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

February

• 21/2/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Universal Design for Assessment
• 21/2/2024 RAISE Special Interest Group Engaging Assessment, Assessment in the Age of AI” with Dr Gemma Gray (University of Warwick)
• 22-23/2/2024 QAA, Quality Insights Conference 2024
• 22/2/2023 QAA Scotland, Supporting our learners to flourish in challenging times, on and off campus
• 23/2/2024 EmpowerED Webinar series, Season 2, Webinar 1
• 28/2/2024 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Pedagogy and Practice when Teaching and Learning Online: GenAI, student engagement, authentic assessments and learning design
• 28/2/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Engagement: What is it and how do we foster it?

March

• 4/3/2024 CRADLE Seminar Series, Measuring feedback literacy with Professor Phill Dawson and Feedback practices within PhD supervision with Professor Margaret Bearman
• 5/3/2024 Wales Collaborative for Learning Design, Unlocking the Power of Generative AI: Empowering ITE Students
• 6/3/2023 Transforming Assessment, The Shape of Cheating to Come
• 7/3/2024 Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE), Curriculum focus: innovations in digital medical and health care education
• 7/3/2024 Advance HE, Output – Online forum 1: The Careers and Employability Perspective
• 11-15/3/2024 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)

May

• 25/5/2024 Student Belonging Community of Practice, Student Belonging Conference 2024 (hybrid online and in person at UEA). Call for proposals open until 29/02/2024

Resources and publications

Resources on Generative AI

• Acar, O. A. (15/6/2023), Are Your Students Ready for AI? A 4-Step Framework to Prepare Learners for a ChatGPT World, Harvard Business Publishing, Education
• Attewell, S. (1/2/2024), From Principles to Practice: Taking a whole institution approach to developing your Artificial Intelligence Operational Plan, Jisc National Centre for AI Blog
• Better Images of AI (toolkit and blog)
• Brownlee, M. (16/2/2024), AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever (12-minute video), Marques Brownlee YouTube Channel
• Cummings, R. E., Monroe, S. M. & Watkins, M. (3/2024), Generative AI in first-year writing: An early analysis of affordances, limitations, and a framework for the future, Computers and Composition, 71
• House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (29/1/2024), Large language models and generative AI, House of Lords
• Replay, AI generated auto podcast (3-minute audio recording) of article by Martin Compton (23/4/2024), Can generative AI be creative? – Generative AI in Higher Education – King’s College London, FutureLearn
• Shepperd, P. (2024), How-to Guides ‘A series of guides Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI tools’, Jisc National Centre for AI.
• We and AI (n.d.), AI literacy for social inclusion (toolkit and blog)
• Wolfitt, Z. (2/2/2024), 10 ways my students used AI while writing a 6000-word research report, Media & Learning

Other resources

• De Martin-Silva, L. (14/2/2024), ‘Tell me what I need to know’: Advocating for the necessity of uncertainty in Higher Education, The SEDA Blog
• Harvard, B. (1/11/2023), Three Things Your Ed Degree (possibly) Got Wrong, The Effortful Educator (Note: these include learning styles, learning pyramid, and discovery learning)
• K. Patricia Cross Academy, Providing a Path for Lifelong Success: Helping Students Learn How to Learn (article with videos for specific strategies)
• K. Patricia Cross Academy, Teaching Techniques Video Library (instructors’ guide plus videos)
• Keshishi, N. & Hosseini, D. (12/2/2023), Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race, ethnicity (Version 3), National Teaching Repository
• Keshishi, N.& Hosseini, D. (5/2/2024), Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race and ethnicity, ALDinHE
• Kirschner, P. & Neelen, M. (8/2/2024), Learning Styles are More Toxic Than we Thought, 3-Star Learning Experiences
• Nadan, T. (23/1/2024), The antiracism agenda in Higher Education – is it a showpiece or is there real impact?, #ALTC Blog
• Nadan, T., Reshaping HE – International, Inclusive & Digital Ed blog
• Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Network (2024), Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal 5.2 Special Interest Groups Special Edition
• Saunders, R. (14/2/2024), S4E8 Nicola Grayson, Pedagogy on the Rocks (33-minute audio recording), L&T Chatshow podcast series, ‘This week’s L&T Chat Show Podcast is “Pedagogy on the rocks” with Dr Nicola Grayson, taking in deep learning, surface learning and The Infinite Monkey Cage.’
• Yhnell, E. & Francis, N. J. (13/10/2023), The future of lectures: ten top tips for engaging and inclusive teaching, Biochemist 45 (5), pp. 24-28, available via Online Research @Cardiff

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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