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

September

• 5-21/9/2023 Centre for Global Higher Education, AI in higher education – a CGHE webinar series
• 13-14/9/2023 QAA, QAA Annual Conference 2023: The Future of Quality: What’s Next?

Resources and publications

Resources on Artificial Intelligence

• Bali, M. (12/8/2023), My Assessments Next Semester – Modified for Avoiding & Embracing AI, Reflecting Allowed, Maha Bali’s blog about education
• Coley, M. (16/8/2023), Guidance on AI Detection and Why We’re Disabling Turnitin’s AI Detector, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
• Fowler, G. A. (14/8/2023), What to do when you’re accused of AI cheating, The Washington Post
• Gecker, J. (10/8/2023), Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to ‘ChatGPT-proof’ assignments, Associated Press News
• Hosseini, D. (8/8/2023), Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race, ethnicity, Digital Educational Practices
• Sharples, M. (7/8/2023), Generative AI and education futures: Video highlights from Professor Mike Sharples’ keynote address at the 2023 UCL Education Conference (blog post with video playlist), UCL Teaching and Learning Portal

Other resources

• Hessler M, Pöpping DM, Hollstein H, Ohlenburg H, Arnemann PH, Massoth C, Seidel LM, Zarbock A, Wenk M. (10/2018), Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects evaluation of teaching, Medical Education, 52(10): 1064-1072
• Kearns, H. & Finn, M. (2017), Tools for the Supervisor, Thinkwell
• Mercer, M. & Gulseren, D. B. (2023), When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses, Studies in Higher Education
• Toftness, A. R., Carpenter, S.K., Geller, J. et al (4/2018), Instructor fluency leads to higher confidence in learning, but not better learning, Metacognition and Learning 13(1): 1-14

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.

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.