#edTech Talks: Flexible Teaching at a Distance With Collaborate
byIn the next #edTech talks, Dr Peter Kench from the Faculty of Health Sciences and Dr Frances Di Lauro from the Faculty of Arts and…
August, 2016
Effective Lecturing: Encouraging Students to Take Notes
byThere are lots of benefits in taking notes during lectures. Before slides and handouts, students used to spend the majority of the class trying to…
Let’s chat about Chatterbox!
byDo you want to give your students the opportunity to discuss challenging ethical issues whilst avoiding face-to-face peer pressure? Chatterbox, an online discussion tool…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About – Configuring Exams
byIn Idea 10 of Graham Gibbs’ blog, he discusses the idea that “Students’ marks are often determined as much by the way assessment is configured…
Small changes in teaching: Spacing out learning
byIn a series of articles in The Chronicle from his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“, James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Making our Digital Environment More Accessible
byWeek 7 is the University’s Disability Inclusion Week. This week brings students and staff together each year to learn more about the experiences of people…
National Award for Innovators in Technology Enhanced Learning
byTechnological advances promise to change the role of the teacher and the way in which students learn. The ACODE and Pearson Award for Innovation…
Mid-Semester Feedback for Teachers (FFT-M) survey
byThe Feedback for Teachers (FFT) survey system has recently been updated to allow teachers to collect qualitative (open response) feedback on their teaching mid-semester….
Seminar – Overcoming the Trump effect: What to do with misconceived but highly confident learners?
byJoin us for a seminar on overconfidence Confidence has been linked to better career outcomes, happiness and a greater likelihood of attracting a suitable…
Celebrating Contributions to Educational Excellence
byThe Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence expand the Vice-Chancellor’s Scheme for Outstanding Teaching to a suite of awards covering all of the University’s activities and…