53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About – Configuring Exams
In 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
In 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
Week 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
Technological advances promise to change the role of the teacher and the way in which students learn. The ACODE and Pearson Award for Innovation…
Celebrating Contributions to Educational Excellence
The 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…
Small changes in teaching: Giving them a say
In 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…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
In Idea 40 – that ‘self assessment is central to intrinsic motivation‘ – from Graham Gibb’s blog, he argues for the importance of involving students…
Week 4 // Open Door: observe and refresh your teaching
Week 4 // Open Door is a university-wide event designed to enable people to see how others teach and to observe how innovative approaches…
Accessible teaching resources: using common authoring tools
It has been estimated that the human brain takes in around 34 gigabytes of data each day. For our students, much of this will…
Personalising learning support using the SRES
Do you want to be able to contact and support individual students based on their performance and engagement but find it difficult in your…