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
• 5/4/2022 CRADLE seminar series, Developing Feedback Literacy: Case Studies from Multiple Disciplines, with Professor Phillip Dawson and Dr Joanna Tai along with Development Partners Dr Kelli Nicola-Richmond and Dr Christine Contessotto
• 6/4/2022 AbilityNet, Introduction to Digital Accessibility
• 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
• 7/4/2022 HERDSA Queensland Branch, The online engagement framework: Activating students’ online learning experience, with Dr Alice Brown and Professor Petrea Redmond,
• 18/4/2022 start MIT Media Lab, Learning Creative Learning 6-week MOOC
• 25/4/2022 Surrey Institute of Education, Surrey ExciTeS 2022: Ideas for changing times: Inspiring stories in higher education
• 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
• 5/5/2022 Centre for Distance Education, University of London, Hybrid experience & student well being
• 6/5/2022 SEDA, Reimagining the student learning experience – key considerations
• 11-13/5/2022 Change Agents Network, CAN Conference ‘Sustaining Partnerships in Transformative Times’ (hybrid online and in person)
• 16-18/6/2022 Centre for Distance Education, University of London, Conference on Research in Distance Education (RIDE) Accelerating innovation (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

• Bali, M. (25/3/2022), Asking questions to engage students in discussions, Reflecting Allowed: Maha Bali’s blog about education
• Bateman, B. (24/3/2022), EDI and decolonising initiatives in the School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures, Teaching Matters Blog, University of Edinburgh
• Bennett, R., Stone, S. & Payne, A. L. (15/3/2022), The Importance of Trust in Nurturing Student Engagement Online, The SEDA blog
• Davis, C., Fitzpatrick, M. & Parker, P. (24/3/2022), Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Reflective Practice, The SEDA Blog
• Enhancing Digital Teaching & Learning in Irish Universities (28/3/2022), Student Perspective: Open Book Assessment (45-minute video)
• Knight, S. (8/3/2022), What is the future of assessment and feedback?, Jisc Blog
• Mihai, A. (23/3/2022), Growing together: What’s the key to a successful learning community?, The Educationalist
• Mosley, N. (30/3/2022), Reflections on the last two years in UK higher education, Neil Mosley Blog
• Penn, P. (22/3/2022), Paraphrasing: a short guide (10-minute video), Psychology of Effective Studying
• SEDA (2022), Student Evaluation of Teaching: From Performance Management to Quality Enhancement
• Talking Learning and Teaching podcast, Episode 11: Ripples on a Pond with Phil Race, (34-minute audio recording)
• Thomson, S. (29/3/2022), SP@M A Framework for Developing Hybrid Education
• Volk, S. (21/3/2022), Student Success Rests on an Institutional Culture of Support, After Class: Education and Democracy

Other

• Call for proposals 6/5/2022 Academic Practice and Technology (APT) Conference, Shaping academic practice through diversity and flexibility
• Call for proposals 30/6/2022 Transformative Teaching international online conference

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.