2020

23rd November 202028th April 2021 Mary Jacob [mhj] Events and Networks, Resources and Webinars, Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

As lecturer in learning and teaching responsible for the PGCTHE, I keep an eye out for new resources to help our staff teach effectively online. This includes externally-provided webinars, toolkits, publications and other resources. Because active learning is high on our university agenda, I’m particularly keen to share guidance for moving active learning online. 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.

24/11/2020 WonkHE, “Wonkhe @ Home: Student experience 4.0 Preparing for the next normal“
2/12/2020 Solent Active Learning Network, “Meeting the challenge of getting students reading!“
3/12/2020 LSE, “Educating Equally: what is needed?“
#LTHEchat, Learning and Teaching in HE Chat Wakelets
de Blacquiere-Clarkson, R. (14/10/2020) “Digital Accessibility: meeting our ethical and legal obligations in the Inter- and Post-pandemic University“, Post-pandemic University
Developing Practice Podcasts, (14/7/2020) “E28: Prof Stan Taylor: The changes to doctorial supervision and their implications”
Education Endowment Foundation. (27/4/2018) “Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning”
Jisc. “Learning and Teaching Reimagined“
Maguire, B. (18/11/2020) “Podcast: Students and Contract Cheating” Drivetime Podcast
Moore, E. (19/11/2020) “COVID-19 and the Shift to Online Learning” TILE Network
Moseley, N. (13/11/2020) Steal these thoughts podcast. “Podcast Episode #11: The evolution of digital learning in higher education w/Neil Mosley“
O’Brien, J. (19/11/2020) “Raising the learning and teaching bar post-Covid“, WonkHE Blog
OneHE. “Developing your teaching your way”
Transforming Assessment. Webinar recordings.

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.

External Speaker: Mini Conference: Advice for Action – Promoting Good Feedback Practice

23rd November 202028th April 2021 James Woolley [jbw] Conference, Events and Networks, Feedback, Marking, Mini Conference 2020 Feedback, Rubrics 2 Comments

Distance Learner Banner On Wednesday 16^th December, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit will host their next Mini Conference.

We are delighted to announce that Dr Naomi Winstone from University of Surrey will be giving a presentation:

From Transmission to Transformation: Maximising Student Engagement with Feedback

Even the highest-quality feedback on students’ work will not have an impact on their development unless students actively engage with and implement the advice. The literature, alongside anecdotal reports of educators, often paint a negative picture of students’ willingness to read and enact feedback. My recent programme of research has focused on students’ cognitive, motivational, and emotional landscapes and how they influence the ways in which students receive, process, and implement feedback on their work. In this talk, I will argue that maximising students’ engagement with feedback is fundamentally an issue of design, where opportunities for students to develop the skills required for effective use of feedback, and opportunities to apply feedback, can transform the role of students in assessment. In particular, I will share a toolkit of resources that we developed in partnership with students to support the development of feedback ‘recipience skills’. Through this approach, I demonstrate how the responsibility for ensuring that feedback has high impact can, and should, be shared between educators and students.

Welsh-Medium Continued Professional Development – What’s on?

13th November 202028th April 2021 Sioned Llywelyn [sil12] Blackboard, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Online Teaching, Panopto, Training and Support, Turnitin Leave a comment

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit offers several sessions for Continued Professional Development (CPD) covering a range of topics. We offer sessions in both English and Welsh and Welsh-medium sessions will appear in Welsh on the staff training website. Here is an overview of the Welsh-medium sessions that we are offering throughout the rest of the semester:

November 2020

16.11.20 (11:00-12:30): CDU: Datblygu eich arferion addysgu (D & A: Ar-lein)

17.11.20 (14:00-15:30): CDU: Defnyddio MS Teams, Offer yr Ystafell Ddysgu ac Addysgu syncronaidd (D & A: Ar-lein)

20.11.20 (14:00-15:00): Hanfodion E-ddysgu: Cyflwyniad i Turnitin (D & A: Ar-lein)

25.11.20 (11:00-12:00): Hanfodion E-ddysgu: Cyflwyniad i Panopto (D & A: Ar-lein)

Weekly Resource Roundup – 26/10/2020

26th October 202028th April 2021 Mary Jacob [mhj] Events and Networks, Resources and Webinars, Training and Support, Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

28/10/2020 Future Teacher, “Inclusive Practice”
4/11/2020 Jisc, “Learning and teaching reimagined, a new dawn for higher education?”
19/11/2020 Aberystwyth University LTEU, “Academy forum: Why and how to help students to reflect on their learning?”
16/12/2020 Aberystwyth University LTEU, “Advice for Action: Promoting Good Feedback Practice”
Burgos, D. (2020). Radical solutions and open science: An open approach to boost higher education. Singapore: Springer Open.
Carvalho, P. F., & Goldstone, R. L. (30/9/2020). “The most efficient sequence of study depends on the type of test“. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Hibberson, S. (6/10/2020). “Teaching online: the challenges and the potential“, Jisc blog
Learning Scientists (30/9/2020). “Three Views On Remote Learning and Teaching“, #LrnSciChat
Learning Scientists (22/10/2020). “Digest #148: Engaging Students in Online Learning“
Nicol, D. (18/10/2020) “The power of internal feedback: exploiting natural comparison processes“, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
University of Edinburgh, “Mini-series: Social justice and anti-discrimination“, Teaching Matters Blog

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol: October Training

9th October 202028th April 2021 Sioned Llywelyn [sil12] Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Events and Networks Leave a comment

Training for research students
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol will be running several workshops for research students throughout the year as part of their Research Skills Programme. Here is a copy of the full programme for 2020/21. You will need to register in advance for each workshop and you can do so through the following link.

Here is a look at the workshops that will be running throughout October:

Tuesday (13 October), 11:00-11:30 – ‘Cyfres Iechyd a Lles myfyrwyr ôl-radd (Edrych ar ôl eich hun)’ – Andrew Tamplin

Friday (16 October), 14:00-16:00 – ‘Sgiliau Addysgu ar gyfer Myfyrwyr Ôl-radd’ – Dyddgu Hywel

Tuesday (20 October), 11:00-12:00 – Rheoli amser a phwysau gwaith (gyda ffocws ar weithio o bell)’ – Mari Ellis Roberts

Friday (23 October), 11:00-12:00 – ‘Rheoli’ch goruchwyliwr (gyda ffocws ar weithio o bell)’ – Nia Gwynn Meacher & Seren Evans.

Training for staff
Also, as part of the Staff Development Programme (2020/21), the series ‘Iechyd a Lles: Chi fel Staff a’ch Myfyrwyr’ continues next Tuesday morning (9:30-10:00). All staff members are welcome to register and you can do so through the following link.

6 October 2020: ‘Introduction to Research’ with Dr Elin Royles (Welsh-medium session)

1st October 202028th April 2021 Sioned Llywelyn [sil12] Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Resources and Webinars Leave a comment

Join Dr Elin Royles on 6 October 2020 between 11:00 and 12:30, where she will give an introduction to postgraduate research. This will be an online live session and you can register through the following link. Please note that this is a Welsh-medium session.

This workshop forms a part of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Research Skills Programme, and here is a copy of the full programme for 2020/21.

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Staff Development Programme

1st October 202028th April 2021 Sioned Llywelyn [sil12] Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Events and Networks, Resources and Webinars, Training and Support Leave a comment

This year’s Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Staff Development programme (2020/21) will be delivered online, with the majority of the workshops being pre-recorded and placed on the Resources Portal (Porth Adnoddau), so that staff can follow them when it is most convenient for them. Some of the workshops are already on the Resources Portal, and more will be added over the coming weeks.

In addition to pre-recorded workshops, some will also be held live. Here is a snapshot of some of the live sessions (please note that all sessions are in the medium of Welsh):

October 2020
• Tuesday (October 6), 09:30-10:00 – Cyfres Iechyd a Lles: chi fel staff a’ch myfyrwyr (1/3)
• Tuesday (October 13), 09:30-10:00 – Cyfres Iechyd a Lles: chi fel staff a’ch myfyrwyr (2/3)
• Tuesday (October 20), 09:30-10:00 – Cyfres Iechyd a Lles: chi fel staff a’ch myfyrwyr (3/3)

January 2021
• Wednesday (27 January), 15:00-16:30 – Gweminar dysgu ac addysgu (rhannu arfer dda o ddysgu cyfunol)

June 2021
• Wednesday (June 23), 15:00-16:30 – Gweminar dysgu ac addysgu (rhannu arfer dda o ddysgu cyfunol)
• Tuesday (June 29) – Welsh-medium Research Conference (form and location TBC)

Take a look at the full programme for 2020/21 and follow this link to register.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 28/9/2020

28th September 202028th April 2021 Mary Jacob [mhj] Events and Networks, Online Teaching, Resources and Webinars, Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

6/10/2020 RAISE reading group. “We will be discussing Tai Peseta and Amani Bell, ‘Seeing Institutionally: a rationale for “teach the University” in student and staff partnerships’, Higher Education Research & Development, 39, 1, 2020, pp.99-112.”
14/10/2020 Jisc. “Student experience experts group”
18-19/10/2020 CRADLE online conference “University Assessment, Learning and Teaching: New Research Directions for a Postdigital World”
22/10/2020 Durham University. “Intercultural reflection on teaching – hands-on experience of the innovative reflective methods, step-by-step guidance on implementing them, and access to practical resources, as well as opportunities for networking”
25/11/2020 Centre for Research in Digital Education. “Digital Transformation of Higher Education online research symposium”
Aberystwyth University. “Referencing & Plagiarism Awareness”
Garnham, W. “Active Learning Network – Online Active Learning Resources Padlet”
Bali, M. et al (2020). “Community Building online activities -open resource for teaching”
Lukes, D. “Online Course Development Checklists based on Instructional Design principles”
University of Mary Washington. “ReFocus Online at UMW – This is the hub for the ReFocus Online initiative. Each week will focus on a different topic for course design. Each week offers self-directed and community-engaged learning resources.”
Willingham, D. T. (2020) “Ask the Cognitive Scientist: How Can Educators Teach Critical Thinking?” American Federation of Teachers

Weekly Resource Roundup – 7/9/2020

7th September 202028th April 2021 Mary Jacob [mhj] Events and Networks, Online Teaching, Resources and Webinars, Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

18/9/2020 Faculty of Education, University of Education, “The Post-Pandemic University”
24/9/2020 Advance HE, “Progressing race equality: Action, Allyship and Anti-Racism”
7/10/2020 Transforming Assessment, “Examiner judgement in competency based assessment – The session explores the consistency of examiners’ judgements on the robustness of the decisions made in high-stakes summative competency-based assessment (CBA). Strategies for mitigating inconsistencies are explored. Examples from medical education are used.”
Advance HE. “Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates”
Armellini, A. (17 July 2019) “An update on Active Blended Learning at the University of Northampton” and “Active Blended Learning – a definition”
Healey, M., Matthews, K., and Cook-Sather, A. (2020) Writing about Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Creating and Contributing to Scholarly Conversations across a Range of Genres. “The book arises from an article we published last year on “Writing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Articles for Peer-Reviewed Journals” (Healey, Matthews, and Cook-Sather 2019). Our aim in the book”
Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton, “Active Blended Learning – a definition”
Jisc. (27/8/2020) “Digital learning rebooted – From fixes to foresight: Jisc and Emerge Education insights for universities and startups”
Palmer, E., Lomer, S and Bashliyska, I. (2017) Overcoming barriers to student engagement with Active Blended Learning
University Teaching Academy, Manchester Metropolitan University. “Peer Observation for Teaching and Learning”

Weekly Resource Roundup – 17/8/2020

17th August 202028th April 2021 Mary Jacob [mhj] E-submission, Events and Networks, Online Teaching, Resources and Webinars, Uncategorised, Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

19/8/2020 Jisc, “Learning and teaching reimagined: digital innovation”
7/9/2020 FutureLearn, “Making Blended Education Work – free online course”
17/9/2020 “UEL Learning and Teaching Symposium”
16/10/2020 HEPPP Research Network Symposium, “Exploring Expertise in Teaching in Higher Education Symposium”
Association for Learning Technology, Research in Learning Technology 28 (August 2020)
Boettcher, Judith. “Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online“. Designing for Learning
Bottcher, Judith. “3 Ways to Enhance Your Online Instruction“. ACUE Community
Brown, Sally. (17/8/2020) “Raspberries, (w)Riting, Reflection, Rage, Reading, Running around, Ruminating and Relaxing – designing better assessments post-Covid“. Assessment, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Screenshot extracted from blog post — Image extracted from Brown and Sambell, “Writing better assignments in the post-Covid19 era: approaches to good task design”

Brown, Sally and Kay Sambell. (August 2020) “Writing Better Assignments in the Post-Covid19 Era: approaches to good task design”
Chavez, Monica. (14/7/2020) “6 papers on education to read this summer to prepare for blended teaching and learning: Ideas for a journal club“. ALT Blog
Jisc Member Stories. (6/8/2020) “Challenge-based learning: rethinking student engagement”
Jisc Podcasts. (6/8/2020) “Beyond the technology: University of Lincoln – using games to engage students”
Jisc. “Learning and Teaching Reimagined (resources)”
Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (June 2020) 13(2)
Salim, Z. (2020). “Active Learning while Physically Distancing 2.0“. The Aga Khan University.