2022

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

31/10/2022 Sustainability in Learning and Teaching Seminar Series (University of Glasgow/AdvanceHE Connect), Embedding Transformative Learning in HEIs and Adapting Quality Assurance
2/11/2022 Transforming Assessment with Assessment in Higher Education Network, Student Centred Feedback Practices
2/11/2022 SCARN, SCARN – Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2022
8/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Inclusive practices in active learning
10/11/2022 Student Assessment and Classification Working Group Seminar, Playing by the Rules: Assessment Regulations and Taught PG Programmes
15/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Building active learning communities
15/11/2022 Advance HE, Changebusters – Using theory and evidence to explore impact on student outcomes
22/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Empowering active learners
22/11/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Exploring educators’ lived experiences of social support and wellbeing in online social network sites
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
7/12/2022 Active Learning Network, The Great Collaborative Learning Podblast
7-8/3/2023 Jisc, DigiFest (hybrid online and in person) “Innovation takes collaboration; it takes connection; it takes networks. It takes questions: why do you do that? what if I tried this? why not?”

Resources and publications

Clark, J. (student digital champion) (27/10/2022), Fake News & Plagiarism: Stop the Spread! Part 1 – Foiling Fake News, Digital Capabilities Blog, Aberystwyth University
Collins, M. (26/10/2022), Prof Nicola Whitton and Monkey Island – PGZ@PL games and practice mini (8-minute audio recording), Pedagodzilla the pedagogic podcast with the pop culture core
Davies, M. (24/8/2022), The Improvement of Student Learning by Linking Inclusion/Accessibility and Academic Integrity, QAA (downloadable poster)
Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars (21/10/2022), How Best to Engage our Students in 2022/2023 (webinar playlist)
Mihai, A. (24/10/2022), How to make students read?, The Educationalist
Rosen, A. (19/10/2022), Typologies for Conflict Simulations and Games, Active Learning in Political Science

Other

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
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. I often find out about good resources for the Roundup from the chat.
Call for papers due 30/10/2022, creativeHE annual 2022 open invitation to contribute, Say it with a story
Call for papers due 23/1/2023, AHE, International Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference (in-person, Manchester)

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.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 20/10/2022

Online events and webinars

26/10/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows, Designing for agency and presence: Lessons learned from a case in innovation
27/10/2022 Future Teacher Webinars, Self assessment and mastery learning – Reflected
31/10/2022 Sustainability in Learning and Teaching Seminar Series (University of Glasgow/AdvanceHE Connect), Embedding Transformative Learning in HEIs and Adapting Quality Assurance
2/11/2022 Transforming Assessment with Assessment in Higher Education Network, Student Centred Feedback Practices
2/11/2022 SCARN, SCARN – Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2022
8/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Inclusive practices in active learning
10/11/2022 Student Assessment and Classification Working Group Seminar, Playing by the Rules: Assessment Regulations and Taught PG Programmes
15/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Building active learning communities
15/11/2022 Advance HE, Changebusters – Using theory and evidence to explore impact on student outcomes
22/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Empowering active learners
22/11/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Exploring educators’ lived experiences of social support and wellbeing in online social network sites
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
7-8/3/2023 Jisc, DigiFest (hybrid online and in person) “Innovation takes collaboration; it takes connection; it takes networks. It takes questions: why do you do that? what if I tried this? why not?”

Resources and publications

Austen, L. & Pickering, N. (20/10/2022), Embedding pedagogy in evaluation: demystifying student outcomes through game playing, Advance HE
Costa, K. (13/10/2022), Imagine Higher Ed (blog post and 6-minute audio recording)
Egea, K. & Melvold, J. (14/10/2022), First-year transition: following the 6 first-year curriculum principles, UTS
Equity Unbound and OneHE (n.d.), Community building activities toolkit
International Journal of Students as Partners (18/10/2022) new issue
Mansfield, K. (17/10/2022), International perspectives on teaching and learning forged during Covid, Times Higher Education, Campus
Morris, S. M. & Stommel, J. (2018), An Urgency of Teachers: the work of critical digital pedagogy, associated with Hybrid Pedagogy
Tisdale, P. (17/10/2022), Daring to Connect, The Grateful Academic: Sharing Positivity
Tulshyan, R. & Burey, J.-A. (11/2/2021), Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome, Harvard Business Review

Other

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
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. I often find out about good resources for the Roundup from the chat.
Call for papers due 30/10/2022, creativeHE annual 2022 open invitation to contribute, Say it with a story
Call for papers due 23/1/2023, AHE, International Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference (in-person, Manchester)

Call for Proposals: Mini Conference – Sustainability in Higher Education

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The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce our next Mini Conference.

On 20 December, we will be hosting an online event to look at Sustainability in Higher Education.

At this year’s L & T Conference, we welcomed Dr Alex Hope from the University of Northumbria to talk about ways in which we might embed Sustainability in the Curriculum. You can catch up with Alex’s talk from the conference online.

If you would like to contribute to the event, please complete this Call for Proposals by Friday 18 November 2022.

Potential topics might include:

Sustainability in the Curriculum
Assessment and Sustainability
Developing Sustainably Conscious Students
Mapping the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Booking for the one-day event is already open – book online.

We’ll be joined by some external presenters at the event so keep an eye on our blog as we announce our programme. If you’ve got any questions, let us know: lteu@aber.ac.uk.

Turnitin considerations to be aware of (as of October 2022).

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Student access to Turnitin Submission Points.

We recommend that Turnitin Submission Points are not hidden from students for the following reasons:

Students require access to Turnitin Submission Points to access and download their Turnitin digital receipt which is evidence of their submission.
Students should ideally always retain access to their submitted assignments via Turnitin Submission Points.
Students should have access to their grades and feedback on the Feedback Release Date originally advertised to them for the Turnitin Submission Point. Feedback should be available to students 15 working days after submission in accordance with point 5.2 of the E-submission and Feedback Policy.

Turnitin and non-anonymous submission and marking.

We strongly recommend that the Blackboard Grade Centre column is hidden for any Turnitin Submission Point set up with non-anonymous marking.

When a Turnitin assignment is set up without anonymous marking any marks entered in the Turnitin Feedback Studio will feed through to the Blackboard Grade Centre Column immediately. This makes them visible to the students before the Feedback Release Date.

To hide a column in the Grade Centre:

Go to Full Grade Centre
Click the chevron next the relevant column
Toggle the ‘Hide from Students (On/Off)’ option until there is a red line through the chevron.

The Blackboard Grade Centre Column should be unhidden when the feedback release date has passed.

Though anonymous marking is the norm, there may be reasons for non-anonymous submission and marking. See point 4.7 of the E-Submission and Feedback Policy.

This issue has been reported to Turnitin.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 12/10/2022

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Online events and webinars

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
17/10/2022 Enhancing Digital Capacity in Teaching and Learning (EDTL) in Irish Universities, Approaches to supporting students’ academic integrity
18/210/2022 Falmouth University MA Education, Masterclass: Values in Education – Discord and Harmony
18/10/2022 “Talking Teaching Across the Globe” at Oxford Brookes, A manifesto for the sustainable development of course and programme leaders in Higher Education
18/10/2022 Jisc, Supporting learners’ digital identity and wellbeing
19/10/2022 International Centre for Academic Integrity, International Day of Action against Contract Cheating (series of events)
19/10/2022 Post-pandemic University, Is Digital Education sustainable?
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
26/10/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows, Designing for agency and presence: Lessons learned from a case in innovation
2/11/2022 Transforming Assessment with Assessment in Higher Education Network, Student Centred Feedback Practices
2/11/2022 SCARN, SCARN – Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2022
8/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Inclusive practices in active learning
10/11/2022 Student Assessment and Classification Working Group Seminar, Playing by the Rules: Assessment Regulations and Taught PG Programmes
15/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Building active learning communities
22/11/2022 Active Learning Network, Empowering active learners
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

Bali, M. (12/10/2022), Be Brave: Spoken Poetry on Anger, Reflecting Allowed: Maha Bali’s blog about education
Business Online Assessment (n.d.), Framework for evaluating online assessment
Cumming, J. (4/10/2022), Signaling Research Gaps, Dr Jenn Cumming Sport, Exercise and Dance Psychologist
D’Agostino, S. (12/10/2022), With Online Social Annotation, Students Read Together, Inside Higher Education
Mazur, E., Episode 1: Peer Instruction (30-minute audio and video recording), Social Learning Amplified podcast series
Zou, D., Xie, H. & Wang, F. (16/9/2022), Effects of technology enhanced peer, teacher and self-feedback on students’ collaborative writing, critical thinking tendency and engagement in learning, Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Other

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
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 submissions due 21/10/20922 for Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference –@SocMedHE #SocMedHE2022

Teams Language Interpretation now available

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Accessibility icons showing 3 images: a checklist, a computer workstation, an image

In its most recent update, Teams made available its new translation channel for online meetings. Now, you can allocate a translator to your meeting and attendees can tune into their interpretation. This solution has been developed in collaboration between Microsoft and Welsh Government.

If you’ve got any questions about using Teams, please contact is@aber.ac.uk.

In line with the statutory requirements of the Welsh Language Standards and the University’s internal policy on the use of Welsh, the Centre for Welsh Language Services provides a Simultaneous Translation service at meetings (virtual, hybrid and in-person).

Simultaneous Translation allows attendees to use their preferred language (e.g. Welsh/English) completely naturally and easily at meetings, committees and events for example. For further information please contact the Centre for Welsh Language Services tlustaff@aber.ac.uk.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 6/10/2022

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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
11/10/2022 Heriot-Watt University Learning & Teaching Symposium, Working alongside students to evaluate teaching, learning and assessment
12/10/2022 Heriot-Watt University Learning & Teaching Symposium, Supporting Student Learning through Effective Feedback
10/10/2022 Centre for Research in Digital Education, Decarbonising Computer Science: Making sustainability a key component of our curriculum
12/10/2022 Creative History in the Classroom, Workshop 2 Gendering & Queering
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 “Talking Teaching Across the Globe” at Oxford Brookes, A manifesto for the sustainable development of course and programme leaders in Higher Education
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
10/11/2022 Student Assessment and Classification Working Group Seminar, Playing by the Rules: Assessment Regulations and Taught PG Programmes
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

Blake, S. (6/10/2022), Students don’t expect perfection, they expect us to listen, Wonk HE
Charfe, L. & Gardner, A. (31/7/2020), ‘Does my Haltung look big in this?’: The use of social pedagogical theory for the development of ethical and value-led practice, International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 9(1)
Corradini, E. (5/10/2022), Developing pedagogical content knowledge through the integration of education research and practice in higher education, The SEDA Blog
Kuepper-Tetzel, C. & Crimmins, G. (28/9/2022), Access Is Not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education – A Summary (1-hour video), TILE Network
Martin, S., Álvarez, A. M., & Espasa, A. (6/9/2022), Video feedback and foreign language anxiety in online pronunciation tasks, Media & Learning
Martin, S., Alvarez, I. M. & Espasa, A (2022), Video feedback and Foreign Language Anxiety in online pronunciation tasks, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 19(19)
The Student Lens (25/8/2022), Ep. 6 Welcome Diverse Perspectives (2-minute video)
Tomas, C. & Reid, K. (1/9/2022), Designing programmes for learning: foundations and aspirations, Advance HE News & Views
Venet, A. S. (13/3/2021), Equity-centred, Trauma-informed Education, Norton
Webster, H. (27/9/2022), Building student ‘Belonging’, Advance HE News & Views

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
Call for submissions due 21/10/20922 for Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference –@SocMedHE #SocMedHE2022