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

• 9/11/2021 #CreativeHE, Homestretch: Bringing Embodied Creativity to Postgraduate Support During Covid
• 10/11/2021 Echo 360, Reimagining Learner Engagement and Assessment in Blended Learning
• 11/11/2021 SEDA, CPD and Reflective Practice – Opportunities for meaningful outcomes
• 16/11/2021 TILE Network, Shifting the Dial to Include Those ‘Not in Education’
• 18/11/2021 Media & Learning, Online conference on Managing and innovating video-based services in Higher Education
• 8/12/2021 Echo 360, Developing Inclusive Educational Practices with Video-Based Learning
• Multiple dates through 2/2022 AdvanceHE, Inclusive learning and teaching workshop series
• 8-9/3/3022 Jisc, Digifest

Resources and publications

• Anthony, P., Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars YouTube channel, University of Kent
• Association for Learning Technology, CPD Webinars YouTube channel
• Carless, D. (6/11/2021), Feedback Seeking, Personal Website of Professor David Carless
• Fallin, L. & Watling, D. (20/10/2021), Designing for Diverse Learners Poster [3.2.2], University of Hull
• Groshell, Z. (30/10/2021), Demystifying Learning through Examples, Education Rickshaw
• Henderson M, Ryan T, Boud D, et al. (1/11/2021), The usefulness of feedback, Active Learning in Higher Education. 2021;22(3):229-243.
• JLDHE (31/10/2021), Special Issue: Compendium of Innovative Practice: Learning Development in a Time of Disruption, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
• Newton, F. J., Wright, J. D. & Newton, J. D. (2014), Skills training to avoid inadvertent plagiarism: results from a randomised control study, Higher Education Research & Development, 33:6, 1180-1193
• Reedy, K. (22/10/2021), Learning from practice: refreshing the OU activity types framework, Reflection and Resources from the Open University Learning Design Team
• Sherrington, T. (17/10/2021), Check for Understanding… why it matters and how to do it. #rEDSurrey21, Teacherhead
• Think UDL (2/11/2021), Ultimate Collection of Go-to Faculty Resources with Danielle Hinton (1 hour podcast)
• Thomson, S. (27/10/2021), Is HyFlex in flux?, Digisim
• Traxler, J. (4/11/2021), Decolonising Learning Technology, Education Observatory

Other

• Call for papers 30/11/2021: Advance HE, Teaching and Learning Conference 2022: Teaching in the spotlight: Where next for enhancing student success?
• Call for papers 21/12/2021: Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference
• Call for papers 24/1/2022: Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference, Contemporary assessment practice in the new age of higher education “If you would like to discuss the relevance of your project to the conference please contact one of the convenors: Kay Sambell kay.sambell@cumbria.ac.uk Linda Graham linda.graham@sunderland.ac.uk or Pete Boyd pete.boyd@cumbria.ac.uk“

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

• 3/11/2021 Transforming Assessment, Digital Equity in Online Assessment
• 4-5/11/2021 AdvanceHE, Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2021: Putting the Student at the Heart of Assessment and Feedback: Equality, Diversity and Partnership
• 10/11/2021 Echo 360, Reimagining Learner Engagement and Assessment in Blended Learning
• 11/11/2021 SEDA, CPD and Reflective Practice – Opportunities for meaningful outcomes
• 8/12/2021 Echo 360, Developing Inclusive Educational Practices with Video-Based Learning
• Multiple dates through 2/2022 AdvanceHE, Inclusive learning and teaching workshop series

Resources and publications

• Addie, T. (20/10/2021), What Inclusive Instructors Do: Q&A With Tracie Addy, ACUE (with 2-minute video)
• Anthony, P. (8/10/2021), How to share best practice with teachers around the world, Jisc Beyond the Technology podcast series, (39-minute audio podcast).
• Bunbury, S., Davies, M., Jones, M., Krajewska, A., Popoola, O., Waddington, L., & Revell, L. (2021), Contract cheating detection for markers: checklist, London and South East Academic Integrity Network
• Carless, D. (12/10/2021), Supporting the Development of Student Feedback Literacy
• Coe, R., Great Teaching Toolkit, Evidence-based Education: Understanding the content (3-minute video), Creating a supportive environment (2-minute video), Maximising opportunity to learn (2-minute video), Activating hard thinking (3-minute video)
• Fallin, L. (21/10/2021), Designing for Diverse Learners Poster version 3.2.2, University of Hull LibGuides
• Guccione, K. (21/10/2021), Launching the Are You OK? supervisor toolkit, Supervising PhDs
• Jones, K. & Wiliam, D. (13/10/2021), Getting the “Think-Pair-Share” Technique Right, ASCD
• Kwok, K., Potter, J., Shaikh, S., & Pritchard, J. (20/10/2021), The practical wisdom of… students? Co-creating a practical resource for HE teachers with students as partners, SEDA blog
• Matthews, K. (1/10/2021), Energizing institutional assessment activities with students as partners: Assessment Institute 2021, University of Queensland
• Salmon, G. (14/10/2021), Captivating Learning: Storyboarding, OEB Insights
• Soon, L. (10/2021), Accessible Equations and Mathematical Text at the University of York
• Swingler, M., Wehbe, L., Pringle-Barnes, G., Cleland-Woods, H., Buglass, E., Conlan, V., Sabha, N. & Fournarakis, G. (22/10/2021), Staying Connected: A Toolkit for Effective Groupwork, TILE Network, (11-minute video)
• Talbert, R. (30/5/2021), How to write learning objectives

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

• Ongoing MOOC, Open University, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM
• Ongoing MOOC, University of Derby, Flexible Learning Toolkit
• 6/10/2021 Transforming Assessment, Using video in assessment and feedback
• 11/10/2021 Danish School of Education, What is it like to be a Playful Academic, and how can we forge ways to get there?
• 13/10/2021 Association for Learning Technology, ALSIG Webinar Series: ABC learning design online
• 13/10/2021 Tile Network, Supporting Neurodiversity in Education
• 13/10/2021 Blended Learning Consortium, Higher Education Blended Learning Consortium University Launch Event
• 19/10/2021 European University Association DigiHE, Developing a high-performance digital education ecosystem: strategy and organisational culture
• 20/10/2021 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide approaches to embedding Universal Design for Learning
• 20-21/10/2021 QAA, Quality Matters 2021 “Quality Matters is an annual student-focused event providing an introduction to student engagement in quality assurance and enhancement and preparing student representatives for the year ahead”
• 21/10/2021 Active Learning Network, Developing expectations for peer learning
• 21/10/2021 Future Teacher Webinars, The wonderful world of webinars
• 21, 25, & 26/10/2021 Cradle Symposium, ‘What is assessment for inclusion? Problematising inclusion, equity, and access in higher education assessment’ and Panel Session – Big questions and ideas in inclusive assessment
• 23-25/11/2021 21C Student Curriculum Partners at Western Sydney University, National Students as Partners Roundtable 2021
• 25/11/2021 Active Learning Network, Digital Reading: affordances for active and collaborative reading from screens
• Multiple dates through 2/2022 AdvanceHE, Inclusive learning and teaching workshop series

Resources and publications

• Agarwal, P. K. (2021), Recommended Books on the Science of Learning, Retrieval Practice
• Bovil, C. (30/9/2021), Better outcomes for students = build community, University of Edinburgh Teaching Matters Blog
• Chakraborty, D., Soyoof, A., Moharami, M., Dwi Utami, A., Zeng, S., Ngo, C.-L., Hradsky, D., Maestre, J.-L., Foomani, E. M. & Pretorius, L. (2021), Feedback as a space for academic social practice in doctoral writing groups, The Educational and Developmental Psychologist
• Gagne, A. (30/9/2021), Making Accessibility Accessible: Countering The “That’s Too Much Work” Narrative, OLT Faculty Development
• Higher Education Futures institute, University of Birmingham (n.d.), Large Group Teaching Techniques Menu
• Kennedy, E. (29/9/2021), #Take5 #63 Design Sprints for Developmental Learning, LMU Take5 blog
• Kingsbridge Research School (22/5/2021), From Expert to Novice – Jon Eaton: How do we convey expert thinking to our novice learners?, Research Schools Network
• Nelms, A. A. & Segura-Totten, M. (1/1/2019), Expert–Novice Comparison Reveals Pedagogical Implications for Students’ Analysis of Primary Literature, CBE Life Sciences Education 18, 4
• Pedagodzilla Podcast (29/9/2021), The Pedagodzilla Open Mic Night (Ft. Gamification) (audio recording 1 hour)
• Pedagogies for Social Justice Podcast series, University of Westminster
• UCL Press open-source books on education
• Vines, C. (23/9/2021), altc21 Resources Openly Accessible, Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference, “The full recorded online programme and session recordings are now available openly to all.”
• Wolf, L. G. (21/1/2021), ‘Presence’ in an online Teaching Environment
• Wolff, C. E., Jarodzka, H., & Boshuizen, H. P. A. (1/8/2017), See and tell: Differences between expert and novice teachers’ interpretations of problematic classroom management events, Teaching and Teacher Education, 66, 295-308.

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

• Ongoing MOOC, Open University, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM
• Ongoing MOOC, University of Derby, Flexible Learning Toolkit
• 6/10/2021 Transforming Assessment, Using video in assessment and feedback
• 13/10/2021 Tile Network, Supporting Neurodiversity in Education
• 19/10/2021 European University Association DigiHE, Developing a high-performance digital education ecosystem: strategy and organisational culture
• Multiple dates through 2/2022 AdvanceHE, Inclusive learning and teaching workshop series

Resources and publications

• Armellini, A. (n.d.), Don’t Just Deliver: Teach, Educational Technology Insights
• Compton, M. (9/9/2021), ‘Basic Hybrid’ Teaching: Recommendations, Martin Compton, UCL
• Cross, K. P. (n.d.), Encouraging Metacognition: Helping Students Learn How to Learn (with videos 1-2 minutes each), The K. Patricia Cross Academy
• Ivory, S. (16/9/2021), The point of an on-campus education, Teaching Matters Blog
• Jones, A. & Jordan, K. (8/9/2021), Special Collection: Learning from Lockdown: challenges and benefits, Journal of Interactive Media in Education
• Lecture Breakers podcast (n.d.), Episode 77: Tips for Designing Collaborative Learning Experiences and Group Work with Dr. Alexandra Mihai (30 minute podcast)
• Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry, Middlebury College, (20/5/2021), The Asynchronous Cookbook:recipes for engaged & active online learning, PB Pressbooks
• Phipps, L. (14/9/2021), Learning from students and staff during the pandemic: A talk for #ESLTIS21, lawrie: converged
• RAISE (2021), RAISE Annual Conference materials
• Veletsianos, G. (12/8/2021), A ‘return to normal’ on campus? 5 ways university students and faculty hope for better, The Conversation

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

• Ongoing MOOC, Open University, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM
• Ongoing MOOC, University of Derby, Flexible Learning Toolkit
• 9/9/2021 Media & Learning, How accessible are higher education video services one year on from the Directive?
• 13/9/2021, Practical Pedagogy conference
• 14/9/2021 TILT, TILT Annual Learning and Teaching Conference
• 15/9/2021 Amnet, Accessibility: Matching Image Description to the Content
• 16/9/2021 Active Learning Network, Creative Universities: Global Challenges and Alternative Futures
• 16/9/2021 Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, UEL Learning and Teaching Symposium
• 6/10/2021 Transforming Assessment, Using video in assessment and feedback
• 13/10/2021 Tile Network, Supporting Neurodiversity in Education

Resources and publications

• ALT (2021), Framework for Ethical Learning Technology.
• Bayne, S., Evans, P., Ewins, R., Knox, J., Lamb, J., Macleod, H., O’Shea, C., Johnston, K. (2020), The manifesto for teaching online, MIT Press.
• Callaghan, D. & Collins, H. (2021), Adaptive action learning in an online community: facilitating a large cohort to deliver results, Action Learning: Research and Practice, 18:1, 20-37
• Cormier, D. (30/8/2021), Facilitating Online Breakout Groups (7-minute video)
• Dieste, T. (1/9/2021), 75% of university lectures are inaccessible for students with auditory impairments, Media & Learning
• Drysdale, T. (7/9/2021), Innovation in Science Teaching, Teaching Matters Blog
• Freelon, D., Bali, M., Chibnall, D., Morris, S., Kuo, R., Tedford, R., & Williams, A. (31/8/2021), How Can Educators Equip Students with the Tools They Need to Combat Misinformation?, Sage Publishing, (4-hour recording and toolkit from 2021 Critical Thinking Bootcamp)
• Fripp, D. (3/9/2021), Assessment Feedback Assistant, Jisc Co-Design
• Gyurko, J. (26/8/2021), Bringing Faculty into the Student Success Movement, ACUE Community
• Hunt, R. (1/9/2021), Inclusive Cultures: What experiences give students a sense of belonging or exclusion? (podcast 15 minutes), Teaching Matters Blog
• Jisc (7/9/2021), Students say universities must learn from the pandemic to improve higher education, Jisc News
• Misiejuk, K. & Wasson, B. (28/8/2021), Backward evaluation in peer assessment: A scoping review, Computers in Education
• Open University Learning Design Team, Resources (including Collaborative Online Activities)
• Teaching Enhancement Unit (7/2021), Guidance for moving large class cohorts to the online environment, Dublin City University
• Walker, R., Chong, S., & Chong, J. (2021). Facilitating peer-led group research through virtual collaboration spaces: an exploratory research study. Research in Learning Technology, 29. 

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.