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. In the interest of clarity, our policy is to show the titles and descriptions in the language of delivery.   

Online events and webinars

• 1/9/2021 Transforming Assessment, Making post-pandemic assessment authentic and engaging
• 22/9/2021 Quality Conversations by Views, Dilemmas in Contemporary Creative Arts Education
• 7/10/2021 AdvanceHE, Introduction to EDI in Teaching and Learning Workshops

Resources and publications

• Agarwal, P. (11/5/2018), Boost note-taking with Retrieve-Taking!, Retrieval Practice
• Bjork, R. (n.d.), Applying Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Educational Practice, UCLA Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab (collection of videos and resources)
• Centre for Distance Education, University of London, Research in Distance Education (RIDE) conference 2021: Learning through disruption conference blogs and recordings
• Fawns, T. (16/8/2021), An Online Teaching Mindset, keynote talk Cardiff University Learning & Teaching Conference (75 minute video)
• Feedback for Learning, Closing the Assessment Loop (resource collection from Australia)
• Harvard, B. (5/5/2020), Pillars of the Cognition Conscious Classroom (1 hour video)
• Healey HE Consultants, publications and resources
• InnerDrive, The Cognitive Science behind Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction
• Pates, D., Rutherford, J., & Sikora, I., Teaching Here and There podcast series
• Sambell, K. (n.d.), Assessment for Learning, Heriot-Watt Learning & Teaching Academy
• Sundar, K. & Agarwal, P. (2021), Effect Sizes and Meta-analysese: how to interpret the “evidence” in evidence-based
• Wood, J. (3/1/2021), A dialogic technology-mediated model of feedback uptake and literacy, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
• Young, C. & Perovic, N. (23/7/2021), Introduction to ABC Learning Design (8 minute video)

Other

• 1/9/2021 deadline call for proposals, Creative Academic Magazine

Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk. You may also wish to follow my Twitter feed, Mary Jacob L&T.