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

• ongoing Jisc, Artificial intelligence and ethics mini-MOOC
• 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?

October

• 18/10/2023 Jisc National Centre for AI, Spotlight on Graide, AI tool for assessment
• 19/10/2023 Jisc, Exploring the uses of AI in medical education
• 25/10/2023 IFNTF Global Seminar Series, Improving inclusion and representation within the curriculum – where to start? (see accompanying resources from University of Reading: An emphasis on equality)

November

• 15-17/11/2023 Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (AMPS), Teaching Beyond the Curriculum: Focus on Pedagogy 2023 Virtual: UK, USA, China, Call for proposals deadline 5/10/2023

Resources and publications

Resources on Artificial Intelligence

• Batuman, E. (5/9/2023), Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote, The Guardian
• Jisc (2023), Assessment ideas for an AI-enabled world (downloadable resource), National Centre for AI
• OpenAI (August 2023), How can educators respond to students presenting AI-generated content as their own?
• Runco, M. A. (25/8/2023), AI Can Only Produce Artificial Creativity, Journal of Creativity
• Webb, M., Attewell, S., Moule, T., Nicholson, H., Fraz, A. (September 2023), AI in tertiary education: A summary of the current state of play, Third edition, Jisc National Centre for AI
• Williams, R. (7/7/2023), AI-text detection tools are really easy to fool, MIT Technology Review

Other resources

• Cotronei-Baird, V. S., Chia, A., Paladino, A. & Johnston, A. (2023), Examining the influence of professional development on tutors’ teaching philosophies, Higher Education Research & Development, 42:6, 1338-1361
• Learning Hub (n.d.), Elements of successful group work (toolkit), University of Auckland Business School
• MacNeil, S. & Beetham, H. (5/9/2023), Beyond blended – Post-pandemic curriculum and learning design: lessons from the higher education (HE) sector, Jisc; Beyond the Technology: demonstrating digital transformation – beyond blended – post-pandemic curriculum and learning design (40-minute audio recording)
• Mihai, A. (7/9/2023), Are your students prepared for active learning? You can help them!, The Educationalist
• PATHS York University (n.d.), Pedagogy that Aids Transition in Higher-Ed Students (PATHS) (e-book)
• PATHS York University (n.d.), Digital Library of Learning Tools (toolkit)
• Postgraduate Pedagogies (28/6/2023), 3(1)
• Tielemans, C., Eijkelboom, C., Lesterhuis, M., de Vreugd, L. B., Pennings, H., de Kleijn, R. (May 2023), Receiving Feedback Is Not Easy! Six Common Pitfalls (poster), Academic Medicine 98(5), p. 647

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.

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