Here is an overview of all the CPD sessions that the LTEU will be offering to University staff throughout January.
Please visit the Staff Training Website to book a space and for more information.
Category: Training and Support
Kate Exley Workshop: Taking your (PowerPoint) Lectures Online
The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce a special online workshop run by Dr Kate Exley on Wednesday 17th February.
The workshop will be useful for colleagues who are modifying and transferring their traditionally delivered lectures for on-line learning.
Please book your place online [link].
So that as many colleagues as possible can attend, we are running the workshop twice (11am-12pm and 1pm-2pm). Please select which session you want to attend when booking.
Places are limited so please book as soon as possible.
Session Overview:
Many colleagues have been involved in providing blended or on-line learning for many years but the Covid pandemic has meant that we have all needed to quickly provide much of our teaching and learning at a distance. This has involved moving our lectures, previously delivered in large lecture theatres and classrooms, to online platforms. The speed at which this huge change has happened has in itself caused significant challenges for staff and students alike. This blended workshop aims to provide some guidance, examples and a forum for colleagues to share their experiences and ideas for enhancing this provision.
This workshop is presented in two parts:
- A set of 3 short videos will be made available on or before the 5th February 2021 and should be viewed independently before joining discussion forum – approximately 45 minutes independent study.
- A discussion forum hosted via Teams on the 17th February, in which participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, share experiences and discuss the topic – lasting 1 hour.
Weekly Resource Roundup – 5/1/2021
Happy new year!
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.
- 15/1/2021 Active Learning Network, Maximising student engagement in online and blended learning: a survey of learner preferences
- 11/2/2021 SEDA, Establishing a Wellbeing Equilibrium: Student Wellbeing
- Aberystwyth University, Good Supervisory Practice Framework
- Annenberg Learner, Neuroscience & the Classroom: making connections,
- Active Learning Network
- Canning, J. (14/10/202) “The Problem with Learning Styles“, John Canning, thoughts on higher education
- Dreon, O. (30/8/2016) “What’s your teaching metaphor?“, The 8 Blog
- Easy listening – A collection of higher education podcasts
- Hinton, D. M. “Let’s talk about reflection in academic practice“, Twitter thread
- Jisc (11/12/2020) Blended learning: a synthesis of change – A study based on contributions from universities in Wales, in light of COVID-19
- Jisc, Learning & Teaching Reimagined podcast episode 2
- Kirschner, P. “3 Questions Answered by an L&D Giant”
- Mihai, A. The Educationalist blog
- Sansom, C. (30/6/2020) Jumping Online: Sustaining Quality Learning, University of London Centre Distance Education
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: E-learning Essentials sessions in January 2021 – What’s on?
Here is an overview of the E-learning Essentials sessions that the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit will be offering to University staff throughout January. We offer sessions in both English and Welsh and Welsh-medium sessions will appear with Welsh titles on the staff training website and on the table below.
| Date | Title | Time | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Blackboard (L & T: Online) | 15:00 - 16:00 | Details |
| 07-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Turnitin (L & T: Online) | 11:00 - 12:00 | Details |
| 08-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Panopto (L & T: Online) | 14:00 - 15:00 | Details |
| 11-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Component Marks Transfer (L & T: Online) | 11:00 - 12:00 | Details |
| 12-01-2021 | Hanfodion E-ddysgu: Cyflwyniad i Blackboard, Panopto a Turnitin (D & A: Ar-lein) | 10:00 - 11:30 | Details |
| 14-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Moving to Online Teaching (L & T: Online) | 10:00 - 11:30 | Details |
| 15-01-2021 | E-learning Essentials: Using MS Teams for Learning and Teaching Activities (L & T: Online) | 11:00 - 12:00 | Details |
| 18-01-2021 | Hanfodion E-ddysgu: Defnyddio MS Teams a symud i Addysgu Ar-lein (D & A: Ar-lein) | 14:00 - 15:30 | Details |
For a full list of all sessions throughout the next semester and to book a place on any course, please visit the staff training website. We will also be running a series of E-learning Enhanced session next semester and we will publish further information on this in the new year.
If you have any questions about any of the sessions, please email lteu@aber.ac.uk.
From everyone at the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit, thank you for supporting our work throughout the year and we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Weekly Resource Roundup – 9/12/2020
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.
- 14-18/12/2020 SEDA Winter Festival “The programme covers a wide range of educational change and development – from ways to foster our learners’ inner feedback, through various individual and institutional responses to the COVID-19 crisis and moves to virtual teaching and online support, including both staff and student perspectives, with contributions from across the UK and from China.”
- 13/1/2021 SHIFT L&T Conference “Radically reimagining Higher Education for a new era: working together for a just and sustainable future”, University of Greenwich
- 29/1/2021 Keeping it Real: Celebrating Authentic Learning in the UK “This half-day conference will explore the diverse authentic learning approaches adopted by colleagues across the UK through a variety of talks and case studies”, University of Bath and King’s Academy, King’s College London
- Advance HE (1/12/2020), #52etc – 52 Engaging Toolkit Cards for enhancing student engagement
- Caines, A. (7/12/2020), The Zoom Gaze: Video conferencing offers an illusory sense of unilateral control over conversations, Real Life Magazine
- Centre for Learning and Teaching, American University in Cairo (23/11/2020), Guide to Design your Course for Online Instruction
- Covey, I. (9/12/2020), Cyhoeddi fersiwn Cymraeg o’r Fframwaith Ymarfer Goruchwyliol Da
- Darby, F. (17/4/2019), How to be a Better Online Teacher, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Learning Scientists Podcast (3/12/2020), Episode 52 – Two University Students Share Their Experiences with Online Learning During A Pandemic
- Riggs, S. (15/4/2020), Student-Centered Remote Teaching: Lessons Learned from Online Education, Educause Review
- Udalowska, A. (9/12/2020), Why and how to help students to reflect on their learning?, Aberystwyth University LTEU Blog
- UK Council for Graduate Education, The Good Supervisory Practice Framework
- Walmsley-Smith, H. (2/12/2020), Helping designers design effective online learning, SEDA Blog
- Wesch, M. (25/22/2020), How a Reluctant Online Teacher found Joy, Purpose and Adventure Teaching Online, Media & Learning
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.
Weekly Resource Roundup – 2/12/2020
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.
- AbilityNet Webinars
- Foord, D. (27/7/2020) It is not a good idea to try and teach online and face to face at the same time, Dave Foord’s Weblog
- Guide to the assessment design decisions framework
- Howe, R. W. (2/11/2020) Student reflections on online learning (groupwork, interactivity and cameras), HyFlex Archives
- Kuepper-Tetzel, C. (n.d.) Effective Study Strategies
- Loya, L. B. (9/11/2020) Strategies to Encourage Students to Turn Their Cameras On, Edutopia
- McDaniel, M. A. & Einstein, G. O. (23/7/2020) Training Learning Strategies to Promote Self-Regulation and Transfer: The Knowledge, Belief, Commitment, and Planning Framework, Perspectives on Psychological Science
- Mihai, A. (10/11/2020) What’s your story? Using storyboarding to design engaging online learning, The Educationalist
- Oracycamb (19/10/2020) Oracy in The Learning Skills Curriculum: Rationale, Oracy Cambridge
- Talking HE Podcast #TalkingHE
- Weinstein, Y. (17/2/2020) How to Study a Textbook: A Researcher’s Perspective, The Learning Scientists Blog
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.
Welsh-Medium Continued Professional Development – What’s on?
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)
Continued Professional Development – What’s on Offer?
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
Weekly Resource Roundup – 9/11/2020
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.
- 23-27/11/2020, International Virtual Meeting of Teaching, Learning & Assessment in Higher Education – “Speakers include David Boud, David Carless, María Assunção Flores, Liisa Postareff, Ana Remesal, Pete Boyd, Phil Dawson, Daniela Bruna, Carlos González, Ernesto Panadero, Gavin Brown, Verónica Santelices, Gonzalo Cifuentes, Stephen Darwin and Verónica Villarroel.“
- 26/11/2020, Future Teacher Talks, “Working with Rich Media 1 – Images“
- ACUE (5/11/2020), “New Resource for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching“
- Education Technology, “Streamlining the virtual student experience webinar recording”
- Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning, “The Student Perspective of Online/Remote Teaching webinar recording”
- Future Teacher Talks, “Inclusive Practice“
- Gettin’ Air – the Open Pedagogy Podcast
- Pedagodzilla, “The pedagogic podcast with the pop culture core: This podcast is an elaborate effort to boost and broaden our knowledge of pedagogic theory, practice and research. It’s a heck of a dry subject though, so we have a bit of fun by clumsily slapping geeky analogies over the top from our favorite bits of pop culture nerdery. Each episode we’ll skim just enough information to blag a chunk of pedagogy, and then give it a damn good kicking.”
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.
Weekly Resource Roundup – 26/10/2020
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.
- 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
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.