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

• 25-29/4/2022 Active Learning Network, Online Global Festival of Active Learning
• 25/4/2022 Surrey Institute of Education, Surrey ExciTeS 2022: Ideas for changing times: Inspiring stories in higher education
• 26/4/2022 QAA, The Role of EdTech in Creating Inclusive Assessment and Feedback Practices
• 26-28/4/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), OER Conference
• 27/4/2022 EAT-Erasmus, Case-Study Showcase for colleagues using the EAT Framework to enhance assessment and feedback
• 27/4/2022 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinar series: Pedagogy and Practice when teaching and learning Online, University of Kent, featuring Diana Laurillard on learning design, and more talks
• 29/4/2022 Future Teacher Webinars, Knowing what they know – getting feedback from students – Reflected
• 3-24/5/2022 Birmingham City University, Decolonising HE Academic Practice – Lectures, Provocations, and Roundtables
• 4-6/5/2022 Jisc, Connect More: Where do we go from here? Continuing the momentum for digital transformation
• 4/5/2022 Transforming Assessment, Designing authentic exam questions
• 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)
• 12/5/2022 Advance HE, Student Engagement Conference 2022: Meaningful, Active Participation
• 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

• Cohn, J. & Kalir, R. (11/4/2022), Why we need a socially responsible approach to ‘social reading’, The Hechinger Report: Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education
• Esterhazy, R., de Lange. T. & Damşa, C. (21/10/2021), Performing teacher feedback literacy in peer mentoring meetings, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
• Evans, C. (2022), EAT Framework (Assessment Literacy, Assessment Feedback, Assessment Design), EAT-Erasmus
• Goodacre, R. (1/24/2019), Music to Enjoy Science Lectures By, The Analytical Scientist
• Melia, C. (5/4/2022), Sparking a passion for digital skills: a tried and tested approach to developing staff confidence, Jisc Member Stories
• Nicol, D. (18/10/2020), The power of internal feedback: exploiting natural comparison processes, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46:5, 756-778
• Power, J., Conway, P., Gallchóir, C. O, Young, A.-M. & Hayes, M. (17/4/2022), Illusions of online readiness: the counter-intuitive impact of rapid immersion in digital learning due to COVID-19, Irish Educational Studies
• Reis, C. (29/7/2021), Big-class energy: how to get large groups learning by doing, not just listening, THE Campus
• Reis, C (28/3/2021), Talking Student Engagement Interview with Charlie Reis, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, Student Partnerships in Quality, Scotland (SParQS)
• Robson, L., Gardner, B., & Dommett, E. J. (7/4/2022), Lessons from the pandemic – changing what we do in the lecture space, Media & Learning
• Teaching Matters, University of Edinburgh (4/2022), Teaching Matters Newsletter: Five clear messages from the ‘Online/hybrid teaching enhancement’ series

Other

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• Call for proposals 6/5/2022 Academic Practice and Technology (APT) Conference, Shaping academic practice through diversity and flexibility
• Call for proposals 16/5/2022 Centre for Distance Education conference on Research in Distance Education (RIDE), RIDE 2022 Accelerating innovation
• 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.