Happy new year!
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
- 5/1/2025 UDL UK & Ireland Education Network, UDL for Beginners
- 14/1/2025 RAISE Network Engaging Assessment SIG, Engaging AI Assessment session, with Dr Gemma Gray
- 16/1/2025 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (INFNTF) seminar series, Working in partnership with students to enhance teaching environments and the learner experience
- 16/1/2025 Heriot-Watt University New Year Lecture 2025, Supporting Learning in a Multicultural Environment: The Richness and Challenge of Diverse Universities
- 20/1/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Developing AI literacy for learners (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
- 30/1/2025 Future Teacher Webinars, Stimulating learner participation and engagement
February
- 1/2/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence and ethics (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
- 14/2/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Developing AI literacy for learners (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
- 27/2/2025 Future Teacher Webinars, Developing fluency with digital tools and resources
March
- 1/3/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence and ethics (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
- 5/3/2025 Jisc, Supporting learners’ digital identity and wellbeing
- 11-12/3/2025 Jisc, DigiFest (hybrid online and in person in Birmingham, online access free of charge)
- 27/3/2025 Future Teacher Webinars, Designing appropriate assessments
Resources and publications
- Amrane-Cooper, L., Hatzipanagos, S., Marr, L., & Tait, A. (2024), Online Assessment and Artificial Intelligence: Beyond the False Dilemma of Heaven or Hell, Open Praxis, 16(4), pp. 687–695
- Anthony, P. (27/11/2024), Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills When Using Generative AI (2 video playlists), Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, University of Kent
- Barker, C. (21/11/2024), Prompting insights from our image generation pilot sessions, Jisc Artificial Intelligence Blog
- Brown, S. (2019), Giving Your First Lecture (5-minute video), Heriot-Watt Learning and Teaching Academy (video channel)
- EmpowerED (18/11/2024), Session 2 Webinar 7 Season 2 Finale (video playlist)
- Furze, L. (9/12/2024), AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) Translations from Around the World, Leon Furze
- García Vallejo, M. C. (23/12/2024), Christmas crackers: How to integrate GenAI in assessment, Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum
- Khalil, (9/12/2024), From theory to practice: What could a decolonial approach to Gender & Development look like? (blog post and 47-minute audio recording), Theory into Practice: where educational theories meet educational practices
- Learning Development Project (12/12/2024), Steve White: the trouble with academic literacies (1-hour podcast), The Learning Development Project podcast series
- Levrani, P, & Bolster, A. (15/11/2024), Supporting Ethical and Developmental AI Use and the AI Quality of Engagement Metrix, Theory into Practice: where educational theories meet educational practices
- Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit, Aberystwyth University (18/12/2024), Mini Conference looking at Exemplary Blackboard Presence (video playlist)
- Playful Learning Association
- Race, P. (2019), Hints and tips for new lecturers (6-minute video), Heriot-Watt Learning and Teaching Academy (video channel)
- Saunders, R. (18/12/2024), S5E16 Rosie Jones and Katie Piatt on the Playful Learning Association Conference (34-minute podcast), L&T Chat Show (podcast series)
- Schwartzkoff, L. (15/11/2024), How to use AI to learn (without cheating): students develop new guide, University of Sydney News
- Smith, D. & Francis, N. (2024), The AI Forge (toolkit and student-authored training course)
- Sum, K. (10/12/2024), Ep 53: Unwrapping powergogy in higher education with Dr Pablo Dalby (46-minute podcast), Education Burrito Podcast
- Troisi, A. (5/12/2024), Integrating Non-violent Communication (51-minute video), Compassionate Assessment Network in Higher Education
- Wilson, I. (4/8/2023), Five tips for developing your written reflections, Psychology at Nottingham Trent University blog, also see Wilson, I. (8/9/2023), The Synthesised Model of Reflection (SMoR): A new approach to assess reflections, The Blog of the Association of National Teaching Fellows
- WonkHE (4/12/2024), Practical innovation for education change with Debbie McVitty, Mark Andrews, Andrew Middleton, and Rachel Dodd (1-hour video with downloadable slides), Education Espresso: a shot of pedagogical inspiration
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.
