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

October

• 24/10/2024 Future Teacher Webinars, Developing learners’ digital skills
• 31/10/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – Pass/fail grading as compassionate assessment

November

• 11/11/2024 TILE Seminars, The British Psychological Society (BPS) Teachers’ Toolkit
• 13/11/2024 University of Warwick, Cultivate, Evaluating Teaching and Learning in HE Forum, Evaluating with students
• 20-21/11/2024 University of Staffordshire, International Pedagogic Conference
• 21/11/2024 Compassionate Assessment Event 6 Dr. Juuso Henrik Nieminen, “Dr Nieminen has particularly focused on understanding the social effects of assessment on students’ inclusion, belonging and identities.”

December

• 10/12/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Ecopedagogy – Authentic Learning, Teaching, Assessment, and Wellbeing

Resources and publications

Resources

• Active Learning Network, Publications
• Advance HE (15/10/2024), Enhancing assessment and feedback: A case study compendium
• Beatson, E. & Phipps, L. (10/10/2024), Imagined Futures, User Guide and Workshop Resources
• Blommerde, T. (14/10/2024), Marking or Grading in the Age of AI: What Every Educator Needs to Know (10-minute video)
• British Psychological Society (n.d.), Teachers’ Toolkit
• Furze, L. (28/8/2024), Updating the AI Assessment Scale, Leon Furze
• Green Web Foundation (n.d.), Thinking about using AI? Here’s what you can and (probably) can’t change about its environmental impact
• Harvard, B. (16/10/2024), 5 reasons my class begins with retrieval practice almost daily, The Effortful Educator
• Jones, C. (22/10/2024), Understanding the impact of professional development, WonkHE
• QAA Cymru, Medr (22/10/2024), The Impact of Staff Professional Development on Teaching Practice and Student Learning and Performance, Enhancing the Student Experience in Wales, QAA
• UNSW Sydney (n.d.), Ethical and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW

Webinars and podcast series

• CAST UDL webinars
• Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) webinars, University of London
• Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars
• EmpowerED Webinars
• Future Teacher Talks
• L&T Chatshow podcast series
• LD Project Podcast  
• MyFest Equity Unbound webinar recordings
• Pedagodzilla, the pedagogic podcast with the pop culture core
• RAISE Reading Group webinars ‘Our monthly Reading Group regularly takes place on the first Monday of the month, at 16:00 (GMT). We like to discuss a pre-decided paper related to student engagement.’
• Talking HE podcast series
• Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
• Teaching Innovation and Learning Enhancement (TILE Network), (playlists)
• Transforming Assessment
• University of Limerick AI on Campus: Students’ Perspective limited podcast series
• University of Liverpool Centre for Innovation in Education podcast series

Other

• Call for proposals (open dates) Unfiltered by EmpowerED: A Podcast Series where educators share unedited stories of inspiration and challenge
• Call for proposals (open dates) Future Teacher Webinars
• 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.
• 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.