Aberystwyth University Blogging

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If you wish to start a blog, please send an email to blogging@aber.ac.uk to discuss your requirements and we’ll advise you on how to get started. You can also view information about setting up a blog on the Web Services pages.

Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Flags and the Insight Panel in Turnitin Feedback Studio

    • Staff who have graded assignment submissions via Turnitin will be familiar with the Similarity Report the Feedback Studio. The Feedback Studio interface highlights matches with online sources. Turnitin have updated the interface of the Feedback Studio to now highlight for review textual inconsistencies in submission. These highlights are termed Flags. Flags pick up potential integrity ...more

  • Vocal Warm Ups and Techniques for Recording at Home

    • Speaking into the void of your computer for pre-recorded materials is hard. Without an audience to interact with, it is difficult to know whether the delivery of materials is clear and engaging. On top of that, we use our voices very differently depending on the circumstance we speak in – recording in your office, or ...more

  • Conducting blended teaching sessions – synchronously face-to-face and via Teams  

    • Teaching staff are encouraged to provide access to teaching sessions for students unable to attend them in person. The guidelines below provide a step-by-step checklist of all things that need to be completed to conduct an effective session for both students sitting in the classroom and those joining via MS Teams.   Before the session:  Create a Teams meeting for the session using the Blackboard Teams Meeting tool  Inform students about the possibility ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 26/10/2020

    • 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. ...more

  • I ddathlu #DyddIauTraethodau Wythnos Mynediad Agored 2020

  • To celebrate Open Access Week’s #ThesisThursday 2020

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 19/10/2020

    • 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. ...more

  • Academy Mini-Conference (call for proposals) – ‘Advice for Action: Promoting Good Feedback Practice’

    • On Wednesday 16th December, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit will be hosting the first of this year’s Academy Mini-Conferences online. The theme will be 'Advice for Action: Promoting Good Feedback Practice', where we will explore how to make feedback more useful and engaging for students. The three main strands for this Mini-Conference are: • ...more

  • Tips for monitoring chat for online and in person sessions

    • In this blogpost, we’ll be looking at some tips for monitoring a Teams chat when you’ve also got attendees joining in person and online. The planning of the synchronous activity and what you want your students to be able to do after they have engaged with the activity shapes the purpose of the chat. Ask yourself: ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Hydref 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – October 2020

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 12/10/2020

    • 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. ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Medi 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – September 2020

  • Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol: October Training

    • Training for research students The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol will be running several workshops for research students throughout the year as part of their Research Skills Programme. Here is a copy of the full programme for 2020/21. You will need to register in advance for each workshop and you can do so through the following link. Here is ...more

  • Additional MS Teams Drop-in Sessions

    • Following the success of our drop-in sessions on using MS Teams for Learning and Teaching Activities, we have decided to run these sessions throughout October. These sessions are an informal opportunity to speak with our Online Learning Specialists and to address any queries that may have arisen during the first weeks of term. You’re ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter – August 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Awst 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – July 2020

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Gorffennaf 2020

  • WELCOME

    • Welcome to the blog of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, Wales’ first law school and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. This is a relatively informal space for members of the Department’s academic staff to post brief articles on law and criminology. From time to time we will include ...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

  • 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

  • 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