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

January

• 16/1/2024 National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education, Jisc, AI in Education HE community meetup
• 17/1/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Engagement: What is it and how do we foster it?
• 18/1/2024 Heriot-Watt University Inspiring Learning, Taking a programme approach to engage students in assessment and feedback
• 25/1/2024 Future Teacher Webinars, Wonderful world of Webinars (including Supporting deaf participants, human elements that make webinars inclusive and engaging, and creating and managing a large community of practice)
• 25/1/2024 regular Experiences in Digital Learning webinars from the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE), A climate change curriculum: how? what? when? and for whom?

February

March

12-13/3/2024 Jisc, Digifest 2024: Imagining the future of education and research (hybrid in-person in Birmingham and online)

Resources and publications

Resources on Artificial Intelligence

• Acar, O. A. (2023), The PAIR framework for using GenAI in education, extract from Generative AI in Higher Education, FutureLearn (MOOC created by Kings College London), also see Acar, O. A. (15/6/2023), Are Your Students Ready for AI?, Harvard Business Publishing, Education
• Advance HE (2023), DVC Dialogues “bring together Deputy Vice-Chancellors and other senior university leaders from across the globe to discuss the issues impacting their institutions, staff and students”, Advance HE (series of short video recordings). See Episode 1: AI Current Challenges and Episode 2: AI Future Impact
• Campbell, L. M. (18/12/2023), ALT Winter Summit on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, Open World
• Compton, M. (13/12/2023), Everybody’s talking – an approach to growing AI literacy in higher education, WonkHE
• Drumm, L. (2023), Edinburgh Napier University ‘ChatGPT and Me: The Student Voice on Future Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence‘ Research Project Resources (interactive Padlet)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (n.d.), Developing a library strategic response to Artificial Intelligence (working document)
• McArthur, J. & Fawns, T. (11/12/2023), #13 Jan McArthur, 10 Minute Chats on Generative AI, Monash University (13-minute audio recording)
• MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on AI and Writing (2023 and ongoing), Exploring AI Pedagogy: A Community Collection of Teaching Reflections (resource collection and blog posts)
• Nerantzi, C., Abegglen, S., Karatsiori, M., & Martínez-Arboleda, A. (10/2023), Exploring 101 ideas: open book of early AI experiments by educators, students, and researchers, Media & Learning
• Perkins, M., Furze, L., Roe, J., MacVaugh, J. (12/12/2023), Navigating the generative AI era: Introducing the AI assessment scale for ethical GenAI assessment (preprint), ArXiv, Cornell University
• Rowell, C. (7/12/2023), Exploring the Frontier of AI Image Generation: A Mixed Bag of Innovation and Challenge, totallyrewired (blog)
• Shanahan, M. & Clarke, C. (30/11/2023), Evaluating Large Language Model Creativity from a Literary Perspective, ArXiv, Cornell University
• Sheppard, P. (1/12/2023), Debunking Myths and Harnessing Solutions: Navigating generative AI in Education, National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education Blog, Jisc

Other resources

• Amrane-Cooper, L., Baume, D., Brown, S., Hatzipanagos, S., Powell, P., Sherman, S. & Tait, A. (eds) (27/3/2023), Online and Distance Education for a Connected World, UCL Press (free PDF download)
• Brunton J., Bennett L., Drumm L., Flavin M., Honeychurch S., Thomson S., & Varga-Atkins T. (2023). Research in Learning Technology: making friends and influencing people, Research in Learning Technology, 31 (survey of key articles in Research in Learning Technology over 30 years)
• Center for Teaching Innovation, Cornell University, A Teaching and Learning Blog (recent posts include useful articles on active learning)
• Hopwood, N. & Frick, L. (4/12/2023), Why PhD supervision is – or should be – a matter of morals, politics, creativity, nuance and disruption, Supervising PhDs
• Merry, K. (4/12/2023), Academia, Stress, Burnout & Wellbeing with Petia Petrova by Talking Learning and Teaching, Talking Learning & Teaching Podcast (25-minute audio recording)
• Merry, K. (15/9/2023), Episode 23: Supporting Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Jon Devine by Talking Learning and Teaching, Talking Learning & Teaching Podcast (29-minute audio recording)
• Panadero, E., Jonsson, A., Pinedo, L. et al. (7/12/2023), Effects of Rubrics on Academic Performance, Self-Regulated Learning, and self-Efficacy: a Meta-analytic Review. Educational Psychology Review 35, 113 
• QAA (30/11/2023), Exploring multimodality in higher education with Sam Elkington, Andrew Middleton, Maggie Gibson, Jimmy Lo, QAA Membership Podcast (47-minute audio recording)
• QAA (24/10/2023), Towards neuro-inclusivity with Liss Chard-Hall and Graeme Pedlingham, QAA Membership Podcast (57-minute audio recording)]
• Qu, S. (30/11/2023), Inclusive Teaching and Learning, (resource collection including presentation at Cambridge Teaching Forum 2023)

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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