The Magic Booklet – A Tool to Promote Deeper Discussion Dr Louise Sheridan, Programme Leader/Senior Lecturer, School of Education I wanted to share the Magic Booklet because it’s an excellent tool for group work that promotes discussion, compromise and creativity. It can be used to promote discussion about any topic at all and encourages students/participants […]
Author: Nathalie Tasler
#SoTLAdvent: Day 10
Saeeda Bhatti, Saeeda.Bhatti@glasgow.ac.ukToday’s contribution is the sharing of two examples of teaching practice–Student Selected Components (SSCs)–from colleagues in the Medical School Background Student Selected Components (SSCs) are modules which students select as part of their undergraduate medical studies. The SSCs which I have designed developed from my personal interest as a science communicator. Since 2016, […]
#SoTLAdvent: Day 09
Using Current News to Facilitate Innovative Learning Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning Spatial Planning Strategies on the City Planning MSc is a capstone module in which students apply their learning from other modules to a single problem, how to transform an area of a city over a 30 year period. Working […]
The Power Hour of Writing
A flexible, vibrant writing community format (Power Hour of Writing)
Using Current News to Facilitate Innovative Learning
Using current live issues to explore theory and practice: an example from City Planning. Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning.
#SoTLAdvent: Day 06
We are particularly delighted today to share two student contributions. The first from a graduate student at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, and the second from one of our own MEd in Academic Practice students, in collaboration with their supervisors. We hope you enjoy their work and think their findings as interesting as we […]
#SoTLAdvent: Day 04
Making the Case for Virtual Placements Jamie Murray In today’s post, Dr. Jamie Murray (@jamiegmurray86) makes the case for increasing virtual placements by outlining the main benefits but also considering the key challenges facing students and placement coordinators. Jamie is also delighted to introduce the new School of Psychology & Neuroscience Employability Network which he […]
12 Days of SoTL Editorial Team
Lead Editors Dr Alison McCandlish Dr Alison McCandlish is a lecturer in City Planning and Acting Programme Director for MSc City Planning and MSc City Planning & Real Estate Development. She is based in Urban Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences. Alison enjoys using creative methods and site visits in her teaching, and using […]
Writing about your Teaching Practice: Your DIY Writing Workshop
originally published: 15th November 2022 Finding your SoTL Writing Voice This post is based on a CPD session I ran today, for colleagues and PGR students who are new to SoTL and trying to figure out just where to begin with it. I am going to share the writing prompts with you. So if you […]
SoTL and your Practice
How can those with SoTL experience mentor colleagues who are new to SoTL? One of the aspects colleagues who are new to SoTL particularly colleagues coming straight from a research only background can struggle with is how different the approach to SoTL is versus “pure” educational research. SoTL is first and foremost concerned with evaluating […]
10 Guiding Questions for Your SoTL Project
Just having finished teaching the course ‘Designing Educational Inquiries’. I realised it might be useful to just have a simple list of questions to work through when you plan your SoTL that also need to be answered in your ethics applications: What does the Literature say? What are your questions? What is your theoretical position? […]
CPD- collecting shiny things
Originally posted on NTU Fellowship Community:
So the Learning and Teaching conference season is kicking off which makes it a good time to talk Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CPD is a really significant part of your fellowship claim and a way to demonstrate how you are keeping abreast with sector challenges, evidence-based practice and pedagogical…
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