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

• 17/1/2025 Jisc, How can AI tools improve productivity?
• 17/1/2025 UAL Creative Education Online, Where does this all end? with Peter Bryant
• 20/1/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Developing AI literacy for learners (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
• 20/1/2025 Jisc, Developing AI literacy for learners/students
• 20/1/2025 Compassionate Assessment Network, Dr Juuso Nieminen – How could assessment promote communal values?
• 21/1/2025 SEDA, Beyond Text: Generative AI in Multimodal Learning, Teaching and Assessment
• 29/1/2025 Jisc, Getting started with generative AI in education
• 29/1/2025 University of Calgary, From Plagiarism to Postplagiarism: Navigating the GenAI Revolution in Higher Education with Dr Sarah Eaton (hybrid online and in person)
• 30/1/2025 Future Teacher Webinars, Stimulating learner participation and engagement
• 31/1/2025 UAL Creative Education Online, Anti-oppressive pedagogies in online learning with María Miguéliz Valcarlos

February

• 1/2/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence and ethics (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
• 4/2/2025 Jisc, Getting started with generative AI in education
• 13/2/2025 Jisc, How can AI tools improve productivity?
• 14/2/2025 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, Developing AI literacy for learners (see Jisc AI training for more AI-related sessions)
• 14/2/2025 UAL Creative Education Online, Translating Art School with Georgia Steele
• 17/2/2025 Jisc, Getting started with generative AI in education
• 20/2/2025 Jisc, Developing AI literacy for learners/students
• 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

• AI Ethics Now podcast series (2/1/2025), E8: AI and the future of Work: unlocking productivity (20-minute audio recording)
• Cowan, K. (1/2025), In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering Learners, Teaching Matters, University of Edinburgh
• QAA and Medr (22/10/2024), The Impact of Staff Professional Development on Teaching Practice and Student Learning and Performance (includes a case study about action research)
• Talking HE podcast series (3/1/2025), E51: Dan Fitpatrick, AI in Education (37-minute audio recording)
• Wilson, Iain (4/8/2023), Five tips for developing your written reflections, Psychology at Nottingham-Trent University

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.

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.

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

November

• Multiple dates in November & December Jisc Artificial Intelligence, AI literacy training series for staff
• 20-21/11/2024 University of Staffordshire, International Pedagogic Conference
• 20/11/2024, TIRIgogy CPD, Part 1/2: Introduction to approach and framework of AI-generated assessment rubrics
• 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.”
• 20/11/2024, TIRIgogy CPD, Part 2/2: Focused workshop for personalised support in developing assessment rubrics using the Rubric Revolution framework
• 28/11/2024 QAA, How collaborative partners can enhance student engagement and programme delivery – Knowledge Exchange Forum

December

• 5/12/2024 Westminster Insights Events, Student Complaints in Higher Education Digital Conference
• 10/12/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Ecopedagogy – Authentic Learning, Teaching, Assessment, and Wellbeing

January

• 5/1/2025 UDL UK & Ireland Education Network, UDL for Beginners

Resources and publications

• Contemplative Pedagogy Network: Contemplative pedagogy shifts the focus of teaching and learning to incorporate ‘first person’ approaches which connect students to their lived, embodied experience of their own learning. 
• Crust, G., Chalkely, B. & ChatGPT (10/2024), AI or University: ChatGPT Skills and Employability
• Shepperd, P. (1/11/2024), AI literacy training series for staff, Jisc Artificial Intelligence
• Sloan, W. (13/11/2024), “Queering the curriculum” to engender inclusivity, The SEDA Blog
• Campus (n.d.), Equity, diversity and inclusion (resource collection), Times Higher Education
• Transforming Assessment Webinars (6/3/2024), 6 March 2024: The Shape of Cheating to Come with Shaun Lehmann and Kane Murdoch, Macquarie University, Australia (1-hour video plus resources)
• Zhang, W. (22/10/2024), Thoughts on impostor syndrome: Shifting focus from yourself to others, Teaching Matters Blog, University of Edinburgh

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.

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

• 31/10/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – Pass/fail grading as compassionate assessment

November

• 1/11/2024 Jisc Artificial Intelligence, An introduction to generative AI in education (online training course)
• 4/11/2024 RAISE Student Engagement Reading Group, ‘Ungrading’ and assessment for learning, Hasinoff, A. A. et al (2024), “Success was Actually Having Learned:” University Student Perceptions of Ungrading, Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 12
• 6/11/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL for Beginners (Universal Design for Learning)
• 11/11/2024 TILE Seminars, The British Psychological Society (BPS) Teachers’ Toolkit
• 11/11/2024 CETI University of Westminster #Talking Teaching Webinars, How can Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) be embedded in the curricula?
• 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
• 20/11/2024, TIRIgogy CPD, Part 1/2: Introduction to approach and framework of AI-generated assessment rubrics
• 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.”
• 20/11/2024, TIRIgogy CPD, Part 2/2: Focused workshop for personalised support in developing assessment rubrics using the Rubric Revolution framework
• 28/11/2024 QAA, How collaborative partners can enhance student engagement and programme delivery – Knowledge Exchange Forum

December

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

Resources and publications

• Carless, D. (28/10/2024), Longitudinal Development of Student Feedback Literacy (2-minute preview of 7-minute video), SCAPE Social Contexts and Policies in Education; Carless, D., & Young, S. (2/8/2024), Towards an idealized model of feedback uptake: longitudinal development of feedback literacy from a social constructivist perspective, Studies in Higher Education, 1–13.
• Davalos, J. & Yin, L. (18/10/2024), AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences, Bloomberg UK
• Deeprose, M. (2/10/2024), Using generative AI to improve digital accessibility efficiency, featuring Copilot, Whisper, and Claude (30-minute video with supporting material), DigiEduWebinar series
• Garcia Vallejo, M. C. (29/10/2024), El modelo PAIR aplicado a la evaluación universitaria / The PAIR framework applied to assessment in HE, Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum: Mari Cruz Garcia´s website on digital pedagogies, learning design, GenAI and many more…
• Hosseini, D. (26/9/2024), Experimenting with generative AI: (re)designing courses and rubrics, Dustin Hosseini
• International Journal for Students as Partners (15/10/2024), (8) 2
• Jisc (n.d.), Welcome to Explore AI – A Collection of AI Demos, Use Cases and Resources to Discover and Explore (toolkit), Jisc Explore AI
• Jisc (n.d.), Generative AI in Practice – Examples of generative AI use in colleges and universities (case study collection), Jisc Explore AI
• Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (LATISS) (6/2024), (17) 2
• Metz, C., Isaac, M. & Griffith, E. (21/10/2024), Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying, New York Times
• Saunders, R. (23/10/2024), S5E8 Erik Brogt on Classroom Delivery and Interaction (42-minute audio recording), L&T Chat Show podcast series
• Shepperd, P. (16/10/2024), Navigating the terms and conditions of generative AI, Jisc Involve Blog
• UK Council for Graduate Education (2024), UK Research Supervision Survey 2024 (2-minute video plus full report)

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.

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.

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

• 14/10/2024 Compassionate Assessment Event 5 Martin Compton, “Dr Compton is the lead for AI and innovation and for assessment design at King’s College London”
• 15/10/2024 Centre for Online Learning and Distance Education, Distinguished Speakers at the UOL: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
• 15/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Learning – co-creation of active learning
• 17/10/2024 ACUE, Having Constructive Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times
• 17/10/2024 Oxford Brookes University Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Introducing a toolkit for supporting students understanding of speech in learning environments, Carmel Capewell
• 17/10/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 3: Designing for Identity
• 17/10/2024 UKAT, Tutoring Matters – Reimagining Personal Tutoring and Advising to Address the BAME Awarding Gap
• 19/9/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – The role of compassionate leadership in supporting innovative teaching
• 22/10/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Transforming the Student Experience: Building Strong Communities, Clear Assessments, and Practical Skills
• 22/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Become an Active Learning champion
• 23/10/2024 Advance HE, Using the Framework for Student Retention, Attainment and Progression
• 23/10/2024 Centre for Online and Distance Education, Designing for worldwide inclusive cultures – launch event
• 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
• 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 on Generative AI

• Transforming Assessment (2/10/2024), 2 October 2024: How to ensure robust assessment in the light of Generative AI developments (1-hour video plus resources)

Other resources

• Anthony, P. (3/10/2024), Inclusive Teaching with Technology (video playlist), Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars
• Clarence, S., (10/4/2024), The value of theorising our teaching: In search of explanatory power, Theory Into Practice Blog
• Kuepper-Tetzel, C. (3/10/2024), The Distinction Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters – A Summary (50-minute video plus resources), TILE Network Blog
• Saunders, R. (2/10/2024), S5E5 Nathalie Tasler and Vicki Dale on Creative Pedagogies (37-minute audio recording), L&T Chatshow 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.

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

• 2/10/2024 Digitally Enhanced Webinars, Inclusive Teaching with Technology: Strategies, Tips and Tool
• 8/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Active Student Engagement
• 14/10/2024 Compassionate Assessment Event 5 Martin Compton, “Dr Compton is the lead for AI and innovation and for assessment design at King’s College London”
• 15/10/2024 Centre for Online Learning and Distance Education, Distinguished Speakers at the UOL: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
• 15/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Learning – co-creation of active learning
• 17/10/2024 Oxford Brookes University Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Introducing a toolkit for supporting students understanding of speech in learning environments, Carmel Capewell
• 17/10/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 3: Designing for Identity
• 19/9/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – The role of compassionate leadership in supporting innovative teaching
• 22/10/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Transforming the Student Experience: Building Strong Communities, Clear Assessments, and Practical Skills
• 22/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Become an Active Learning champion
• 23/10/2024 Advance HE, Using the Framework for Student Retention, Attainment and Progression
• 23/10/2024 Centre for Online and Distance Education, Designing for worldwide inclusive cultures – launch event
• 31/10/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – Pass/fail grading as compassionate assessment

November

• 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 on Generative AI

• Barker, C. (18/9/2024), Artificial intelligence and the environment: Taking a responsible approach, Jisc Artificial Intelligence
• Chen, K., Tallant, A.C. and Selig, I. (2024), Exploring generative AI literacy in higher education: student adoption, interaction, evaluation and ethical perceptions, Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print
• Fallin, L. (15/3/2023), AI-led blogging: An experiment with GTP4, DALL-E & Grammarly, Dr Lee Fallin
• Mickle, T. (23/9/2024), Will AI be a bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm, New York Times
• Verma, P. & Tan, S. (18/9/2024), A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots, Washington Post

Other resources

• Arnold, L., & Croxford, J. (2024), Is it time to stop talking about authentic assessment?, Teaching in Higher Education, 1–9
• Blessinger, P. (25/9/2024), Digital literacy is a non-negotiable competency for students, University World News
• Buckley, C. & Syska, A. (18/9/2024), Episode 27: Emily Danvers: critical thinking as a social act (1-hour audio recording), The Learning Development Project Podcast
• Fallin, L. (15/3/2023), Debunking the Learning Styles Myth: A Call for Evidence-Based Educational Practices, Dr Lee Fallin
• Hodgson, R. (17/9/2024), Another brick in the wall? Staff belonging and mattering in higher education, OSF Preprints
• Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale University (n.d.), Learning Styles as a Myth, Yale University [note: check out the other resources in this toolkit, too]

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.

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

September

• 20/9/2024 National Learning and Teaching Focused Network, Speed SoTL hosted by Laura Stinson from Nottingham Trent University
• 26/9/2024 TILE Network Seminars, The Distinction Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters
• 26/9/2024 WonkHe Education Espresso series, The learning and teaching landscape in 2024﹘25
• 26/9/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 2: Building Learner Agency

October

• 1/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Active Assessment
• 2/10/2024 Digitally Enhanced Webinars, Inclusive Teaching with Technology: Strategies, Tips and Tool
• 8/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Active Student Engagement
• 14/10/2024 Compassionate Assessment Event 5 Martin Compton, “Dr Compton is the lead for AI and innovation and for assessment design at King’s College London”
• 15/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Learning – co-creation of active learning
• 17/10/2024 Oxford Brookes University Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Introducing a toolkit for supporting students understanding of speech in learning environments, Carmel Capewell
• 17/10/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 3: Designing for Identity
• 19/9/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – The role of compassionate leadership in supporting innovative teaching
• 22/10/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Transforming the Student Experience: Building Strong Communities, Clear Assessments, and Practical Skills
• 22/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Become an Active Learning champion
• 23/10/2024 Centre for Online and Distance Education, Designing for worldwide inclusive cultures – launch event
• 31/10/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – Pass/fail grading as compassionate assessment

November

• 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 on Generative AI

• Chiang, T. (31/8/2024), Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art, The New Yorker
• Eaton, S. E. (10/9/2024), Ethical Reasons to Avoid Using AI Apps for Student Assessment, Learning, Teaching and Leadership
• Garcia Vallejo, M. C. (17/9/2024), UNESCO´s AI competency frameworks for teachers and students, Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum
• Hicks, M.T., Humphries, J. & Slater, J. (8/6/2024), ChatGPT is bullshit, Ethics and Information Technology 26(38)
• Struan, A., University of Glasgow (2024), Generative AI for Students: Ethics & Academic Integrity (free online course), Coursera
• Verma, P. & Tan, S. (18/9/2024), A Bottle of Water per Email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots, The Washington Post

Other resources

• Beetham, H. (25/6/2024), Writing as ‘passing’: Turing tests, language games, and the instrumentalising of student writing, imperfect offerings
• Clark, A., Dickerson, C., Doan, H., Jarvis, J., & Sillence , M. (5/3/2024), Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: A card resource for facilitating conversations and learning: Revised edition (University of Hertfordshire)
• Dietrich, H. & Evans, T. (6/2022), Traditional lectures versus active learning – A false dichotomy?, STEM Education, 2(4): 275-292
• Frish, J. (16/9/2024), Why Learning is not Intuitive: Jonathan Firth’s Memory & Metacognition Updates #86, Memory and Metacognition Updates
• Mihai, A. (16/9/2024), Watch & learn: Reflections on peer observation in teaching, The Educationalist
• Nordmann, E. (n.d.), Time and workload management for academics
• Quinlan, K. M., Sellei, G., & Fiorucci, W. (30/8/2024), Educationally authentic assessment: reframing authentic assessment in relation to students’ meaningful engagement, Teaching in Higher Education, 1–18
• Teaching Matters (12/9/2024), Five future directions from ‘Assessment & Feedback revisited’ series, Teaching Matters Newsletter, University of Edinburgh

Other

• Call for proposals (open dates) Unfiltered by EmpowerED: A Podcast Series where educators share unedited stories of inspiration and challenge
• Call for proposals 27/9/2024 RAISE Network Student Engagement in HE Journal special issue on Engaging with Student Voice
• 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.

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

September

• 9-18/9/2024 Students as Partners Network, 2024 Global Students as Partners Roundtable
• 11/9/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Personalising Learning with Formative Assessment
• 11/9/2024 Oxford Brookes University Talking Teaching Across the Globe, GenAI as a writing buddy, Dr Laura Novo de Azevedo
• 12/9/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 1: Addressing Bias in the Classroom
• 12/9/2024 WonkHE, Last night a chatbot eased my strife, “Join Wonkhe and Salesforce as we explore how AI powered technology can be deployed in building student agency in wellbeing”
• 18-19/9/2024 QAA, Annual Conference (see programme)
• 20/9/2024 National Learning and Teaching Focused Network, Speed SoTL hosted by Laura Stinson from Nottingham Trent University
• 26/9/2024 TILE Network Seminars, The Distinction Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters
• 26/9/2024 WonkHe Education Espresso series, The learning and teaching landscape in 2024﹘25
• 26/9/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 2: Building Learner Agency

October

• 1/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Active Assessment
• 8/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Active Student Engagement
• 14/10/2024 Compassionate Assessment Event 5 Martin Compton, “Dr Compton is the lead for AI and innovation and for assessment design at King’s College London”
• 15/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Digitally Enhanced Learning – co-creation of active learning
• 17/10/2024 Oxford Brookes University Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Introducing a toolkit for supporting students understanding of speech in learning environments, Carmel Capewell
• 17/10/2024 CAST, UDL Guidelines 3.0 Part 3: Designing for Identity
• 19/9/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – The role of compassionate leadership in supporting innovative teaching
• 22/10/2024 TILE Network Seminars, Transforming the Student Experience: Building Strong Communities, Clear Assessments, and Practical Skills
• 22/10/2024 Active Learning Network, Become an Active Learning champion
• 31/10/2024 LTA Connect: Compassionate Pedagogies – Pass/fail grading as compassionate assessment

November

• 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 on Generative AI

• Forsyth, R. (26/5/2024), Should I use AI to grade assignments?, Assessment in Higher Education
• Garcia Vallejo, M. C. (30/8/2024), An Evaluation Framework for LLMs That Considers Social Justice, Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum
• Jisc AI (ongoing), Generative AI in Practice (resource and case study collection)
• Roose, K. (30/8/2024), How do you change a Chatbot’s mind?, New York Times
• Varsik, S. and L. Vosberg (8/2024), The potential impact of Artificial Intelligence on equity and inclusion in education, OECD Artificial Intelligence Papers, No. 23, OECD Publishing, Paris

Other resources

• Bruff, D. (3/9/2024), Neurodivergent Students and Active Learning with Mariel Pfeifer (40-minute audio recording), Intentional Teaching podcast series
• Currant, N., Hill, V. & Bunting, L. (6/9/2024), Episode 47 Compassionate Assessment (30-minute audio recording), Talking HE Podcast series with Santanu Vasant
• Pulapaka, S. (30/8/2024), Humour as a teaching tool in higher education, News + Views, Advance HE
• The Learning Scientists (n.d.), Six Strategies for Effective Learning Downloadable Materials, The Learning Scientists
• Wilson, I. (10/7/2024), “Practicing what I preach”. Applying the Synthesised Model of Reflection to my personal (staff) development, The SEDA Blog

Other

• Call for proposals (open dates) Unfiltered by EmpowerED: A Podcast Series where educators share unedited stories of inspiration and challenge
• Call for proposals 18/9/2024 Active Learning Network New ALN Co-created Book
• Call for proposals 27/9/2024 RAISE Network Student Engagement in HE Journal special issue on Engaging with Student Voice
• 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.

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

August

• 28/8/2024 GAIN Network Centre for Innovation in HE, Generative AI Network Meet-up
• 30/8/2024 EmpowerED Webinars, EmpowerED: A Webinar Series for Embracing Innovation in Teaching and Learning

September

• 4/9/2024 Transforming Assessment, Gen AI in assessment: authenticity and feedback
• 9/9/2024 Nottingham Trent University BELONG virtual multiplier event, Rethinking Student Belonging and Wellbeing at Universities
• 9-18/9/2024 Students as Partners Network, 2024 Global Students as Partners Roundtable
• 11/9/2024 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Personalising Learning with Formative Assessment
• 12/9/2024 WonkHE, Last night a chatbot eased my strife, “Join Wonkhe and Salesforce as we explore how AI powered technology can be deployed in building student agency in wellbeing”
• 20/9/2024 National Learning and Teaching Focused Network, Speed SoTL hosted by Laura Stinson from Nottingham Trent University

Resources and publications

Resources on Generative AI

• Educause (19/8/2024), AI…Friend or Foe?, Educause Showcase series (online toolkit), “Effectively navigating the promises and perils of AI requires a careful evaluation of institutional preparedness, a clear set of objectives, and a policy framework to facilitate progress.”
• Fensie, A. (2024), How to use AI to Help, Not Hinder, Your Learning, Introduction to AI and Ethics in Higher Education
• Sobo, E., Goldberg, D., Hauze, S., Mohamed, A., Ro, C. & Frazee, J. P. (18/6/2024), “I Don’t Want to Be Taught and Graded by a Robot”: Student-Teacher Relations in the Age of Generative AI, Anthropology News 

Other resources

• Advance HE (2/7/2024), Student-led peer learning and support
• CAST (3/7/2024), EPISODE 21: Lindsay E. Jones, CAST, “CAST’s Lindsay E. Jones shares how the Universal Design for Learning is helping educators personalize rigorous instruction for an ever more diverse population of students” (20-minute audio recording)
• Fawns, T. & Nieminen, J. (25/10/2023), The only way is ethics: A dialogue of assessment and social good, in Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures
• Marsden, R. & Plassart, A. (14/8/2024), Newid y naratif: Rhoi gwerth ar raddau yn y Celfyddydau a’r Dyniaethau / Changing the narrative: Valuing Arts and Humanities degrees, Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru / The Learned Society of Wales

Other

• Call for proposals (open dates) Unfiltered by EmpowerED: A Podcast Series where educators share unedited stories of inspiration and challenge
• Call for proposals 18/9/2024 Active Learning Network New ALN Co-created Book
• Call for proposals 27/9/2024 RAISE Network Student Engagement in HE Journal special issue on Engaging with Student Voice
• 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.