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 […]
Category: SoTL Advent Calendar
#SoTLAdvent: Day 11
Why do students drop computing science? Matthew Barr & Maria Kallia Background In many parts of the world – including Scotland – there is a shortage of Computing Science graduates. And we are particularly short on female Computing Science (CS) graduates. There are lots of reasons for this, and prior work has found that students […]
#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 08
Investigating The Impact of Public Engagement (PE) Training on Communication Skills and PE Perspectives Laura Richmond (University of Glasgow) The University of Glasgow’s MSc Cancer Research and Precision Oncology is a 1-year programme which offers students a comprehensive training in cancer sciences, however an opportunity exists to enhance the level of public engagement (PE) training […]
Investigating The Impact of Public Engagement (PE) Training on Communication Skills and PE Perspectives
Laura Richmond University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow’s MSc Cancer Research and Precision Oncology is a 1-year programme which offers students a comprehensive training in cancer sciences. Our programme is highly rated by our graduates and offers our students the opportunity to develop in key skills which are essential to a fruitful career in […]
GTA facilitated Active Learning in early-years undergraduate practical classes in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Dr Alice Lacsny: Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. Dr Pamela Campbell: Lecturer in Earth Sciences in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences and Geology Tutor at Lifelong Learning. Across the UK Higher Education sector, there is a significant body of evidence that points to the positive impact […]
#SoTLAdvent: Day 07
Virtual Placement Research Process – a Vodcast Vicki Dale and Karen Thompson (University of Glasgow) This is a ‘vodcast’ (a conversation with visual clues) between Vicki Dale and Karen Thompson talking about virtual placement research process. It will link to an article recently published by Thompson and Dale (2022) which covers themes including self-regulated 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 05
Decolonising learning development through reflective and relational practice By Julia Bohlmann This opinion piece has been published in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education in September: The Decolonising the Curriculum (DtC) movement questions the very values we take for granted as educators. It questions our identity, the knowledge we have internalised and are […]
#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 […]
#SoTLAdvent: Day 03
1. Interactive Learning – Sharing our Experiences Geethanjali Selvaretnam and Ian Smith (University of Glasgow) and (University of St Andrews) The value of interactive learning is widely recognised and educators are curious to learn about the effectiveness of different methods of interactive learning. Our contribution to the advent calendar is to share some methods we […]
Interactive Learning–sharing our experiences
The pedagogical benefits of interactive learning motivate educators to incorporate effective methods. In this blog, the authors have shared some of the methods they have used to facilitate interactive learning, along with links to further analysis of these studies.
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