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

June

• 5, 11 & 20/6/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Everyday generative AI tools
• 5/6/2024 Transforming Assessment, Gen AI in Assessment: Deepfakes and Synthetic Media
• 10-12/6/2024 Seacroft (Leeds, UK) and Mamelodi (Pretoria, South Africa), Social Justice Jam 2024 : Spaces for Change
• 17-27/6/2024 University of Exeter, EduExe Festival (individual webinars)
• 17 & 24/6/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, What is generative AI and how do we use it in education?
• 18-19/6/2024 Active Learning Network, International Active Learning Conference: Back to the future – looking ahead for active learning
• 18 & 25/6/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, AI Safety
• 19/6/2024 University of Sussex Learning & Teaching Webinar Series, Birgit Ewald Being there and being present: reflections on a presence approach to learning and teaching
• 19/6/2024 QMUL AI Collaborations, How to Use ChatGPT for Grant Writing
• 19 & 26/6/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, AI for accessibility
• 21 & 28/6/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Getting creative with AI tools
• 26/6/2024 University of Nottingham, Digital Accessibility Conference: Transforming the Culture
• 26/6/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Quick and Easy UDL

July

• 2, 5 & 10/7/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Getting creative with generative AI
• 11/7/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Emotionally Intelligent Instruction

Resources and publications

Resources on Generative AI

• Barker, C. (15/4/2024), Innovative Insights: AI success stories from the community, Jisc Artificial Intelligence
• Casey, D. (24/5/2024), ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges, Australian Journal of Public Administration
• Centre for Transformative Learning, University of Limerick (24/5/2024), AI on Campus: Students’ Perspectives podcast series, Sian Fahy (28-minute audio recording) ‘In this episode, Sian Fahy, a Business Studies student majoring in Marketing describes her work as a co-op student in the Universal Design for Learning unit in UL, and talks about how GenAI tools can be used to break down barriers that help prevent student from learning.’
• Knight, C. (2023/2024), Member Project 23-24 – Generative AI: Beyond Assessment, Advance HE Member Benefits
• Mazzucato, M. (30/5/2024), The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates, The Guardian
• Minsberg, T. (31/5/2024), Google Is Using A.I. to Answer Your Health Questions. Should You Trust It?, New York Times
• Webb, M. (10/5/2024), Licensing Options for Generative AI, Jisc Artificial Intelligence

Other resources

• Advance HE (2024), Creating a culture for Strategic EDI Change (project update)
• Beckingham, S., Forsyth, R., Potter, J. & Stephenson, V. (2/5/2024), Enhancing Assessment: a practitioner guide (report and case studies), Advance HE Member Benefits
• Bedford, J. (28/5/2024), How to Write an Essay (use this to help your students)
• Cook-Sather, A. (5/2024), Rethinking time in preparing for and reflecting on teaching: Pedagogical partnership with student consultants as empowering educational development, To Improve the Academy A Journal of Educational Development
• Cooper, K. M., Schinske, J. N., & Tanner, K. D. (2021), Reconsidering the Share of a Think-Pair-Share: Emerging Limitations, Alternatives, and Opportunities for Research, CBE – Life Sciences Education, 20(1).
• EmpowerED Webinar series (video playlist and community member sign-up)
• Loughlin, C., & Lindberg-Sand, Å. (2022), The use of lectures: effective pedagogy or seeds scattered on the wind?, Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 85(2), 283–299
• Rasooli, A., Turner, J., Varga-Atkins, T., Pitt, E., Asgari, S., & Moindrot, W. (27/5/2024). Students’ perceptions of fairness in groupwork assessment: validity evidence for peer assessment fairness instrument, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2354510
• TILE Network, University of Glasgow (n.d.), Teaching Innovation and Learning Enhancement (TILE) Recordings (video playlist)
• Young, S. (28/5/2024), The Feedback Paradox: Why Don’t Students Seek What They Need?, SCAPE Social Contexts and Policies of Education

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.