programme Representative, I have had the opportunity to constantly gather feedback from students and then work on the same by implementing changes with the help of our staff.

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