Reading Time: < 1 minute Prof. Velda McCune and Dr. Tim Fawns discuss preparing assessments for students in different time zones for Semester 1. Prof. Velda McCune and Dr. Tim Fawns discuss designing assessments for hybrid teaching. The topics and ideas in this conversation are informed by the additional work of Jen Ross, co-director of …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prof. Velda McCune and Dr. Tim Fawns discuss the importance of getting to know your students and having them get to you know you in the wider context of assessments in a hybrid learning environment. Prof. Velda McCune and Dr. Tim Fawns discuss designing assessments for hybrid teaching. The topics …
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, Jenna Mann, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, gives students practical and effective advice on taking open-book exams at home. Things to think about for open book and at-home exams Jul 14, 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prof. Velda McCune and Dr. Tim Fawns discuss the pros and cons of online exams in a hybrid learning environment. Jul 13, 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, Masters of Public Health (online) student Stephen McBurney describes the paralells in the digital format of this year’s University of Edinburgh (UoE) Learning and Teaching Conference and the SLICC course. In particular, Stephen highlights how the SLICC course develops the essential skills to engage a community of academics and peers …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Information on the teaching experience you will have as an undergraduate student at the Business School which will be used throughout the School in 2020–21. https://join.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/hybrid Jun 26, 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this extract from her book Co-Creating Learning and Teaching: Towards Relational Pedagogy in Higher Education, Cathy Bovill demonstrates how building good relationships creates a foundation for co- creating learning and teaching, but in turn co- creation of learning and teaching can strengthen positive relationships between teacher and students, and …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Teaching Matters is the University of Edinburgh’s website, blog and podcast for debate about learning and teaching, for sharing ideas and approaches to teaching, and for showcasing our successes, including academic colleagues who are leading the way in delivering brilliant teaching. https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/ Jun 25, 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, 4th year Classics student Hannah Rothmann describes the work of the University’s Wikimedian in Residence, how Wikipedia is an instrumental step for many students in their learning and the relationship between the University and Wikimedia UK in improving knowledge exchange. Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching Knowledge Activism …
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, Dr Esther Mijers, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Ethan Rummel, 4th year Student in Classics, at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, reflect on how their School’s Student-Staff Liaison Committee facilitates valuable dialogue between staff and students, with the shared aim of improving their school. Student-Staff …
