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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Student Learning Ambassadors - What is a well-designed Blackboard Module? Project Findings

    • In the week beginning from the 12th of July the LTEU run the What is a well-designed Blackboard module? project. We recruited 9 students to work with us as Student Learning Ambassadors. The group included: one 3rd year undergraduate History student, one 3rd year undergraduate Childhood Studies student, two 2nd year undergraduate English Literature and ...more

  • Welcome to the Librarians' Blog!

    • Direct from the Hugh Owen Library, it’s a big hello from your friendly band of librarians. We want to welcome you to the newly restored Librarians' Blog where you’ll find more on how your library supports learning, teaching, and research here at Aberystwyth University. The blog will be updated regularly so make sure you subscribe. And ...more

  • Meet the Team!

    • Over the last 18 months we have all been working online via Teams with students and other colleagues. It was great for us as a team to finally all meet up face to face, enjoy a walk along the prom and have an outdoor meeting to help plan our activities for 2021/22 (we even had ...more

  • Module co-ordinators: already know what you want on your new reading list?

    • This summer we will create and populate your new Aspire reading lists on request. If you email the content to librarians@aber.ac.uk before July 19th your reading list will be created and published before the reading list deadline. Please include Module code and title Which books are Essential - the Library will order an ebook or multiple print ...more

  • New Copyright LibGuide

    • As a student, do you want to know how copyright affects how you might prepare for and write your assignments? Perhaps you are a lecturer, and you want to know if showing a film or television programme during a lecture or seminar might be breaching copyright legislation? Or are you a researcher looking to protect ...more

  • Weekly Resource Roundup - 28/7/2021

    • As leader of our PGCTHE programme, I keep an eye out for resources to help staff teach effectively. These include webinars, podcasts, online toolkits, publications and more. Topics include active learning, online/blended teaching, accessibility/inclusion, and effective learning design based on cognitive science. Below I’ve listed items that came to my attention in the past week. ...more

  • New! Employability LibGuide

    • Our library services are not just here to help you get your degree. They can also help you get the job you want after you graduate!  Students practising presentations Aberystwyth University Subject Librarians have prepared a new Employability LibGuide. This is your guide to the books and resources that can help you write a winning CV, and to specialist advice and tools to help ...more

  • Interactive Blackboard Tools Case Studies – Wikis

    • This case study is based on and includes extracts from the Student-led Planning of Tourism and Hospitality Education: The Use of Wikis to Enhance Student Learning book chapter written by Dr Mandy Talbot (Aberystwyth Business School) and published in the Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education. What tool do you use and how?  Dr Mandy Talbot ...more

  • Updates to E-submission and E-feedback Policy

    • The updated E-submission Policy has been approved by Academic Enhancement Committee. You can read the updated policy on our E-submission Pages. The aim of the updated policy was to bring it in line with our Lecture Capture Policy and provide greater clarity over its scope and requirements from staff and students. One big change that will affect ...more

  • Course Copy 2021-2022

    • Every year, the E-learning Group create new modules in Blackboard ready for next year's teaching. For the academic year 2021/22 departments decided internally  whether modules would be blank or have content copied over. Modules for 2021-2022 will be available from the beginning of August.  Staff in Geography and Earth Sciences and IBERS will have modules created ...more

  • 2020/21 External Speakers and Resources

    • As part of this year's CPD programme, we hosted a number of external speakers who provided us with new perspectives and unique expertise in various aspects of learning and teaching. In preparation for the upcoming year, we would like to briefly remind you of some of the topics discussed and the resources available to you. ...more

  • Improving accessibility – lessons learnt from a blended approach  

    • Over the course of the conference, we had a wide range of presentations. A theme which emerged for me was the way in which the use of a blended learning approached offered increased accessibility specifically by tailoring module content which suited the needs of students. At Aberystwyth University, we are proud to have such a diverse range of students and provide an inclusive teaching approach. Some of ...more

  • Interactive Blackboard Tools Case Studies – Tests

    • The second case study on using interactive Blackboard tools showcases effective use of tests for summative and formative assessment by Dr Ruth Wonfor from IBERS. What tool do you use and how? I use Blackboard tests for either formative or summative tests in most of my modules. Why did you choose this tool? I’ve chosen to use Blackboard tests ...more

  • Exemplary Course Award Winners at the Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

    • It was great to see so many faces at this year’s virtual Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. One of the highlights for me was to be able to celebrate our 5 Exemplary Course Award Winners. Since the start of the pandemic we haven’t been able to acknowledge our winners at graduation like we have done ...more

  • So Long, and Thanks for All the…

    • …challenges, suggestions, and insights into many different departments at the university! The last 11 months have been an absolute blast working with the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit as an Online Learning Specialist. Having started with the 2020 Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, it was wonderful to be able to be a part of the 2021 ...more

  • Welcome

    • Welcome to our new blog. I've been a personal blogger for years and years and have always intended to have a work blog but haven't really stuck with it. This time I'm going to try and keep this going with updates on what we're doing in the team and bits and pieces of useful information ...more

  • Group Project Software Engineering: Week 8

    • Having finished the meeting last Wednesday the test specification results came back and there were some improvements but as the design document was to be handed in sooner it wasn't a priority. I was still had to finish the component diagrams but Jacob was assigned to help me. On Friday we met together and went ...more

  • Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored - Tachwedd 2017

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored - mis Awst

  • OA Repository Newsletter – July 2018

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