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

• August Equity Unbound, MYFest Choose-your-own-learning journey of openness, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy, see programme for details
• 22/8/2022 Ulster University and ALT network, International Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Learning: Digital Pedagogies, Student Engagement, Assessment and Feedback
• 6-8/9/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference (hybrid online and in person)
• 7-8/9/2022 (in-person at University of Lincoln) RAISE Network: Focused on Research into Student Engagement, RAISE Annual Conference 2022 – Student as Producer: Origins and Impact
• 19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
• 22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
• 26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
• 28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
• 14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

• #CreativeHE Community
• Cambridge University Libraries (n.d.), Reflective Practice Toolkit
• Centre for Teaching and Learning, Oregon State University, Pedagogical Pragmatics: Writing a Warm Syllabus,
• Clark, D. (9/10/2020), Engagement – most used yet most misunderstood word in learning?, Donald Clark Plan B
• Cook-Sather, A., Bahti, M., & Ntem, A. (12/2019), Pedagogical partnerships: A how-to guide for faculty, students, and academic developers in higher education, (Elon, North Carolina: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning)
• Dawson, P. (11/9/2018), Defanging Feedback by Rewriting into Action Items, CRADLE News
• Dinsmore, D. L., Fryer, L. K. & Parkinson, M. M. (8/8/2022), The learning styles hypothesis is false, but there are patterns of student characteristics that are useful, Theory Into Practice
• Duke University Learning Innovation (n.d.), Foster an Active Classroom, Duke University Learning Innovation Teaching Guides
• Hinton, D. (n.d.), Teaching Enhancement Resource Curation
• Kuepper-Tetzel, C. (15/8/2022), TILE Seminar Talks | Autumn/Winter 2022, University of Glasgow TILE Network
• McVitty, K. (24/01/2022), Building back learning and teaching means changing assessment, WonkHE
• Nordmann, E. (5/8/2022), How to Study 2022, Dr Emily Nordmann
• Schwartz, H. L. (2019), Connected teaching: Relationship, power, and mattering in higher education, ProQuest
• Schwartz, H. L. (2019), Connected Teaching (40-minute audio recording), Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast series
• Turnitin, Integrity Matters by Turnitin (YouTube playlist, videos approximately 30 minutes each)
• Winstone, N., Bourne, J., Medland, E., Niculescu, I. & Rees, R (2021), “Check the grade, log out”: students’ engagement with feedback in learning management systems, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46:4, 631-643

Other

• Subscribe to SEDA’s mailing list for email discussions about educational development and emerging teaching practices. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
• Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
• Join the #LTHEchat on Twitter Wednesday nights for one hour of lively discussion about learning and teaching in HE.

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.