2023

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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

30/3/2023 QAA, Improving student learning by linking inclusion/accessibility and academic integrity
30/3/2023 Learning and Teaching Innovation Lecture Series, Beyond the Chat: Understanding the Impact of ChatGPT in Higher Education
30/3/2023 Future Teacher Webinars, Working with Rich Media 2 – Audio
31/3/2023 QAA, ChatGPT: How do I use it as a force for good?
31/3/2023 INASP, Beyond content delivery: How to make online learning truly participatory?
5/4/2023 University of Westminster Student Partnerships, Expanding representations and interpretations of partnership: An approach to decolonizing
5/4/2023 University of the Arts, London, Experiences using Educational Video and Audio
5/4/2023 Transforming Assessment, Designs for our times: adapting assessment in an AI context
12/4/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Self-regulation competency framework
14/4/2023 European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI), ENAI Recommendations on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence and the European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2023 (ECEIA 2023)
18/4/2023 QAA, ChatGPT: What should assessment look like now?
19/4/2023 WonkHE, The avalanche is here: Higher education and the AI revolution
20/4/2023 #TELresearchers Lancaster University, #TELresearchers with Dr Bonnie Stewart
20/4/2023 Advance HE, Student Engagement Conference 2023: What does student engagement mean to you? (in-person conference in Manchester)
24-28/4/2023 QAA, Assessment Festival “We will dare to be controversial, ask those difficult questions and take a forward-facing look at how assessment may evolve. The festival will bring different voices from the sector to share and celebrate assessment practices that enhance student experience.”
26/4/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Alex Pitchford, Aberystwyth University, presents ‘Increasing Engagement & Active Learning using Vevox in Maths and Sciences’
26/4/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 3: The Student View On Contract Cheating and AI Writing Tools
9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation
12/5/2023 ENAI, Tips and tricks for running survey-based research in Academic Integrity
16/5/2023 Advance HE, Mental Wellbeing in HE Conference 2023: Putting theory into practice – Creating a whole university approach to student and staff wellbeing (in-person conference, Manchester)
17-18/5/2023 Change Agents Network conference, Reimagining student/staff partnerships to generate new learning opportunities
9/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, pre-conference online event
30/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, in-person at King’s College London, Strand campus

Resources and publications

Aberystwyth University LTEU (27/3/2023), Launch of Turnitin AI writing and ChatGPT Detection Capability, Aberystwyth University LTEU Blog
Association for Learning Technology (ALT) South (3/3/2023), Open and inclusive assessments (1-hour video) and presentation slides
Cottington, S. (26/2/2022), Schemas determine what we learn, Evidence for Educators: Using cognitive science to make better decisions
Fowler, G. A. (21/3/2023), Say what, Bard? What Google’s new AI gets right, wrong and weird, Washington Post
Jisc (n.d.), National centre for AI in tertiary education community (information about joining this community of practice)
Mills, A. (23/3/2023), ChatGPT Just Got Better. What Does That Mean for Our Writing Assignments?, Chronicle of Higher Education (or read her thread on Twitter)
Munoz, A., Wilson, A., Pereira Nunes, B., Del Medico, C., Slade, C., Bennett, D., et al. (2023), AAIN Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines, Deakin University. Educational resource., National Teaching Repository
Nerantzi, C. (2/2/2023), Creating a collection of creative ideas to use AI in education, #CreativeHE
Phipps, L. (27/3/2023), Means. Motive, Opportunity: A Composite Narrative about Academic Misconduct, Jisc National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education
Pitt, E. & Winstone, N. (2023), Enabling and valuing feedback literacies, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 48:2, 149-157
QAA (23/3/2023), ChatGPT: To ban or not to ban? (1-hour video), QAA webinars (for more QAA guidance and forthcoming webinars, see ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence)
Webb, M. (17/3/2023), AI writing detectors – concepts and considerations, Jisc National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education
Wegerif, R. (14/3/2023), Will ChatGPT turn education back to Socrates?, Rupert Wegerif
Wild, J. & Nzegwu, F. (30/1/2023), Digital Technology in Capacity Development: Enabling Learning and Supporting Change, INASP

Other

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.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. 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.
Call for papers due 15/5/2023, King’s College London, University College London, the London School of Economics & Political Science and Imperial College London Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) 2023 (hybrid in person and online), Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education teaching, learning and assessment

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.

Mini Conference: Virtual Reality, keynote announcement

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The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is hosting a mini conference on Tuesday 28 March looking specifically at Virtual Reality. We’ll be showcasing colleagues’ work in this area from a variety of different disciplines. The event will be taking place in person. Booking for this event is already open via this online form.

In addition to this, we’re delighted to have Chris Rees from University of Wales, Trinity St. David’s (UWTSD) join us.

Chris is the Executive Head of Digital Creativity and Learning unit, with a background in teaching and learning across many age ranges. He has always had a keen interest in pedagogy and the use of digital technology to enhance the delivery of content and therefore, enrich learning. With 12 years’ experience of teaching and taking leaderships roles in schools across South Wales, Chris moved to a take a position of Strategic Lead in Digital Learning for a local authority. Within this 4 year tenure, Chris continued to research and implement digital pedological approaches including blended learning, synchronous and asynchronous delivery, VR and flipped learning with the goal of improving teachers skills and student experience

Within his role in UWTSD, Chris utilises his strategic, governance and management skills across the recently formed DCL unit, which includes the Digital learning team, Graphics, Print and Multimedia team, and the Web team. The position facilitates new approaches to digital creativity and learning within the institution, making use of the newly created team to develop innovative creative digital content for learning. More recently, Chris has been leading the team to develop the use of mixed reality and design content for specific use cases across the institutes. This includes the launch of the university’s immersive rooms, which are a similar design to a VR cave, but utilising the latest AV and Immersive technology to create a collaborative VR experience.

Keep an eye on our blog as we announce other contributors.

If you’ve got any questions about our mini conference then contact the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (lteu@aber.ac.uk).

Weekly Resource Roundup – 14/2/2023

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Weekly Resource Roundup, Mary Jacob, Lecturer in learning and teaching, Learning and teaching enhancement unit, Aberystwyth University

Online events and webinars

16/2/2023 Academic Development Centre, University of Warwick, The place and case for lectures and lecture capture in the new normal
17/2/2023 HEFi University of Birmingham, February HEFi Reading Group: Stephen Brookfield, Learning from Colleagues’ Perceptions
20/2/2023 Learning Technologies SIG, TELSIG Webinar: Podcasting as pedagogy, “Why not have students do something that is truly dialogical in nature?”
22/2/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Daniel Fitzpatrick presents ‘Using Vevox in whole class and small group teaching’
22/2/2023 Talis Elevate, Teach, Learn, Collaborate, Repeat (TLCR) Pedagogy Panel session: More talking in class!
22/2/2023 NewT Talk series for new or aspiring academics, “Stephanie Aldred will talk about internationalization in HE and William Machaca will share his career story which has many international dimensions”
23/2/2023 Future Teacher Webinars, Working with Rich Media 1 – Images
28-29/3/2023 University of London Centre for Online and Distance Education, RIDE 2023 conference Sustaining Innovation: Research and Practice (hybrid online and in-person event)
6/3/2023 RAISE, RAISE student engagement reading group
7-8/3/2023 Jisc, DigiFest (hybrid online and in person) “Innovation takes collaboration; it takes connection; it takes networks. It takes questions: why do you do that? what if I tried this? why not?”
14/3/2023 University of Sheffield ScHARR Short course, Creating Digital Accessible Teaching Materials
22/3/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Laura Jenkins, University of Loughborough, presents ‘Use Vevox for formative and mid-module feedback’
29/3/2023 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL Instructional Design Workshop, “Learn how to create instructional experiences using the UDL principles as part of a structured, facilitated process called CUTLAS”
24-28/4/2023 QAA, Assessment Festival “We will dare to be controversial, ask those difficult questions and take a forward-facing look at how assessment may evolve. The festival will bring different voices from the sector to share and celebrate assessment practices that enhance student experience.”
26/4/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Alex Pitchford, Aberystwyth University, presents ‘Increasing Engagement & Active Learning using Vevox in Maths and Sciences’
9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation
17-18/5/2023 Change Agents Network conference, Reimagining student/staff partnerships to generate new learning opportunities (call for proposals open until 13/3/2023)

Resources and publications

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (2023), ALDinHE Book Sharing Padlet
Andries, P. (31/1/2023), AI set to be a gamechanger in education, Media & Learning
Anthony, P. (2/2023), ChatGPT in Education (Padlet), Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars
Anthony, P. (9/2/2023), Pedagogy and Practice when Teaching and Learning Online (playlist of recorded talks), Digitally Enhanced Education Webinar series YouTube channel
Cuthbert, K. & Lee, S. (7/2/2023), How phenomenon-based learning could empower students, WonkHE, “Kate Cuthbert and Sue Lee ask if we need to rethink traditional course structures to prepare students for the contemporary workplace?”
Garnham, W. & Gowers, I. (9/2/2023), Active Learning in Higher Education: Theoretical Considerations and Perspectives, SEDA Focus series, Routledge
Putnam, A. L., Sungkhasettee, V. W., & Roediger, H. L. (2016), Optimizing Learning in College: Tips From Cognitive Psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(5), 652–660

Other

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.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. 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.
Call for submissions due 3/3/2023, Active Learning Network, 2023 Global Online Festival of Active Learning.

Supervisor Information

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Congratulations to Dr Gareth Hoskins, Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences and Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar, Computer Science/Head of the Graduate School on successfully achieving, in December 2022, the UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor award. This award is a national framework which is aligned with the University Supervisor role and supports supervisor development in the sector.

We have an internal support facility for those of you who may be interested in applying, for this award, so please contact Annette Edwards, LTEU, sfastaff@aber.ac.uk or Reyer Zwiggelaar rrz@aber.ac.uk for further information.

The next deadlines for UKCGE applications are 24 March and 23 June.

Also, please hold the 20 April for the 2nd Supervisory Training Day programme for this academic year, programme to be distributed in due course, which will be useful for sections of your application.

If you would like to know more about this award, please visit the UKCGE web page https://supervision.ukcge.ac.uk/good-supervisory-practice-framework/ or there is also further information on the Graduate School web pages https://www.aber.ac.uk/cy/grad-school/

Weekly Resource Roundup – 4/1/2023

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Online events and webinars

10/1/2023 University of London Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE), Why learning design? Why now? with Donald Clark, Stephanie Moore, Margaret Korosec, Neil Mosley and Phil Hill
24/1/2023 Tile Talks, Quality Provision and Support for Distance Doctoral Students
25-30/1/2023 University of Liverpool, Liverpool Learning Summit 2023 – Citizenship: Global, local, digital
8/2/2023 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Education (CODE), De-colonising digital education: Bridging the great divide
8/2/2023 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL Instructional Design Workshop ‘Learn how to create instructional experiences using the UDL principles as part of a structured, facilitated process called CUTLAS’
9/2/2023 University of London Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE), Understanding our evolving digital practice: Scholarship and research of teaching
7-8/3/2023 Jisc, DigiFest (hybrid online and in person) “Innovation takes collaboration; it takes connection; it takes networks. It takes questions: why do you do that? what if I tried this? why not?”
29/3/2023 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL Instructional Design Workshop, “Learn how to create instructional experiences using the UDL principles as part of a structured, facilitated process called CUTLAS”
9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation

Resources and publications

Aitken, G., Fawns, T., Warran, K. et al. (9/8/2022), Making space to learn about teaching: expanding teaching horizons through postgraduate education, Advances in Health Science Education
Bates, T. (2/1/2023), Playing with ChatGPT: now I’m scared (a little), Online Learning and Distance Education Resources
Carless, D. & Winstone, N. (2023), Teacher feedback literacy and its interplay with student feedback literacy, Teaching in Higher Education, 28(1)
CETL (30/12/2022), Creating non-linear stories using Twine to support case-based learning, TEL Series: Leveraging technology to innovate your course,
DigiSim (13/12/2022), DigiEd Dilemmas! An EdTech community podcast
Forsyth, R. (8/12/2022), Robot-generated submissions, Assessment in Higher Education blog
Freeman S., Eddy S. L., McDonough M., Smith M. K., Okoroafor N., Jordt H. & Wenderoth M. P. (15/4/2014), Active learning increases student performance in science engineering and mathematics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 8410–8415. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319030111
Gilbert, T. (n.d.), Compassion in Education: Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum (toolkit and blog)
Loughlin, C. & Lindberg-Sand, Å. (12/32022), The use of lectures: effective pedagogy or seeds scattered on the wind?, Higher Education
Loughlin, C., Lygo-Baker, S. & Lindberg-Sand, Å. (2021), Reclaiming constructive alignment, European Journal of Higher Education, 11(2), 119-136
Lim, H., Murdoch, Y. D., & Cho, J. (2021), Online EMI learner engagement and perceptions of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Innovations in Education and Teaching International
MacNeill, S. & Beetham, H. (22/11/2022), Approaches to curriculum and learning design across UK higher education: Looking beyond the emergency responses to lockdowns and restrictions – are we delivering learning in flexible and accessible ways?, Jisc
Moss, P. (4/1/2023), Designing Formative Group Tasks, Learning Design by Paul G. Moss
Moss, P. (18/2/2020), Schema, Learning Design by Paul G. Moss
Murdoch, Y. D. (21/12/2022), Online learner engagement and teaching-learning perceptions, The SEDA Blog
Saunders, R. & Gilbert, T. (2023), S2E12 – Theo Gilbert on Compassion and student learning (part 2, 50-minute audio recording), L&T Chatshow podcast
Supiano, B. (22/6/2022), ‘It’s Not About the Evidence Anymore’, Chronicle of Higher Education
Theobald E. J., Hill M. J., Tran E., Agrawal S., Arroyo E. N., Behling S., Chambwe N., Cintrón D. L., Cooper J. D. & Dunster G. (9/3/2020), Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science technology engineering and math, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 6476–6483. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916903117
Watkins, R. (19/12/2022), Update Your Course Syllabus for chatGPT, Ryan Watkins on Medium
Weller, M. (3/1/2023), The Haunted Lecture Hall, The Ed Techie: Martin Weller’s blog on open education, digital scholarship & over-stretched metaphors
WosDEC Global Citizenship (2020), Why?-Why?-Why? Chains

Other

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.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. 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.
Call for papers due 23/1/2023, AHE, International Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference (in-person, Manchester)
Call for papers due 27/1/2023, Oxford Brookes University, International Teaching and Learning Conference: Pedagogies of possibility: tales of transformation and hope
Call for papers due 29/1/2023, University of Lincoln Digital Education Team, DigiEd: Horizons
Call for participation due 31/1/2023, Association for Learning Design & Education for Sustainable Development, Learning Design and ESD Bootcamp 2023

UKCGE Research Supervision Recognition Programme

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Graduate School/Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit

Are you an established research degree supervisor?

Would you like your supervisory practice acknowledged at a national level?

The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) has developed the Good Supervisory Practice Framework and the Research Supervision Recognition Programme to allow established supervisors to gain recognition for this challenging, but rewarding, role.

In May 2022, Professor Stephen Tooth from the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences became the first member of academic staff across the University to receive recognition for their approach to graduate supervision.

We are keen to support supervisors who wish to achieve this accreditation. For further details about the framework and how to apply please visit our web page https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/grad-school/supervisory-framework/ or contact Annette Edwards via the Supervisory Framework (sfastaff@aber.ac.uk).

Weekly Resource Roundup – 13/7/2022

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Online events and webinars

July & August Equity Unbound, MYFest Choose-your-own-learning journey of openness, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy, see programme for details
12-13/7/2022 University of Hull Learning and Teaching Conference 2022, Personalised Pedagogies: inclusive, empowering and progressive higher education for all, see full programme
13/7/2022 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Pedagogy and Practice when Teaching and Learning Online
20/7/2022 Active Learning Network, 5th International Active Learning Conference – Moving forward with confidence (programme and booking link)
20 & 27/7/2022 Jisc, Digital storytelling: Using digital technology to capture and share stories that will impact on audience and storyteller alike (2-part workshop)
27/7/2022 HEFi Reading Group, ch. 3 “Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher: Uncovering Hegemonic Assumptions” (Stephen Brookfield)
27/7/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), Transitions and belonging in higher education: duck to water, or fish out of water? with Julie Hulme and Michelle Morgan
3/8/2022 INRAP, An integrated approach to feedback across disciplinary & cultural contexts
9/8/2022 Centre for Research in Assessment & Digital Learning, CRADLE Seminar Series – Programmatic assessment hype or necessary development
11/8/2022 Sage Psychology, Common challenges in Thematic Analysis and how to avoid them with Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now

Resources and publications

Association for Learning Design and Education for Sustainable Development (ALDESD)
Academic Practice and Technology (APT) Conference 2022, Shaping Academic Practice through Diversity and Flexibility: Pre-recorded presentations (short video clips) and Keynotes (including 1-hour video from Cate Denial)
Centre for Innovation, University of Liverpool (7/7/2022), Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 21 – The One with the Clown (46-minute audio recording), Treasure Island Pedagogies podcast series
CoDesignS ESD Framework (2021), CoDesignS Education for Sustainable Development (toolkit and 4-minute video)
Dickinson, J. (24/6/2022), It’s time we gave students credit for helping out, WonkHE
Edmunds, K. & Legget, H. (12/7/2022), Low-stakes failure as a method to improve learner agency and resilience, WonkHE
Hanstedt, P. (11/7/2022), If Content Is King, Maybe It’s Time for a Little Regicide?, The Teaching Professor
National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (24/11/2021), Proactively supporting students’ mental wellbeing: Guidelines and recommendations for staff and universities
Perry, D. & Perovic, N. (1/6/2018), ABC LD resources in Welsh, ABC Learning Design, UCL
Pitt, E. (13/7/2022), Towards technology-enhanced dialogic feedback in higher education (30-minute video), Integrity Matters by Turnitin
Sepp, S., Wong, M., Hoogerheide, V., & Castro-Alonso, J. C. (7/7/2022). Shifting online: 12 tips for online teaching derived from contemporary educational psychology research. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1– 17.

Other

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.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. 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.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 6/7/2022

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Online events and webinars

July & August Equity Unbound, MYFest Choose-your-own-learning journey of openness, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy, see programme for details
6/7/2022 Transforming Assessment, eAssessment Awards: Selected winners showcase
6-8/7/2022 Playful Learning Conference
12-13/7/2022 University of Hull Learning and Teaching Conference 2022, Personalised Pedagogies: inclusive, empowering and progressive higher education for all, see full programme
13/7/2022 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Pedagogy and Practice when Teaching and Learning Online
20/7/2022 Active Learning Network, 5th International Active Learning Conference – Moving forward with confidence (programme and booking link)
20 & 27/7/2022 Jisc, Digital storytelling: Using digital technology to capture and share stories that will impact on audience and storyteller alike (2-part workshop)
27/7/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), Transitions and belonging in higher education: duck to water, or fish out of water? with Julie Hulme and Michelle Morgan
9/8/2022 Centre for Research in Assessment & Digital Learning, CRADLE Seminar Series – Programmatic assessment hype or necessary development
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now

Resources and publications

Collins, M., Childs, M., & Jacob, M. (1/7/2022), Why are B Movies so good for answering bloody stupid pedagogic questions? (50-minute audio recording), Pedagodzilla, the pedagogical podcast with the pop culture core
Bartolic, S., Matzat, U., Tai, J., Burgess, J.-L., Boud, D., Craig, H, Archibald, A., De Jaeger, A., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., Lutze-Mann, L., Polly, P., Roth, M., Heap, T., Agapito, J. & Guppy, N. (1/6/2022), Student vulnerabilities and confidence in learning in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Studies in Higher Education
Brabazon, T. (4/7/2022), Ten platinum rules for PhD supervisors, Times Higher Education Campus
Irvine-Bell, D., Wooff, D., Tasler, N. (5/7/2022), The National Teaching Repository: global reach and Impact, Advance HE News, “The National Teaching Repository (NTR) was born out of the desire to facilitate a space for proven and successful teaching materials to be disseminated whilst ensuring that the original authors can evidence the reach and impact of their work in the process”
Mihai, A. (5/7/2022), What’s next for online education?, The Educationalist
National Academic Integrity Network (16/5/2022), An Interview with Kane Murdoch (NAIN podcast series 30-minute audio recording), associated with Finding the thread: a practical guide to contract cheating
Oprandi, P. (7/12/2021), Active Reading: Five ways to engage students in their reading, Active Learning Network blog
Reickmann, M. (2018), Learning to transform the world: key competencies in Education for Sustainable Development, Issues and trends in education for sustainable development, p. 39-59
United Nations (2018), Do you know all 17 Sustainable Development Goals? (1.5 minute video plus resources), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sustainable Development

Other

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.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. 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.

Digital Insights Assistant – Joseph

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Hi! I’m Joseph and I will be working with the LTEU team on analysing and disseminating the results from the Students Digital Experience Insights Survey 2022. As the digital experience has become integral to the continuation and development of student learning this survey allows us to understand how the implementation of digital systems has affected students. As a student who went through the introduction of these newer systems, I have experience and a firm grasp of the student perspective. This will allow me to better analyse and place these results.

When I first was deciding upon universities, I had three I wanted to apply for and was able to make it to the open days of two of these. However, due to travel issues I couldn’t attend the Aberystwyth open day. When finally deciding which one to choose I realised both my sisters were attending those other two universities, so in order to have a lot more freedom I chose to apply for Aberystwyth and only saw it for the first time just before my first lecture.

Despite me not knowing anything about Aberystwyth I fell in love with it throughout my degree and thoroughly enjoyed my joint course. I’ve learned to not only create rigid and complex essays on English literature but also how to plan and setup a filming area entirely on my own (Camera Included). I also became the president for an academic society for a department I’m not a part of. This gave me a lot more insight into other degree schemes and student opinions as I found each department has very distinct and varying perspectives to their learning.

Throughout filming escapades and society committees I’ve learned great cooperative skills and filled in various positions in group dynamics in order to be more effective. I’m hoping to carry these skills over when working with the LTEU team in order to facilitate the detailed analysis of the Students Digital Experience Insights Survey 2022 as well as aiding the team with suggesting ideas and helping in the planning of projects.

XOXO

LTEU 2022 Summer Update

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Update to Turnitin

For the academic year 2022/23 we will be using a new version of Turnitin.
On Tuesday 5 July 2022 Information Services will be enabling the new version of Turnitin on Blackboard. Whilst most of Turnitin’s current functionality will remain the same, there will be some changes. To help staff with this change, we have arranged the following FAQs.
Further information can be found on our Changes to Turnitin: Information for Staff blogpost.

Updated E-Learning Policies

Updated versions of all e-learning policies are available from the Information Services Regulations and Policies site.
Blackboard RMP and E-submission policies remain unchanged from last years. There have been some updates to the lecture capture policy. These include clarification on the retention period for recordings and guidance on using Panopto for assessment.

10th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

We will be hosting our 10th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference between 12-14 September 2022.
Conference Registration is now open. Further information, including the conference programme will be available on our Annual Learning and Teaching Conference webpage.

Digital Insight Survey

The student Digital Insights Survey has recently closed, with over 660 responses. Overseen by JISC, the survey asks students about their use of technology in learning and teaching, and provides a benchmark for comparisons with other institutions.
The results of the survey can be used to inform strategic decisions to enhance the digital experience and enable digital transformation.
Last year’s key findings can be found in the Student Digital Insights Survey Results blog post. Key findings of the 2022 survey will be published soon. Subscribe to the LTEU blog for notifications.

ARCHE

The ARCHE programme is a means by which Aberystwyth University (AU) staff can apply for Fellowship in the Higher Education Academy (now part of Advance HE). See the ARCHE scheme handbook for full details.
The next deadline for applications is 07/09/2022. To express an interest in applying, please email felstaff@aber.ac.uk.

PGCTHE

The PGCTHE is open to staff teaching on Aberystwyth University courses. Participants should have at least 40 hours contact teaching time at higher education level over the duration of each module, but there is scope to consider staff with other scenarios on a case-by-case basis. Please email the course team for more information.
The next intake for both module 1 and module 2 will be in January 2023. The deadline for applications is 1 November. Attendance at induction is required for all students.

TPAU 2022-23 Competition Opens in May

We will start recruiting for the next cohort of the Teaching for Postgraduates at Aberystwyth University programme this month. Any interested PGRs who are teaching can apply for a place on the programme up until 24th June. The compulsory Induction for the programme will take place on 20th and 21st September. Further information.

Subscribe to the LTEU Blog

Subscribe to the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Blog so that you receive an email notification whenever a new post is written. Keep up-to-date with software developments, new initiatives, training sessions and events that help support teaching activities and technology-enhanced learning.

Weekly Resource Roundup

The Weekly Resource Roundup includes resources to help staff teach effectively, such as external webinars, podcasts, online toolkits, publications and more.

CPD

Attend sessions in our annual CPD programme.
The programme includes sessions on e-learning, as well as lots of sessions on learning and teaching topics such as assessment and feedback, presentation skills, accessibility, and more.
We deliver some sessions ourselves, while others are delivered by university staff whose teaching features good practice in those areas. Look for (L&T) in the session title.