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
• 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.

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.