2022

Weekly Resource Roundup, Mary Jacob, Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit, Aberystwyth University

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

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
4/10/2022 Practice as Research Network, Ethics and ethical considerations in practitioner research
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
6/10/22 Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate, Teaching climate change in the university
10/10/2022 Centre for Research in Digital Education, Decarbonising Computer Science: Making sustainability a key component of our curriculum
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
18/10/2022 Jisc, Supporting learners’ digital identity and wellbeing
19/10/2022 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, How Best to Engage our Students in 2022/23
19/10/2022 WonkHE, Belong from the beginning: Building connections, confidence and inclusion at university
2/11/2022 SCARN, SCARN – Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2022
11 & 12/2022 QAA, Hallmarks of Success Playbook Sprint: Student-Centred Learning and Teaching
- Workshop: 7 November, 14:00-16:00
- Check-in 1: 17 November, 10:00-11:30
- Check-in 2: 6 December, 10:00-11:30
- Finish: 14 December, 10:00-11:30

Resources and publications

Bale, R. (28/9/2022), Just make it up as you go along? Improvisation and adaptive expertise for teachers, The SEDA Blog
Duckworth, A. (n.d.), What is Grit?, Angela Duckworth
Duckworth, A. (30/6/2021), How to turn grit into a lifelong habit (1-hour recording), The TED Interview
Fawns, T. (2/4/2022), An Entangled Pedagogy: Looking Beyond the Pedagogy-Technology Dichotomy. Postdigital Science Education
Lazar, G., & Ryder, A. (24/11/2017), Speaking the same language: Developing a language-aware feedback culture, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 55(2), 143-152
Mihai, A. (26/9/2022), Just another new Academic Year? Think again!, The Educationalist
Molloy, K. & Thomson, C. (27/9/2022), Humanising Learning Design with Digital Pragmatism (1-hour video plus resources), Enhancing Digital Teaching & Learning in Irish Universities webinar series
Olson, C., Briscoe, H., & Prior, M. (27/06/2022), Grow Your Academic Resilience! (poster), National Teaching Repository
Pollard, E. & Aldred, S. (22/9/2022), Imagined universities and blank spaces for dreams, WonkHE
Ross, P. (7/9/2022), Poor feedback and what we can do about it (1-hour video plus resources), Transforming Assessment webinar series
Practical STEM Teaching Community Resources (community-led project initiated at the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference)
Samuel, A., & Conceição, S. (5/2022), Using the Critical Incident Questionnaire as a Formative Evaluation Tool to Inform Online Course Design: A Qualitative Study, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 23(2), 151-169.
Strudwick, K. & Prichard, D. (6/9/2022), What’s next for student engagement?, WonkHE
The Academy, University of Liverpool (30/9/2022), Driving strategic change in a UK university with Rachel Parkes and Natalie Carpenter (41-minute audio recording), Developing Practice Podcast
Woolley, J. (26/9/2022), Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 2022: recordings and resources now available!, LTEU Blog, Aberystwyth University

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.
Call for proposals due 9/10/2022 for SCARN Annual Learning and Teaching 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.

Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 2022: recordings and resources now available!

We at the LTEU want to say a big thank you to everyone who got involved and attended our annual learning and teaching conference.

If you didn’t manage to attend not to worry, we are pleased to announce that all of the recordings are now live on the Annual Learning and Teaching Conference programme page.

If you attended this year’s conference, we would love to hear your feedback, please fill in our Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 2022 Survey. We are beginning our preparations for our 11th Annual Learning & Teaching Conference and your feedback will help us make it the best one yet!

Weekly Resource Roundup – 22/9/2022

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Online events and webinars

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
26/9/2022 #IUADigEd Webinar, Humanising Learning Design with Digital Pragmatism (sign up and receive their mailings by joining the #IUADigEd Community)
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
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
10/10/2022 Centre for Research in Digital Education, Decarbonising Computer Science: Making sustainability a key component of our curriculum
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
18/10/2022 Jisc, Supporting learners’ digital identity and wellbeing
11 & 12/2022 QAA, Hallmarks of Success Playbook Sprint: Student-Centred Learning and Teaching
- Workshop: 7 November, 14:00-16:00
- Check-in 1: 17 November, 10:00-11:30
- Check-in 2: 6 December, 10:00-11:30
- Finish: 14 December, 10:00-11:30

Resources and publications

Barre, B., Brown, A., Esarey, J. (n.d.), Enhanced Course Workload Estimator 2.0, Wake Forest University Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Birtill, P., Harris, R., Pownall, M. (4/10/2021), Student Guide to the Hidden Curriculum, QAA member benefits
de Kleijn, R. A. M. (2021), Supporting student and teacher feedback literacy: an instructional model for student feedback processes, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Edmunds, K. (16/9/2022), Could encouraging low-stakes failure build up our students and prevent them falling later on?, The SEDA Blog
Merry, K. (15/9/2022), Episode 16: Feedback with David Carless (21-minute audio recording), Talking Learning and Teaching podcast series
Nieminen, J. H., Bearman, M. & Tai, J. (11/3/2022), How is theory used in assessment and feedback research? A critical review, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Pullan, J. (19/9/2022), Cognitive Load Theory: a life of its own, Blog on
QAA (10/2021), Student-Centred Learning and Teaching, QAA Hallmarks of Success
Sherrington, T. (17/7/2022), Deconstructing my lesson observation thought processes, Teacherhead blog
Willingham, D. (21/8/2008), Learning Styles Don’t Exist (7-minute video clip)

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.

Blackboard Ultra: Stakeholder Meeting 1

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The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is starting to work on our next project: the move to Blackboard Ultra. Over the coming months we’ll be using our blog to communicate project progression as well as important information.

Over the next year or so, you’ll probably hear the following phrases:

Ultra Base Navigation: the name given to the new design and navigation within Blackboard, before you enter a module or organisation.
Ultra Course View: a more modern design and easy-to-use interface for modules with some new tools that are not available in the Original Course View.
Original Course View: the design and interface we are currently using for modules and which Blackboard is retiring.
LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability): the external tools integrated into Blackboard such as Turnitin and Panopto.

There are advantages to using Ultra:

More intuitive course design and content creation.
Increased compatibility with mobile and tablet devices.
Benefits from Blackboard’s continuous updates and support.
Updated aesthetic.

Whilst we recognise these benefits, the change may be disruptive for colleagues and students but we will be working hard to ensure the rollout is as smooth as possible.

For colleagues, we’ll be running training sessions next year so that you are as prepared for this change as possible.

In this first blogpost, we’ll provide a summary of our first stakeholder engagement meeting which took place on Friday 16 September. Your departmental directors of learning and teaching along with other stakeholders were invited to the meeting.

Our client support colleagues from Blackboard gave attendees a tour of the Ultra interface from an instructor’s perspective and a day in the life of a student.

We have made the meeting available for everyone via Panopto.

Following the stakeholder meeting we will be working on the following areas:

When can we enable Ultra Base Navigation?
What will the course creation and copying process look like for colleagues?
How does Blackboard Ultra manage Welsh and English content?

Keep a lookout for further updates. If you have got any questions, do let us know (lteu@aber.ac.uk).

Active Learning Network satellite group

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The university’s APEX learning and teaching strategy emphasises active learning. To support staff in using active learning effectively, we have established an Active Learning Network (ALN) satellite group here at Aberystwyth University.

Our aim is to create a community of practice for staff so that you can exchange ideas and support each other in active learning.

The ALN offers access to a global community of inspiring practitioners, free publications, and online conferences and training sessions. There are opportunities for you to share your good practice by publishing case studies or presenting at events. Subscribe to the ALN JiscMail list to join the conversation. See the ALN website for further details and resources.

Our first step will be to bring together interested staff for an informal idea exchange. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Mary Jacob.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 16/9/2022

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Online events and webinars

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
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
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
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

Active Learning Network (7/12/2021), Active Reading: Five ways to engage students in their reading, Active Learning Network Blog
Buchanan, K. & The Learning Scientists (15/12/2022), How to Study Effectively for School or College [Top 6 Science-Based Study Skills] (8-minute video), Memorize Academy
Creative Modern Languages: Researching on Creative Modern Languages across the United Kingdom
Knight, S., Beetham, H., & MacNeill, S. (6/9/2022), Beyond the Technology: Reviewing learning and curriculum design (50-minute audio recording), Jisc
Matthews-Jones, L. (14/9/2022), Creative History in the Classroom Workshops, September 2022-January 2023 (2-hour video plus materials), Lucinda Matthews-Jones: Historian, Victorianist & Lecturer
Palmer, E. (10/9/2022), #LTHEchat 240 Transition: Led by Emma Palmer @TheEmmaPalmer 14th Sept 2022, 8pm BST (blog post and resources), #LTHEchat
Peritz, A. (9/9/2022), Plagiarism: AI Is Making It Easier Than Ever for Students to Cheat, The Wire Science
QAA (18/8/2021), Supporting successful student transitions (toolkit), QAA membership Resources
QAA Scotland (9/2015), Transition Skills and Strategies, Enhancement Themes (see further resources)
Ramjattan, V. A. (14/9/2022), The Accent Work of International Teaching Assistants, TESOL Quarterly
SEDA (6/9/2022), SEDA Blog Series Introduction: A year of transition and a chance to reflect, The SEDA Blog
- Keane, A. (12/9/2022), Transitions: What do the Second-Year Slump and the Covid Slump Have in Common?, The SEDA Blog
- Knapton, H. (14/9/2022), Transitions: The mapping of graduate attributes into assessment, The SEDA Blog
- O’Brien, R. (6/9/2022), Transitions: Help! There’s a cat in the Transition to HE course!, The SEDA Blog
Sung, J. (28/7/2022), Read about it: Tackling the problem of students’ failure to hit the books, Lens, Monash University
The Open University (27/7/2022), Balance between guidance and self-regulated learning, Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Zhan, Y. (8/9/2022), What do college students think of feedback literacy? An ecological interpretation of Hong Kong students’ perspectives, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 8/9/2022

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Online events and webinars

12-14/9/2022 Aberystwyth University, 10th Annual Learning & Teaching Conference, (programme / booking) Online sessions open to non-university participants
13/9/2022 Centre for Innovation in Education, Book launch: Handbook of Digital Higher Education
14/9/2022 HEFi University of Birmingham, Digital Skills CPD 101: Understanding the University of Birmingham Digital Ecosystem
16/9/2022 UEL, Learning & Teaching Symposium: Rethinking academic communities: building on what we have learned during the pandemic (programme / booking)
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
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
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

Advance HE (5/9/2022), Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum for students, new guidance launched for staff, Advance HE News
Advance HE (5/9/2022), Enhancing Student Awareness of Academic Integrity in an Accessible and Inclusive Manner, Advance HE News
BERA (2018), Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fourth edition
Bjork, R. (4/11/2015), The Importance of Making Errors During Learning, Dr. Robert Bjork (2-minute video)
Dawson, P. (11/10/2012), Constructive alignment and learning outcomes (30-minute video)
Gladovic, C., Tai, H.-M. & Dawson, P. (2022), Qualitative approaches to researching evaluative judgement in pedagogical activities: a case study, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(2), 231-244
Kennedy, M.L., Farrington, T., Salgado, C. (2022), A collaborative approach to student scholarship skills: embedding information literacy skills in the flipped classroom(poster and article), National Teaching Repository.
MacCormack, P. (24/8/2022), Start the Semester Strong: Focus on Student Belonging, Higher Ed Jobs
Orlando, J. (2/9/2022), Applying Neurology to Online Videos, Faculty Focus
Saunders, R., L&T Chatshow podcast series
Shields, S. (2015), ‘My work is bleeding’: exploring students’ emotional responses to first-year assignment feedback, Teaching in Higher Education, 20(6), 614-624
Usman, F. (2022), Learning Module: Anti-Racism, EDI and Positionality in Teaching and Learning, Taylor Institute for Learning and Teaching, University of Calgary

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.

Vevox Update: September 2022

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The University has a site license for Vevox, a polling software, which means that we benefit from regular updates. You can view the March updates on this blogpost.

The summary of the updates for September are below:

Vevox interface available in Welsh

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce that Vevox, the University’s polling software, now has an interface available in Welsh.

Since we procured Vevox we have been working closely with their Customer Services Manager to develop the system to meet the needs of our learning and teaching and we are really pleased to see this development.

Users can choose their language in the interface when they log into Vevox.

Click on the language icon highlighted below and select Cymraeg and Save.

Language button highlighted in the Vevox login page

New question type available

There’s a new ranking style question available – ask your students to rank things based on importance or put things in the correct order.

This question can either be marked as correct or used to generate user preference. From the poll, select the Ranking style question.

Want to learn more about Vevox?

If you’re new to using Vevox, book yourself onto our E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Vevox training session which is taking place on Thursday 22 September, 11:00-12:00. You can also check out our guidance materials to get started.

If you have any feedback on this update, or other Vevox functionality, feel free to email us (elearning@aber.ac.uk) and we will be happy to raise on your behalf.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 1/9/2022

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Online events and webinars

6-8/9/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference (hybrid online and in person)
7/9/2022 Transforming Assessment, Poor feedback and what we can do about it
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
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
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

Bali, M. & Cormier, D. (1/9/2022), Online Learning in a Hurry Guest Episode 8: Third Places for Ongoing Community Building (6-minute video recording plus activity resources), OneHE
Bell, R., Blake, J., Cooke, A., & Malik, I. (9/2022), Transition Resource (toolkit for new university students with short video clips), University of Manchester Institute of Teaching and Learning/University of Manchester Library
Boud, D. & Bearman, M. (27/8/2022) The assessment challenge of social and collaborative learning in higher education, Educational Philosophy and Theory
Brown, S. (8/2/2021), Education Myths: takeways and questions from the researchEd guide, Mostly Clear Thinking: Crystallising Thoughts on education, RE, staff wellbeing, theology and more
Bruff, D. (n.d.), Agile Learning Derek Bruff’s blog on teaching and technology
Cervantes, M. V. & Inlow, A. R. (2022), Navigating Challenges and Teaching Through Lived Experiences As Graduate Student Instructors, Teaching and Learning Inquiry 10 (August)
Chappell, S. (29/7/2022), What works to tackle inequalities in student mental health?, Advance HE News + Views
Contract Cheating Working Group for the London and South East Academic Integrity Network (10/2021), Contract cheating detection for markers: checklist
Davies, J. P. & Pachler, N. (2018), Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Perspectives from UCL, UCL IoE Press
Matthews, K. (n.d.), Feedback and Assessment Network (FAN), Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland
Nicol, D. (2022), Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback, Introductory Guide from Active Feedback Toolkit, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, resource shared on National Teaching Repository
Rivoire, A. & Jaffrey, A. (2019), Viewpoints Workshop Toolkit, Assessment and Feedback (downloadable cards), Viewpoints Curriculumn Design Workshop Resources
University of Manchester Library Student Team (16/5/2019), Top Ten Tips: Group Work (blog post and 2-minute audio recording)
University of Strathclyde (2007), Assessment and Feedback Principles: Rationale and formulation, Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Higher Education

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.

Vevox Training Session

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Last year, the University procured Vevox as its Polling Tool solution. Since then, we’ve seen lots of fantastic in-class polling activities taking place across the University.

For those of you who haven’t used Vevox before or would like some guidance, Vevox will be running a training session:

22 September, 11:00-12:00

Book your place on our Courses Booking site.

This training session will be taking place online via Teams. A link will be sent to you prior to the start of the session.

For more information on Vevox, take a look at our Vevox Polling Tool webpage and blogposts.