Ultra Practice Courses created

9th March 20239th March 2023 WordPress User [jbw] Blackboard, Technical Updates, Training and Support, Ultra Leave a comment

Now that the templates have been confirmed we have created an individual Ultra Practice Course for all staff members.

This practice course is private to you and has no students enrolled on it. You can use this course to create content and try out the new Ultra course interface.

You will find your practice course by going to Organisations on the left-hand side menu:

Ultra Base Navigation with Organisations showing

The course has been created with the bilingual AU course template. For further information on course templates, see our previous blogpost. They will be named your name Cwrs Ymarfer Ultra / Ultra Practice Course.

To help prepare you for Ultra courses next academic year, try the following:

You’ll notice that you can drag and drop content much more easily in Ultra. Additionally, you can choose where you add content (without newly created content defaulting to the bottom of the page).

As Ultra is much more fluid than Blackboard original, your approach to content organisation is essential to help students navigate the module. Make sure that you use the preview features so that you can get an idea of how the content looks to students:

It might be that you want to discuss content organisation with colleagues to see if there’s departmental approach that you want to take.

We will be using these practice organisations for training purposes over the coming months. Keep an eye on our blog and webpages for additional information as further guidance is produced.

We’ll be blogging additional tasks over the coming months for you to try in your Ultra practice course. In our next blogpost of this nature, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at the Grade Book, Assignments, Turnitin, and Blackboard tests.

If you’ve got any questions about the move to Blackboard Ultra, please contact the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (elearning@aber.ac.uk).

Mini Conference: Programme announced

8th March 20238th March 2023 WordPress User [jbw] Conference, Mini Conference 2023 Virtual Reality Leave a comment

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce the programme for its forthcoming Virtual Reality Mini Conference on Tuesday 28 March.

Booking for the event is already open. This mini conference is taking place in person in B23, Llandinam Building between 11:00 and 16:00.

The Mini Conference will start at 11:00 with a session by Chris Rees from UWTSD. Our blogpost announcing Chris as our external speaker provides further information.

From 11:45, Amanda Jones and Bleddyn Lewis from the Healthcare Education Centre in the Department of Life Sciences will be showcasing what they do with their students in their session Embracing Virtual Reality within Healthcare Education for student nurses.

At 12:30, Education’s Steve Atherton will be presenting the session VR in Education.

A lunch break has been scheduled between 13:00 and 14:00. We will not be providing catering at this event but please feel free to bring your lunch along with you.

Between 14:00 and 16:00 Sarah Wydall, Helen Miles, Rebecca Zerk, and Andra Jones will be providing a 2 hour workshop identifying the next step in the evaluation for the use of VR as a training tool. This session is limited to 15 people – the session is first come, first served and you will be able to sign up for it on the morning of the mini conference.

Most of the sessions are hands on and interactive – you’ll have the opportunity to try out VR and see how colleagues are using it in their teaching.

Abstracts and the full programme will be available on our webpages in due course.

If you have any questions, please contact the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (lteu@aber.ac.uk).

Weekly Resource Roundup – 6/3/2023

6th March 20236th March 2023 WordPress User [mhj] Resources and Webinars, 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.

Online events and webinars

14/3/2023 University of Sheffield ScHARR Short course, Creating Digital Accessible Teaching Materials
14/3/2023 AdvanceHE, The opportunities and threats from students’ use of AI tools, paired with the AdvanceHE blog post by Kay Hack and Charles Knight, Higher education in the era of AI
15/3/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of Practice
15/3/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Promoting student self-regulation through assessment
22/3/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Laura Jenkins, University of Loughborough, presents ‘Use Vevox for formative and mid-module feedback’
28/3/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 2: Combating Contract Cheating On Campus
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”
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
12/4/2023 EAT-Erasmus, Self-regulation competency framework
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
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

Bruff, D. (23/2/2023), On ChatGPT, Boilerplate, and Ghost Writing, Agile Learning
Cooke, N. (16/2/2023), Podcasts to Teach, Learn & Network (2-minute video), University of Birmingham HEFi MicroCPD
Eaton, S. E. (25/2/2023), 6 Tenets of Postplagiarism: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Learning, Teaching and Leadership
Harwell, D. (25/2/2023), Tech’s hottest new job: AI whisperer. No coding required, Washington Post
Holmes, J. (28/2/2023), Universities warn against using ChatGPT for assignments, BBC News
Metz, C. (26/2/2023), Why Do A.I. Chatbots Tell Lies and Act Weird? Look in the Mirror, New York Times
UCL (2/2023), AI, education and assessment: staff briefing #1, UCL Teaching and Learning

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

28th February 202328th February 2023 WordPress User [jbw] Conference, Events and Networks, Mini Conference 2023 Virtual Reality, Uncategorised Leave a comment

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).

Blackboard Ultra Course Template Confirmed

27th February 20239th March 2023 WordPress User [jbw] Blackboard, Ultra Leave a comment

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit has been working to confirm the templates that will be used in new Ultra courses.

Unlike previous years, there will no longer be departmental templates. Following the decision by Academic Enhancement Committee and consultation with Associate Deans of Welsh-Medium Academic Provision, 3 templates have been created for Ultra:

Welsh template
English template
Bilingual template

The template that your course will have is determined on the language of delivery for the module recorded in AStRA.

Courses with language delivery of 100 Welsh will be created with a Welsh template. Courses with NULL or 0 will have an English template. If the score is between 1 and 99, a bilingual template will be used. Unlike Blackboard Original Menus, the course templates can be edited by instructors.

The course content template is comprised of 3 folders:

Gwybodaeth am y Modiwl / Module Information
Asesu ac Adborth / Assessment and Feedback
Arholwyr Allanol / External Examiners (hidden)

An image of the bilingual template is below:

The next stage in our Ultra Project is to create practice organisations for all staff. These organisations will be a space where you can look at Ultra functionality and copy course content from existing modules. We will also be making use of these practice organisations in our staff training programme that will be communicated with you over the coming months.

If you have any questions about the Ultra project, then please contact the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (elearning@aber.ac.uk).

Call for Proposals: Learning and Teaching Conference 2023

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We are now inviting proposals for the 11^th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, Tuesday 4-Thursday 6 July 2023.

Submit and view the call for proposals online.

The theme for this year’s conference is:

Transformative Teaching: Creating Opportunities for Learning

The main strands of this year’s conference are:

Teaching in the age of artificial intelligence
Preparing for Blackboard Ultra
Universal design for learning
Mentoring for success and self-regulation
Active and authentic learning contexts

Staff, postgraduate teaching assistants, and students are welcome to propose sessions on any topic relating to learning and teaching, especially those that focus on the incorporation and use of technology. Even if your suggestion doesn’t fit a particular strand, other topics are welcome.

We seek to encourage presenters to consider using alternative formats that reflect and suit the content of their sessions. As such, we are not specifying a standardised presentation format.

Please complete this form no later than 5 May 2023.

If you have any questions, please contact the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit at lteu@aber.ac.uk.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 24/2/2023

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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

28/2/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 1: AI: Friend or Foe?
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)
1/3/2023 Transforming Assessment, Enduring assessment: designing for reuse and flexibility
1/3/2023 University of London Centre for Online and Distance Learning, Becoming a Learning Designer
1/3/2023 TEQSA and Deakin University Centre for Research in Assessment & Digital Learning, ChatGPT – how should educators respond?
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
15/3/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of Practice
22/3/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Laura Jenkins, University of Loughborough, presents ‘Use Vevox for formative and mid-module feedback’
28/3/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 2: Combating Contract Cheating On Campus
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’
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
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

Anthony, P. (19/2/2023), Navigating the Use of ChatGPT in Education, University of Kent Learning Technologies
Bali, M. (18/2/2023), On the Automation of “Care”, Reflecting Allowed: Maha Bali’s blog about education
Brown, A., Lawrence, J., Foote, S., Cohen, J., Redmond, P., Stone, C., Kimber, M. & Henderson, R. (20/1/2023), Educators’ experiences of pivoting online: unearthing key learnings and insights for engaging students online, Higher Education Research & Development
CAST (13/11/2022), Read Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice for Free in Clusive!
Davis, J. (21/2/2023), In search of learning-focused feedback practices: a linguistic analysis of higher education feedback policy, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Ewen, M. (20/2/2023), Mapping the potential of AI in the age of competence based higher education, WonkHE
Hack, K. (21/2/2023), ‘Excited, concerned and curious’: student perspectives on learning and working in the era of AI, Advance HE
Hadnes, M. (15/2/2023), A Comprehensive Discussion on the Art and Science of Facilitation with ChatGPT (45-minute audio recording), Workshops Work podcast series
Mills, Anna (2/2/2023), What to do about AI text generators? Next steps for educators description of the video with links to resources, National Academic Integrity Network, QQI
National Academic Integrity Network (3/2/2023), What to do about AI text generators? Next steps for educators (1-hour video), Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Peart, D., Rumbold, P. & Fukar, E. (20/2/2023), New literature review on engaging students through partnership, Advance HE News & Views
Perkins, M. (22/2/2023), Academic Integrity considerations of AI Large Language Models in the post-pandemic era: ChatGPT and beyond, Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
Rose, J. (21/2/2023), ChatGPT as a teaching tool, not a cheating tool, Times Higher Education, Campus
Sharples, M. (2/8/2022), Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education 32, 1119–1126
Walker, A. & Smyth, K. (2/2/2023), Editorial: Breaking the Gender Bias in Academia and Academic Practice introduction to special issue, Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice

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.

11th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Conference Theme Announcement

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The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce the theme for our 11^th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference.

The Learning and Teaching Conference will be taking place with increased face to face presence and some online activities from Tuesday 4-Thursday 6 July.

The theme and strands for this year’s conference is:

Transformative Teaching: Creating Opportunities for Learning

Teaching in the age of artificial intelligence
Preparing for Blackboard Ultra
Universal design for learning
Mentoring for success and self-regulation
Active and authentic learning contexts

Keep a look out for our forthcoming call for proposals and for booking onto the conference.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 20/2/2023

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Online events and webinars

22/2/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Daniel Fitzpatrick presents ‘Using Vevox in whole class and small group teaching’
22/2/2023 Advance HE, Student Success Framework Series Review and Redesign: Student Engagement through Partnership
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 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), ALT South – AI, ChatGPT and assessment
23/2/2023 Future Teacher Webinars, Working with Rich Media 1 – Images
27/2/2023 Advance HE, Student Success Framework Series Review and Redesign: Student Engagement through Partnership
28/2/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 1: AI: Friend or Foe?
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)
1/3/2023 TEQSA and Deakin University Centre for Research in Assessment & Digital Learning, ChatGPT – how should educators respond?
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
15/3/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of Practice
22/3/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Laura Jenkins, University of Loughborough, presents ‘Use Vevox for formative and mid-module feedback’
28/2/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 2: Combating Contract Cheating On Campus
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’
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
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

Ajjawi R,. Tai J., Boud D. & De St Jorre T. J. (2023), Assessment for inclusion in higher education promoting equity and social, Routledge (e-book is open access)
Alby, C. & Stachowiak, B. (12/1/2023), How Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Higher Education (43-minute audio recording with links to resources), Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast
Armellini, A., Dunbar-Morris, H., Barlow, A., & Powell, D. (23/9/2022), Student engagement in blended and connected learning and teaching: a view from students, Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 4(2), 165–181 (This is the article for the 6/3/2023 RAISE, RAISE student engagement reading group)
Arnold, L. (15/2/2023), AI and Assessment in Higher Education: Reflections, Lydia Arnold
Biggins, D. and Holley, D. (28/10/2022), Student wellbeing and technostress: critical learning design factors, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (25)
Chiang, T. (9/2/2023), ChatGPT’s Blurry JPEG of the Web, The New Yorker
Christodoulou, D. (6/2/2023), If we are setting assessments that a robot can complete, what does that say about our assessments?, Daisy Christodoulou
Elliot, C. (12/2/2023), The Freedom to Learn: or how I learned to stop worrying and love marking (8-minute video), Bloomsbury Broadcasting Corporation
Guy, M. (9/2/2023), Reducing the emphasis on grades, Digital Assessment at UCL
Mills, A. (16/2/2023), Teaching with AI: Using Writing Generators in the Classroom (PPT from presentation)
Reis, C., Varga-Atkins, T. & Lindsay, R. (8/2/2023), Islands of Innovation: around the campfires of collaboration, The SEDA Blog
Roose, K. (16/2/2023), Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’, New York Times
Turnitin (n.d.), The Turnitin Blog (includes articles about AI-generated text)

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.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 14/2/2023

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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.