Aberystwyth University Blogging

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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Weekly Resource Roundup 30/6/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. Below I’ve ...more

  • The People of Erasmus+

    • Since 2014, over 200,000 people in the UK have benefitted from the Erasmus+ programme. To celebrate this achievement, Erasmus+ are hosting a photo competition for former and current participants in the programme. You can submit your selfies, along with a brief statement about what the Erasmus+ programme means to you, via this website. Photo by Tom ...more

  • Reminder: Call for Proposals: Learning and Teaching Conference 2020

    • *Closing Friday* We are inviting proposals for the 8th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th September 2020. Submit and view the call for proposals online. This year’s conference theme, Enhancing the Curriculum: Inspire Learning and Invigorate Teaching, aims to reflect the commitment that AU staff have to enhance the student learning experience. The 5 main strands of this year’s conference are: ...more

  • Using the Whiteboard Feature in Microsoft Teams

    • In this blogpost we will be taking a look at one of the tools available to make your teaching in a Microsoft Teams session more interactive. The Whiteboard is a space where you and your students can collaborate. The whiteboard can be used for: Students sharing ideas or thoughts Talking your students through a complicated diagram ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup 22/6/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. Below I’ve ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup 15/6/2020

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. Below I’ve ...more

  • Rewind

    • In case you were wondering what students do during lockdown abroad... http://youtu.be/bqRm9trOTZw Marta Rutkowska is an Aberystwyth University student studying Film and Television Studies with Spanish. She was participating in an Erasmus programme placement at the Universidad San Jorge, in Zaragoza, Spain when COVID-19 forced the country into lockdown in March 2020. While most of our ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup

    • As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. Below I’ve ...more

  • More training sessions available

    • The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit have got some more Moving to Online Teaching and Using Microsoft Teams for Learning and Teaching Activities scheduled. You can book your place online and we will send you a Teams Calendar invite to attend the training session. In the Moving to Online Teaching session, we introduce some general guidance ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Mai 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – May 2020

  • Exemplary Course Award

    • Dr Lara Kipp, from the Department of Theatre Film and Television Studies, has been awarded the Exemplary Course Award for the module TP22320: Principles of Scenography. The panel commended this module for its innovative assessment design and support, clear and logically ordered learning materials, novel use of announcements, and offering multiple ways for students to ...more

  • Tips for Discussion Board Engagement

    • One of the interactive tools available in Blackboard is the Discussion Board. Whilst moving to online teaching, we’ve seen staff start to use discussion boards to communicate with their students and for students to communicate with their peers. In this blogpost, we’ll be giving you some tips on how best to design learning activities using discussion ...more

  • Changes to the Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

    • This year’s Learning and Teaching Conference is scheduled to take place between Monday 7th and Wednesday 9th September. We are starting to plan to deliver elements of the conference online. We have extended the deadline for proposals for the conference to Friday 26th June 2020 and added an extra strand, to this year’s conference theme: Enhancing ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Ebrill 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – April 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Mawrth 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter - March 2020

  • Erasmus is not one year in your life but your life in one year!

    • Hello! My name is Kasia, I am a Polish girl who graduated from Aberystwyth University and decided to do an internship in Spain as a part of the Erasmus+ program! After studying Media and Communication I choose to do a Sales and PR internship with Happy Erasmus Bilbao; a student association which organizes events and ...more

  • My koselig little Volda

    • Hello, I’m Valentina, an Italian girl in her 20s who, four months ago, left Aberystwyth with two stuffed bags full of too many clothes, lots of excitement and a bit of fear to embark on a new life adventure. Actually, my journey started many weeks before that. It began when, reading through the possible destinations ...more

  • My Exchange to Aber

    • Hi! I’m Eleanor. I’m on an exchange here at Aberystwyth University for two semesters. I’m from Canada; my home university is Dalhousie University, in Halifax. Dalhousie University is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. It has over 18 000 students, although they’re spread over several campuses, so it doesn’t feel that big. It’s well-regarded for ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter - February 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Chwefror 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Ionawr 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – January 2020