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

May

• 2-31/5/2023 Education Development Service, Birmingham City University, Decolonising Knowledge in Academic Practice Lecture Series
• 4/5/2023 QAA Scotland, Building connection: The role of enhancement in embracing ‘relationship-rich education’
• 9/5/2023 University of Westminster Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation, Student Partnership Framework Launch Event (download the framework)
• 9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation
• 9, 10, 12/5/2023 University of Birmingham, HEFi Festival (hybrid online and in person)
• 10/5/2023 Westminster Student Partnerships, Curriculum creation as co-inquiry about the University
• 10/5/2023 creativeHE, Creativity and neurodivergence
• 10/5/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Practical tools for measuring impact of assessment interventions
• 12/5/2023 ENAI, Tips and tricks for running survey-based research in Academic Integrity
• 15/5/2023 ABC LD Team, To VLE and Beyond? Revisiting ABC Learning Design
• 16/5/2023 Advance HE, Mental Wellbeing in HE Conference 2023: Putting theory into practice – Creating a whole university approach to student and staff wellbeing (in-person conference, Manchester)
• 17-18/5/2023 Change Agents Network conference, Reimagining student/staff partnerships to generate new learning opportunities
• 24/5/2023 Royal Society for Chemistry, Inclusive science teaching by design: building success for all learners into your lessons
• 24/5/2023 creativeHE, Compassion and creativity
• 26/5/2023 EmpowerED (formerly TILE Webinars), Webinar 5 (propose a topic or just register to attend)

June

• 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

July

• 12/7/2023 ENAI and University of Derby, European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia (hybrid in person and online)

Resources and publications

Resources on Artificial Intelligence

• Beetham, H. (21/4/2023), On language, language models and writing, imperfect offerings
• Bryant-Aird, G. (11/4/2023), Generative AI can change assessment for the better, WonkHE
• Carless, D. (19/4/2023), How ChatGPT can help disrupt assessment overload, THE Campus
• Compton, M. (5/4/2023), Generative AI: Friend or Foe? (two 15-minute videos and blog), Martin Compton, University College London
• European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI Monthly Webinars (recordings of past webinars and information about upcoming webinars)
• Galanos, V. (18/4/2023), ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Arguments from a semester with large language models in class (Part 1), Teaching Matters blog, University of Edinburgh
• Gill, J. (18/4/2023), ChatGPT ‘experimentation’ puts universities in ‘dangerous position’: Experts tell THE and Leeds event that institutions are facing risks they don’t understand, Times Higher Education
• Guy, M. (21/4/2023), Generative AI: Lifeline for students or threat to traditional assessment?, National Centre for AI in Teriary Education blog
• Lancaster, T. (18/4/2023), ChatGPT: What should assessment look like now? (1-hour video), QAA
• Lancaster, T. (20/4/2023), A World Without Contract Cheating – Keynote Presentation for University of Bradford – 20 April 2023(slides)
• Robinson, G. (18/4/2023), Generative AI in education: an introduction, Educational Enhancement, University of Sussex
• Sadasivan, V. S., Kumar, A., Balasubramanian, S., Wang, W. & Feizi, S. (17/3/2023), Can AI-Generated Text be Reliably Detected?, arXiv:2303.11156v1
• Taylor, S. (17/3/2023), What Are Universities Thinking About AI?, Wayfarer Learning Lab – Stephen Taylor
• UNESCO (2023), ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in higher education: Quick start guide
• Warner, J. (21/4/2023), ChatGPT and Writing Assessment, an Old Problem Made New, Inside Higher Ed

Other resources

• #LTHEchat (21/4/2023), #LTHEchat 261: Active Learning (Wakelet collection of Tweets)
• Brookfield, s. (1994), Tales from the dark side: a phenomenography of adult critical reflection, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 13:3, 203-216
• CAST (2023), Tips for Accessible Educational Materials, Wakefield, MA: Author
• Centre for Higher Education Research, Policy and Practice (2019), Active learning strategies for higher education, CHERPP, p.1-175p (downloadable PDF)
• Collins, M. & Childs, M. (14/4/2023), How do you create the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational community of practice? (Ft. Copyright Waffle) (1-hour audio recording), Pedagodzilla Podcast
• creativeHE community (n.d.), #creativeHE blog
• de la Croix, A. & Veen,M. (23/10/2108), The reflective zombie: Problematizing the conceptual framework of reflection in medical education, Perspectives on Medical Education
• Furst, E. (12/2022), Making sense of cognitive science and education, EfratFurst
• Honeychurch, S. (15/4/2023), Learning Despite Assessment, NomadWarMachine Rhizomes and knitting
• Jisc (19/4/2023), International students deserve an equitable digital experience
• K. Patricia Cross Academy (n.d.), Active Engaged Learning (set of videos), Techniques Video Library
• Kleiman, P. (13/12/2022), Stumbling with Confidence: close encounters of the creative kind (transcript of keynote speech), Stumbling with confidence
• Shangase, P. Z., Gachago, D. & Ivala, E. N. (Eds.) (5/2023), Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality, Vernon Press (free PDF download)
• Tai, J., Bearman, M., Dollinger, M., Ajjawi, R. (16/4/2023), We need to change the way universities assess students, starting with these 3 things, The Conversation
• Vasant, S. (19/4/2023), The importance of Peer Observation of Teaching to induction and teaching practice, The SEDA Blog
• Willingham, D. (n.d.), Learning Styles FAQ, Daniel Willingham–Science & Education
• Willingham, D. (20/4/2023), There Are Better Ways to Study That Will Last You a Lifetime, New York Times

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 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

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