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
- 15/3/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of Practice
- 15/3/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Promoting student self-regulation through assessment
- 22/3/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Laura Jenkins, University of Loughborough, presents ‘Use Vevox for formative and mid-module feedback’
- 28/3/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 2: Combating Contract Cheating On Campus
- 29/3/2023 Talis Elevate Teach Learn Collaborate Repeat pedagogy panel: Getting Started – First Steps with Social Annotation
- 29/3/2023 IFNTF Seminars, Engaging Students with the Feedback Process with Nigel Francis, Cardiff University
- 29/3/2023 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL Instructional Design Workshop, “Learn how to create instructional experiences using the UDL principles as part of a structured, facilitated process called CUTLAS”
- 30/3/2023 Learning and Teaching Innovation Lecture Series, Beyond the Chat: Understanding the Impact of ChatGPT in Higher Education
- 30/3/2023 Future Teacher Webinars, Working with Rich Media 2 – Audio
- 5/4/2023 Transforming Assessment, Designs for our times: adapting assessment in an AI context
- 12/4/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Self-regulation competency framework
- 14/4/2023 European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI), ENAI Recommendations on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence and the European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2023 (ECEIA 2023)
- 24-28/4/2023 QAA, Assessment Festival “We will dare to be controversial, ask those difficult questions and take a forward-facing look at how assessment may evolve. The festival will bring different voices from the sector to share and celebrate assessment practices that enhance student experience.”
- 26/4/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Alex Pitchford, Aberystwyth University, presents ‘Increasing Engagement & Active Learning using Vevox in Maths and Sciences’
- 26/4/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 3: The Student View On Contract Cheating and AI Writing Tools
- 9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation
- 12/5/2023 ENAI, Tips and tricks for running survey-based research in Academic Integrity
- 17-18/5/2023 Change Agents Network conference, Reimagining student/staff partnerships to generate new learning opportunities
- 9/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, pre-conference online event
- 30/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, in-person at King’s College London, Strand campus
Resources and publications
- Beckingham, S. & Hartley, P. (7/3/2023), An Updated Non-Technical Introduction to ChatGPT (32-minute video), SEDA Webinars, with presentation slides
- Cotton, D., Cotton, P., & Shipway, J. R. (10/1/2023), Chatting and Cheating. Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT, EdArXiv [NOTE: be sure to read through the Discussion section of this paper]
- Fallin L. (28/2/2023), Supporting inclusive learning resource design with Designing for Diverse Learners (downloadable poster), National Teaching Repository
- Gooding, M. (10/3/2023, updated 13/3/2023), OpenAI’s GPT-4 to ‘launch next week’ – Microsoft Germany, TechMonitor
- Horizon2020 INTEGRITY project (2021), Integrity Games (interactive game-based scenarios for academic integrity)
- MacFarlane, B. (6/3/2023), Why ChatGPT Will Actually Become a Catalyst for Innovation in Higher Education, LinkedIn
- Marcus, G. (10/3/2023), The long shadow of GPT: We don’t really know what’s coming, The Road to AI We Can Trust
- University of Toronto Quarterly Special Issue on the Creative Humanities (Winter 2022)
- Van Gompel, K. (2/3/2023), Five ways to prepare writing assignments in the age of AI, turnitin Blog
- Wong, P. (6/6/2022), Surviving institutional racism as a Chinese female in UK higher education, Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning 2(3)
Other
- Association for Learning Technology (ALT) South (3/3/2023), Open and inclusive assessments (1-hour video) and presentation slides
- Cotton, D., Cotton, P., & Shipway, J. R. (2023, January 10), Chatting and Cheating. Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPTMonthly 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 15/5/2023, King’s College London, University College London, the London School of Economics & Political Science and Imperial College London Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) 2023 (hybrid in person and online), Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education teaching, learning and assessment
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.
