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

• On-going LTHEchat, a weekly Twitter chat about learning and teaching in higher education
• On-going FutureLearn MOOC, Blended and Online Learning Design, with Diana Laurillard, UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
• 10/3/2022 SEDA, Book Launch: Developing Expertise for Teaching in Higher Education
• 10/3/2022 Collaborative Research Network, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic perspectives in the New Curriculum
• 14-18/3/2022 University of Warwick TEALfest, Technology-enhanced Active Learning Festival
• 30/3/2022 University of Lincoln, DigiED: Futures – Online Conference
• 30/3/2022 Future Teacher Webinars, Flipped Learning – Reflected
• 6/4/2022 UDL UK and Ireland, The Elephant in the Room: Universal Design for Learning and Assessment
• 7/4/2022 Warwick International Higher Education Academy, Universities and Post Pandemic Digital Praxis – Critically Reframing Education and the Curriculum
• 26-28/4/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), OER Conference
• 27/4/2022 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinar series, University of Kent, featuring Diana Laurillard on learning design, and more talks
• 4/5/2022 RAISE network, Impactful Student Partnerships
• 11-13/5/2022 Change Agents Network, CAN Conference ‘Sustaining Partnerships in Transformative Times’ (hybrid online and in person)
• 26-27/6/2022 Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) International Conference
• 6-8/7/2022 Playful Learning Conference

Resources and publications

• Agarwal, P. (n.d.), How to use Spaced Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning, (5-minute video plus materials), Retrieval Practice
• Clark, D. (28/2/2022), Affective Learning with Donald Clark (1 hour audio recording), Great Minds on Learning
• Co-design Research Group, University of Sydney (10/8/2021), Making the most of the spaces we have: Design principles for successful hybrid and hyflex learning
• Inglis, G. (24/2/2022), Flexibility, accessibility and engagement: How the Centre for Open Learning developed positive, teaching practice from the pandemic, Teaching Matters Blog
• Knight, S. & Ferrell, G. (2/3/2022), Principles of good assessment and feedback, Jisc
• Kuepper-Tetzel, C. (3/2/2022), Generating Internal Feedback from Self and Peer Review – A Summary, TILE talk reflection (1 hour 20 minute video recording plus materials), TILE Network
• Mihai, A. (14/2/2022), Episode 6: Digital Competencies and Internationalisation with Chahira Nouira (33-minute audio recording), Around the World Podcast
• Nicol, D. (2021), The power of internal feedback: exploiting natural comparison processes, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46:5, 756-778

Other

• Call for proposals 24/3/2022 Jisc Change Agents Network 2022: Sustaining Partnerships in Transformative Times
• Call for proposals 6/5/2022 Academic Practice and Technology (APT) Conference, Shaping academic practice through diversity and flexibility

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.