2021

8th February 202128th April 2021 WordPress User [mhj] Resources and Webinars, Training and Support, Uncategorised, Virtual Learning Environment(VLE), Weekly Resource Roundup Leave a comment

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.

Just started MOOC on Coursera, University of London and Bloomsbury Learning Exchange, Get Interactive: Practical Teaching with Technology
Ongoing MOOCs on FutureLearn, National STEM Learning Centre, Teaching STEM Subjects Online
10/2/2021 Westminster Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation, Principles of partnership at Westminster, Students as Co-Creators Seminar Series
10/2/2021 Ability Net, How to grow your accessibility maturity – for HE and FE professionals
15/2 – 1/3/2021 Advance HE, Virtual Teaching
17/2/2021 Transforming Assessment, Authentic Assessment in Business Education – a panacea for a hybrid teaching world?
23/2/2021 School of Advanced Study, University of London, Digital Access, Inclusion, and the Humanities
25/2/2021 Advance HE, Women in HE Conference 2021: Building back better for gender equality in HE
25/2/2021 Future Teacher, Working with Rich Media 2: Video
2/3/2021 Jisc, Supporting wellbeing through inclusive use of technology and inclusive digital pedagogy
6/3/2021 Inclusive STEM & CS Spring Symposium
8-10/3/2021 Jisc, DigiFest conference ‘Digifest’s focus on learning, teaching and libraries, all taking place in an immersive, interactive virtual environment, is a unique opportunity to explore and reconnect, discuss the experiences of 2020 and the challenges, opportunities and solutions that lie ahead.’
1-4/6/2021 Jisc Change Agents Network Conference, Adapting to Change: Student-Centred Success
6-8/7/2021 Advance HE, Teaching and Learning Conference 2021: Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula?
Baker, C. (2010) The Impact of Instructor Immediacy and Presence for Online Student Affective Learning, Cognition, and Motivation, Journal of Educators Online, (7)1
Imperial College of London, ImpVis – staff and student project visualising abstract concepts for your STEM courses
Jackson, A. (3/2/2021) The expectation gap II – students’ hopes for learning and teaching in the next normal, Wonkhe
Jisc, Accessibility Community Group
Laurillard, D. Conversational Framework (5-minute video), FutureLearn
Moseley, A. (2/2/2021) #PlayLearn February roundup, Playful Learning Association
Students as Co-Creators Seminar Series, Spring 2021, Westminster Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation

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.

Continued Professional Development – What’s on Offer?

10th November 202028th April 2021 WordPress User [lak22] Resources and Webinars, Training and Support Leave a comment

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit offers a number of sessions for Continued Professional Development (CPD) covering a range of topics. We offer sessions in both English and Welsh. Welsh-language sessions will appear in Welsh on the staff training website.
In this blog post, I will detail the range of sessions on offer for you between now and January, who to contact to find out more about them, and how to book a place for a session.
Here is what’s on offer in the coming months:

November:

Sessions aimed at Graduate Teaching Assistants, both on Developing your Teaching Practice and on Using MS Teams, Teaching Room Equipment & Synchronous Delivery (English and Welsh language sessions available)
A session on Facilitating Intrinsic Motivation in Students – the Self Determination Theory Perspective (English language only)
Sessions on E-Learning Essentials: Introductions to Blackboard, TurnitIn, and Panopto (the former in English, the latter two in Welsh)
Sessions on Creating Accessible Learning Materials, Learning Environments, and Techniques for Teaching Scientific Subjects as well as Using Jisc Online Surveys (all English language)
Two Academy forums on Why and How to Help Students to Reflect on Their Learning, and on Motivation Strategies for Online Learning Engagement

Academy Forums 2020/21

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The Academy Forum provides a platform for sharing good practice in learning and teaching. The Forum is open to members of the University community: teaching staff, postgraduate tutors, support staff, and students are all welcome. All forums will be held online for the year 2020/21 and you can click here to book your place.

The Academy Forums for the year 2020/21 are:

07.10.2020 (14:00-15:30): Creating a Learning and Teaching Community

19.10.2020 (11:00-12:30): Creating Podcasts in Panopto

19.11.2020 (10:00-11:30): Why and how to help students to reflect on their learning?

30.11.2020 (14:00-15:30): Motivation strategies for Online Learning Engagement

27.01.2021 (15:00-16:30): How can I plan online and in person activities?

19.02.2021 (10:00-11:30): How can I make my teaching more inclusive?

We hope that you will be able to attend these forums. Please contact us with any questions (lteu@aber.ac.uk).

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

1st October 202028th April 2021 WordPress User [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 WordPress User [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.

Digital Education Team

Aberystwyth University

Category: Resources and Webinars