2022

Weekly Resource Roundup, Mary Jacob, Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit, Aberystwyth University

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

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

Active Learning Network (7/12/2021), Active Reading: Five ways to engage students in their reading, Active Learning Network Blog
Buchanan, K. & The Learning Scientists (15/12/2022), How to Study Effectively for School or College [Top 6 Science-Based Study Skills] (8-minute video), Memorize Academy
Creative Modern Languages: Researching on Creative Modern Languages across the United Kingdom
Knight, S., Beetham, H., & MacNeill, S. (6/9/2022), Beyond the Technology: Reviewing learning and curriculum design (50-minute audio recording), Jisc
Matthews-Jones, L. (14/9/2022), Creative History in the Classroom Workshops, September 2022-January 2023 (2-hour video plus materials), Lucinda Matthews-Jones: Historian, Victorianist & Lecturer
Palmer, E. (10/9/2022), #LTHEchat 240 Transition: Led by Emma Palmer @TheEmmaPalmer 14th Sept 2022, 8pm BST (blog post and resources), #LTHEchat
Peritz, A. (9/9/2022), Plagiarism: AI Is Making It Easier Than Ever for Students to Cheat, The Wire Science
QAA (18/8/2021), Supporting successful student transitions (toolkit), QAA membership Resources
QAA Scotland (9/2015), Transition Skills and Strategies, Enhancement Themes (see further resources)
Ramjattan, V. A. (14/9/2022), The Accent Work of International Teaching Assistants, TESOL Quarterly
SEDA (6/9/2022), SEDA Blog Series Introduction: A year of transition and a chance to reflect, The SEDA Blog
- Keane, A. (12/9/2022), Transitions: What do the Second-Year Slump and the Covid Slump Have in Common?, The SEDA Blog
- Knapton, H. (14/9/2022), Transitions: The mapping of graduate attributes into assessment, The SEDA Blog
- O’Brien, R. (6/9/2022), Transitions: Help! There’s a cat in the Transition to HE course!, The SEDA Blog
Sung, J. (28/7/2022), Read about it: Tackling the problem of students’ failure to hit the books, Lens, Monash University
The Open University (27/7/2022), Balance between guidance and self-regulated learning, Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Zhan, Y. (8/9/2022), What do college students think of feedback literacy? An ecological interpretation of Hong Kong students’ perspectives, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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.

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 – 8/9/2022

Online events and webinars

12-14/9/2022 Aberystwyth University, 10th Annual Learning & Teaching Conference, (programme / booking) Online sessions open to non-university participants
13/9/2022 Centre for Innovation in Education, Book launch: Handbook of Digital Higher Education
14/9/2022 HEFi University of Birmingham, Digital Skills CPD 101: Understanding the University of Birmingham Digital Ecosystem
16/9/2022 UEL, Learning & Teaching Symposium: Rethinking academic communities: building on what we have learned during the pandemic (programme / booking)
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
30/9/2022 Future Teacher Talks, Strategies to support student writing
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

Advance HE (5/9/2022), Unpacking the Hidden Curriculum for students, new guidance launched for staff, Advance HE News
Advance HE (5/9/2022), Enhancing Student Awareness of Academic Integrity in an Accessible and Inclusive Manner, Advance HE News
BERA (2018), Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fourth edition
Bjork, R. (4/11/2015), The Importance of Making Errors During Learning, Dr. Robert Bjork (2-minute video)
Dawson, P. (11/10/2012), Constructive alignment and learning outcomes (30-minute video)
Gladovic, C., Tai, H.-M. & Dawson, P. (2022), Qualitative approaches to researching evaluative judgement in pedagogical activities: a case study, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(2), 231-244
Kennedy, M.L., Farrington, T., Salgado, C. (2022), A collaborative approach to student scholarship skills: embedding information literacy skills in the flipped classroom(poster and article), National Teaching Repository.
MacCormack, P. (24/8/2022), Start the Semester Strong: Focus on Student Belonging, Higher Ed Jobs
Orlando, J. (2/9/2022), Applying Neurology to Online Videos, Faculty Focus
Saunders, R., L&T Chatshow podcast series
Shields, S. (2015), ‘My work is bleeding’: exploring students’ emotional responses to first-year assignment feedback, Teaching in Higher Education, 20(6), 614-624
Usman, F. (2022), Learning Module: Anti-Racism, EDI and Positionality in Teaching and Learning, Taylor Institute for Learning and Teaching, University of Calgary

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.

Vevox Update: September 2022

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The University has a site license for Vevox, a polling software, which means that we benefit from regular updates. You can view the March updates on this blogpost.

The summary of the updates for September are below:

Vevox interface available in Welsh

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit is pleased to announce that Vevox, the University’s polling software, now has an interface available in Welsh.

Since we procured Vevox we have been working closely with their Customer Services Manager to develop the system to meet the needs of our learning and teaching and we are really pleased to see this development.

Users can choose their language in the interface when they log into Vevox.

Click on the language icon highlighted below and select Cymraeg and Save.

Language button highlighted in the Vevox login page

New question type available

There’s a new ranking style question available – ask your students to rank things based on importance or put things in the correct order.

This question can either be marked as correct or used to generate user preference. From the poll, select the Ranking style question.

Want to learn more about Vevox?

If you’re new to using Vevox, book yourself onto our E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Vevox training session which is taking place on Thursday 22 September, 11:00-12:00. You can also check out our guidance materials to get started.

If you have any feedback on this update, or other Vevox functionality, feel free to email us (elearning@aber.ac.uk) and we will be happy to raise on your behalf.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 1/9/2022

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Online events and webinars

6-8/9/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference (hybrid online and in person)
7/9/2022 Transforming Assessment, Poor feedback and what we can do about it
7-8/9/2022 (in-person at University of Lincoln) RAISE Network: Focused on Research into Student Engagement, RAISE Annual Conference 2022 – Student as Producer: Origins and Impact
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

Bali, M. & Cormier, D. (1/9/2022), Online Learning in a Hurry Guest Episode 8: Third Places for Ongoing Community Building (6-minute video recording plus activity resources), OneHE
Bell, R., Blake, J., Cooke, A., & Malik, I. (9/2022), Transition Resource (toolkit for new university students with short video clips), University of Manchester Institute of Teaching and Learning/University of Manchester Library
Boud, D. & Bearman, M. (27/8/2022) The assessment challenge of social and collaborative learning in higher education, Educational Philosophy and Theory
Brown, S. (8/2/2021), Education Myths: takeways and questions from the researchEd guide, Mostly Clear Thinking: Crystallising Thoughts on education, RE, staff wellbeing, theology and more
Bruff, D. (n.d.), Agile Learning Derek Bruff’s blog on teaching and technology
Cervantes, M. V. & Inlow, A. R. (2022), Navigating Challenges and Teaching Through Lived Experiences As Graduate Student Instructors, Teaching and Learning Inquiry 10 (August)
Chappell, S. (29/7/2022), What works to tackle inequalities in student mental health?, Advance HE News + Views
Contract Cheating Working Group for the London and South East Academic Integrity Network (10/2021), Contract cheating detection for markers: checklist
Davies, J. P. & Pachler, N. (2018), Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Perspectives from UCL, UCL IoE Press
Matthews, K. (n.d.), Feedback and Assessment Network (FAN), Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland
Nicol, D. (2022), Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback, Introductory Guide from Active Feedback Toolkit, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, resource shared on National Teaching Repository
Rivoire, A. & Jaffrey, A. (2019), Viewpoints Workshop Toolkit, Assessment and Feedback (downloadable cards), Viewpoints Curriculumn Design Workshop Resources
University of Manchester Library Student Team (16/5/2019), Top Ten Tips: Group Work (blog post and 2-minute audio recording)
University of Strathclyde (2007), Assessment and Feedback Principles: Rationale and formulation, Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Higher Education

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.

Vevox Training Session

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Last year, the University procured Vevox as its Polling Tool solution. Since then, we’ve seen lots of fantastic in-class polling activities taking place across the University.

For those of you who haven’t used Vevox before or would like some guidance, Vevox will be running a training session:

22 September, 11:00-12:00

Book your place on our Courses Booking site.

This training session will be taking place online via Teams. A link will be sent to you prior to the start of the session.

For more information on Vevox, take a look at our Vevox Polling Tool webpage and blogposts.

Student Digital Insights Survey Results (2021-2022)

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By Joseph Wiggins

Aberystwyth University has once again run the Students Digital Insights Survey, a survey that asks learners the impact of online and technology implemented learning. This year over 600 students at Aberystwyth University took this survey.

The Key Metrics

81% of students felt supported to use own devices, 74% felt support for access to online platforms / services off site, 83% approved of the quality of the online learning environment, 44% found online learning materials engaging and motivating, 72% found online learning convenient, 80% identified online learning on course as quality, 22% fond that they were provided with reward / recognition for teir digital skills, 72% said they were supported to learn effectively online.

The JISC survey has changed in the last year with some of the key metric questions being changed, for the questions that have stayed very similar or the same we can compare to last year’s results.

Key Metric	2020-2021	2021-2022
Supported use of own devices	60%	81%
Access to online platforms off-site	67%	74%
Online learning environment	40%	83%
Quality of online learning on course	69%	80%

In a majority of these key metrics we saw a positive increase with Aberystwyth University having improved from the previous year. This trend of improvement is mirrored throughout the survey results. In the case of questions which changed in the key metrics a lot of them are incomparable because of the changes made. For example, last year asked about ‘Well-designed’ online learning materials. This was changed to ‘Engaging and motivating’ online learning materials. With online learning trends questions relating to motivation are typically exceptionally more negative, making questions that use these adjectives much more negative.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 25/8/2022

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Online events and webinars

6-8/9/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference (hybrid online and in person)
7/9/2022 Transforming Assessment, Poor feedback and what we can do about it
7-8/9/2022 (in-person at University of Lincoln) RAISE Network: Focused on Research into Student Engagement, RAISE Annual Conference 2022 – Student as Producer: Origins and Impact
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
5/10/2022 Transforming Assessment, Using individualised assessments to counter contract cheating
14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

Active Learning Network, Publications
Caviglioli , O. (n.d.), Educational Myths: A summary of Paul A Kirschner’s presentation at researchED Malmo in September 2018, Visual Clarity: Posters
Gonzalez, J. (14/4/2014), How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why it Matters, (23-minute audio recording), Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
Greene, J. S. (22/8/2022), Learning to learn: Insights into learning more effectively and efficiently, UNC School of Education
Harris, R., Blundell-Birtill, P. & Pownall, M. (9/8/2022), Development and evaluation of two interventions to improve students’ reflection on feedback, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Harvard University (n.d.), Online Resources, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Harvard, B. (5/11/2021), Pretesting: The Benefits of Errorful Generation, The Effortful Educator
James, A. (2022), The Value of Play in HE: A Study. Free Book!, engagingimagination: play and creativity for complex learning
King’s Academy (n.d.), Interactive Cover Sheets, Assessment for Learning at King’s
Lent, N. & Harrison, T. (4/8/2022), Feedback: From one-way information to an active dialogic process, Teaching Matters Blog, University of Edinburgh
Nadan, T. (28/4/2022), Changing mindsets to reduce discrimination at work – ft. Dominic Pates (15-minute video), Digital, Equitable & International HigherEd
Pan, S. C., Sana, F., Schmitt, A. G., & Bjork, E. L. (21/12/2020), Pretesting Reduces Mind Wandering and Enhances Learning During Online Lectures, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 9(4), 542-554
Smith, D. L. (24/8/2022), Using Critical Thinking to Address Implicit Bias, Faculty Focus
Wood, J. (20/7/2022), Enabling feedback-seeking, agency and uptake, through dialogic screencast feedback: James Wood (15-minute video), Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, University of Kent

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.

Welcome to new staff joining Aberystwyth University

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We’re the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit. Based in Information Services, we work with staff across the university to support and develop learning and teaching. We run a wide range of activities to do this.

All the information that you need is on the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit webpages. Our Supporting your Teaching webpages will help you with various teaching solutions.

We write a blog full of the latest updates, details on events and training sessions, and resources.

If you need to get in touch with us, you can do so using one of two email addresses:

lteu@aber.ac.uk (for pedagogical and design questions, or to arrange a consultation) or

elearning@aber.ac.uk (for technical queries regarding our e-learning tools listed below)

Academy Forums 2022-23

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We’re really excited to announce our forthcoming Academy Forums for 2022-23. Building on the success of last year’s sessions, and based on feedback, we’ve increased the number of Academy Forums on offer, with 10 running across the academic year.

For those of you unfamiliar with Academy Forums, they’re informal discussions that bring colleagues together from across the University. In each session, we’ll look at a particular topic related to Learning and Teaching. We’ll facilitate the discussion and also provide resources and guidance following the Academy Forum. We then make these available on our webpages. Take a look at last year’s Academy Forum topics:

This year, we are seeing a return of some in person Academy Forums as well as having some run online via Teams. You can view the dates, session descriptions, and book your place on our booking page for the first three sessions – keep your eye out for future sessions.

We’ll be starting our Academy Forums with a discussion around Student Induction. We’ll be thinking about how you prepare students to study. What types of activities do you run in week 1 of your module to familarise your students with the content? Also, we’ll be asking colleagues to share with us how you might use technology in these interactions.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 19/8/2022

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Online events and webinars

August Equity Unbound, MYFest Choose-your-own-learning journey of openness, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy, see programme for details
22/8/2022 Ulster University and ALT network, International Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Learning: Digital Pedagogies, Student Engagement, Assessment and Feedback
6-8/9/2022 Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference (hybrid online and in person)
7-8/9/2022 (in-person at University of Lincoln) RAISE Network: Focused on Research into Student Engagement, RAISE Annual Conference 2022 – Student as Producer: Origins and Impact
19-20/9/2022 International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF), REshaping Teaching Excellence: Pandemic and the New Now
22/9/2022 University of London Centre for Distance and Online Learning, Extended reality and the future of education
26/9/2022 TILE Network, Access is not Inclusion: Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education
28/9/2022 UDL UK and Ireland Network, Institution-wide adoption of accessible, inclusive and equitable education
14-21/10/2022 UWE Bristol Higher Education Pedagogies, Policy and Practice Research Network (HEPPP), Exploring expertise in teaching in higher education: The artistry of teaching

Resources and publications

#CreativeHE Community
Cambridge University Libraries (n.d.), Reflective Practice Toolkit
Centre for Teaching and Learning, Oregon State University, Pedagogical Pragmatics: Writing a Warm Syllabus,
Clark, D. (9/10/2020), Engagement – most used yet most misunderstood word in learning?, Donald Clark Plan B
Cook-Sather, A., Bahti, M., & Ntem, A. (12/2019), Pedagogical partnerships: A how-to guide for faculty, students, and academic developers in higher education, (Elon, North Carolina: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning)
Dawson, P. (11/9/2018), Defanging Feedback by Rewriting into Action Items, CRADLE News
Dinsmore, D. L., Fryer, L. K. & Parkinson, M. M. (8/8/2022), The learning styles hypothesis is false, but there are patterns of student characteristics that are useful, Theory Into Practice
Duke University Learning Innovation (n.d.), Foster an Active Classroom, Duke University Learning Innovation Teaching Guides
Hinton, D. (n.d.), Teaching Enhancement Resource Curation
Kuepper-Tetzel, C. (15/8/2022), TILE Seminar Talks | Autumn/Winter 2022, University of Glasgow TILE Network
McVitty, K. (24/01/2022), Building back learning and teaching means changing assessment, WonkHE
Nordmann, E. (5/8/2022), How to Study 2022, Dr Emily Nordmann
Schwartz, H. L. (2019), Connected teaching: Relationship, power, and mattering in higher education, ProQuest
Schwartz, H. L. (2019), Connected Teaching (40-minute audio recording), Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast series
Turnitin, Integrity Matters by Turnitin (YouTube playlist, videos approximately 30 minutes each)
Winstone, N., Bourne, J., Medland, E., Niculescu, I. & Rees, R (2021), “Check the grade, log out”: students’ engagement with feedback in learning management systems, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46:4, 631-643

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.