Unlearning and Relearning: Decolonising an Individual Differences Course Through a Student–Staff Partnership Leyla De Amicis, Hannah Thompson, Hsin Cheng Chang, Sijia Wen & Michele Vincent The psychological investigation of ’Individual Differences’ has historically excluded knowledge originating from the Global South and marginalised and/or discriminated groups (Readsura Decolonial Editorial Collective, 2022). A decolonial perspective responds to […]
Tag: #Higher education
Day 5: Game based learning
Building a community of learners through game-based activities Marika Salonna and Mary McVey Group work is a frequent component of higher education assessments, but it can be challenging, especially in online courses where students have limited opportunities to meet in person (Donelan and Kear, 2024). In our Level 1 online course Current Directions in Life […]
Day 4: Active citizenship
Everyday Geography Leads to Active Citizenship Angela Curley Context: MEd Year 3 Elective: Heritage, Citizenship & Sustainability This piece of scholarship has its roots in developing self-efficacy in primary student teachers within the social studies context. The students indicated a lack of confidence in teaching around heritage, citizenship and sustainability in their placements, so I […]
Day 3: Belonging
The Hidden Curriculum of Isolation Hayley Connell, Julie Langan-Martin and Fiona Sim Online study comes with a host of advantages that make it unique. This approach to learning affords students maximum flexibility around other commitments (Östlund, 2009). Students studying online may work full time, and most do, allowing them to fund their studies. The asynchronous […]
Day 9: Integrity and Knowledge in learning and teaching
Championing Academic Integrity in Large Dissertation Cohorts Geethanjali Selvaretnam University degrees invariably require students to undertake a substantial piece of independent work. Our postgraduate students achieve this through the dissertation, which involves independent research and is worth a third of the required credits for the programme. By design, the dissertation is a take-home assessment written […]
Day 8: Reflective Practice
Getting started in SOTL: a personal reflection Katharine Terrell The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) sounds straightforward on the surface: it is focused on our teaching and learning practice. Every day we “do” teaching: we design and give lectures, we feedback on work, we facilitate seminars, and so on. It’s the “scholarship” part of […]
Day 7: Student-staff partnerships
Assessment and Feedback: A Co-Design Adventure Authors: Nic Labrosse, Madeleine Heideman, Danai Kasselaki, Rosaria Lena & David Millar The COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid shift in education delivery and, along with it, new ways of thinking about assessment and feedback. We found ourselves presented with both challenges and exciting new opportunities to create more authentic […]
#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 […]
The Power Hour of Writing
A flexible, vibrant writing community format (Power Hour of Writing)
Day 5a: Internationalisation and Education, is it becoming more of a dream than reality?
Gabriella Rodolico and Mark Breslin Remember to join us on 10th December at 10:00-12:00 for our SoTL Network Meeting! Today for Day 5 (Part A) we are going to be treated to a blog and interview about an Internationalisation project conducted at the School of Education. The project unfolded at the University of Glasgow during […]
Internationalisation and Education, is it becoming more of a dream than a reality?
Authors: Mark Breslin @MarkBreslinUoG & Gabriella Rodolico @DrRodolico “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” – St Augustine This famous phrase is reported in a blog posted by Craig Thompson in 2016 where he mentions John Feltham publication of English Enchiridion in 1700. The quote continues “They that never stir from their […]
Autonomy and self-regulation: co-creation to mitigate the impact of COVID and support Senior Honours students
author: Eneida Garcia Villanueva Eneida is a doctoral student at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Her interests lie in sociolinguistics, Hispanic studies, and educational research. In her PhD, Eneida investigates Family Language Policy and Child Language Brokering. You can find her on Twitter @EneidaLinguist and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eneidalinguist/) Background Modern Languages students across the globe have […]
#LoveSoTL this February
Hello SoTL community, not sure how you are feeling but I am trying to emerge from the deep dark winter like the first snowdrops I saw over the weekend. To make this last month before spring (in the Northern Hemisphere)a bit more fun and bring some colour. Let’s celebrate the month of love with a […]