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Equality, Equity and Social Justice in Hybrid Education

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, Professor Velda McCune, Personal Chair of University Education and Deputy Director of the Institute for Academic Development unpacks some common thinking around equality, equity and justice for the student experience of hybrid learning. Equality, Equity and Social Justice in Hybrid Education Aug 27, 2020

Updated: How do you do socially-distanced in-person small-group teaching?

Reading Time: 4 minutes As colleagues plan for hybrid teaching across the University, one challenge that has been identified by many people is how to do effective socially-distanced in-person small-group teaching. In response to this question, we have gathered together some ideas and possible solutions to this challenge. As of 27th August when this …

Support for Leaders and Managers

Reading Time: < 1 minute This page includes link to relevant resources offered by the Learning and Organisation Development department to enable leaders and managers to develop their skills to support their staff in their approach to Hybrid Teaching: To connect with colleagues around the University and find out more about how they are supporting …

Assessment During A Crisis: Responding to a Global Pandemic

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is a survey conducted in June 2020 by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment in the United States designed to capture a snapshot of assessment-related changes made during Spring 2020 in response to the sudden shift to remote instruction and to help determine remaining professional development needs.  The …

Assessment, Learning and Teaching in HE: Covid-19 Assessment Collection

Reading Time: < 1 minute This page collects together the various posts and downloads published on Assessment, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education since March 2020, about how university assessment may be adjusted and reimagined in the context of the pandemic affecting much of the world. Sally Brown is a well-known independent consultant in University …

Spotlight on ELIR: Reflections on Student Engagement

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, PhD intern Vesna Curlic reflects on her work on engaging students with the review process and considers how student engagement will be different in the upcoming academic year. Spotlight on ELIR: Reflections on Student Engagement   Image Credit: University of Edinburgh Collections, Roslin Glass Slides: Burmese Village …

Wants, worries and woes: Starting the semester on the same page

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, Kirsten Jenkins Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society within the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies group and incoming Programme Director of the Energy, Society and Sustainability MSc., describes the importance of creating equity in the remote classroom in terms of both engagement and opportunities to succeed. Spotlight …

How do different education professionals do social justice work?

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this study, Paul Miller, Nola P. Hill-Berry, Kadia Hylton-Fraser and Shernette Powell ask what it means for education professionals to foreground social justice in their work. This qualitative phenomenological study of education professionals in England and Jamaica (two university lecturers, a principal, and a secondary school teacher) sheds light on …

Hybrid Teaching Exchange Digest – 21st July 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Hybrid Teaching Exchange was launched in early June 2020.  It is an internal, University of Edinburgh website designed as a space where colleagues can share work in progress, learning, insights, ideas, plans and resources as we prepare for the move to hybrid teaching for 2020/21.  It has grown quickly, with …

Designing Assessments for Hybrid Teaching (5 min)

Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 the Centre for Research in Digital Education, Gill Aitken Programme Director for the PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc Clinical Education and …

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