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Author: jscoles

student artwork of wolf and DNA
4th September 20254th September 2025 jscoles

Forming groups by shared interest: Staff and student perspectives

Visibly anxious is saying something, with a group of other students in the background.
3rd September 2025 jscoles

Using Pair Programming in group work to foster peer learning and community

Pair of glasses bringing forest into focus behind lenses
2nd September 20252nd September 2025 jscoles

Using rubrics and work samples to clarify assessment expectations

Breakfast food set out on table
1st September 2025 jscoles

Top tips and shopping lists: Creating a breakfast club in the School of Chemistry

Drawing of group of students on an online call. Speech bubbles show that students are saying things.
28th August 20253rd September 2025 jscoles

Structuring group work using the Pair Programming protocol

Pebble in low tide
27th August 202527th August 2025 jscoles

The importance of the sensory environment in Higher Education

Infographic showing different country flags going into a phone and coming out as a UK flag.
26th August 202526th August 2025 jscoles

Translation software: A help or a hindrance?

Two hands passing a baton between them
25th August 202525th August 2025 jscoles

A course-specific tutor handbook to create an institutional memory

Group of women around a table working on a task
21st August 202521st August 2025 jscoles

Group work – what’s the point?!

Photo of two hands holding yellow flower
19th August 202520th August 2025 jscoles

Developing authentic assessment through reflection and group work

7 hands coming together in middle of circle
14th August 2025 jscoles

Educators as students: Perceptions of group work during the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP)

12th August 2025 jscoles

Transforming assessment with Noteable and nbgrader

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