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
• 23/1/2024 Jisc, Digital storytelling in education, fact or fiction?
• 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 Experiences in Digital Learning webinars from the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE), A climate change curriculum: how? what? when? and for whom?
• 31/1/2024 European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI), Generative Al and Education Fraud: A Review of the Impact

February

• 21/2/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Universal Design for Assessment
• 22-23/2/2024 QAA, Quality Insights Conference 2024
• 23/2/2023 EmpowerED Webinar series, Season 2, Webinar 1

March

• 11-15/3/2023 Active Learning Network, Global Festival of Active Learning: Back to the future – looking ahead for active learning (Call for proposals open until 26/1/2024)
• 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

• Bali, M. (11/1/2024), One Year into ChatGPT: Resources & Possible Directions for Educators in 2024, Reflecting Allowed
• Carless, D. (2/2/2023), Changing Feedback Practices in Higher Education, Social Contexts and Policies of Education
• Salko, M. (11/2023), Navigating the Digital Frontier: AI-Powered Insights in Dissertation Research, Media & Learning
• Speicher, S. (1/2024), Unlocking Human-AI Potential: 10 Best Practices for AI Assignments in Higher Ed, ACUE (toolkit with videos and case studies)
• Swansea Academy of Learning & Teaching (31/10/2023), Episode 50: Artificial Intelligence and Assessment (42-minute audio recording), A Pinch of SALT podcast series

Other resources

• Beaty, R. E. & Kennet, Y. N. (7/2023), Associative thinking at the core of creativity, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (27)7
• Bogost, I. (4/1/2024), The Plagiarism War Has Begun, The Atlantic
• Felten, P., Forsyth, R., & Sutherland, K. (2023), Building Trust in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model for Teachers, Scholars, and Academic Developers in Higher Education. Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 11
• Houston, E. & Saunders, R. (10/1/2024), S4E3 Ella Houston on Critical Reflection in Disability Studies (33-minute audio recording), L&T Chatshow podcast series
• Jacob, M. (11/2021), Online Seminars for active learning and community building, Adapting & Thriving: “PGCert in Teaching in Higher Education” Online Symposium organised by University of Birmiongham (16-minute video, see full symposium playlist)
• Mihai, A. (8/1/2024), What is Teaching?, The Educationalist
• Norton, S. (8/1/2024), Supporting employability in today’s dynamic and ever-changing world – Advance HE’s new framework, Advance HE News
• Norton, S. & Penaluna, A. (2023), Unpacking the 3Es – a national perspective: A Case Study Series commissioned by HEFCW 2023, HEFCW
• Payne, A. & McArthur, J. (n.d.), A Womanist Approach to Care-full Feedback, Teachers Going Gradeless (for further topics, see the full blog)
• Persson, P., Glessmer, M. S., & Forsyth, R. (12/2023). “If I don’t trust my teachers, how can I learn then?”–why LTH students trust teachers, and what we can do to increase their trust, ResearchGate (article based on conference presentation)
• Schille, A. (12/2023), Tell Me What I See – Why make educational videos accessible?, Media & Learning

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.