The HEA has just put out a call for proposals for new research relating to their theme of “The impact of the shifting UK HE landscape on learning and teaching” the aim of the research is to “seek to understand, discuss and debate the impact on learning and teaching and the student experience in higherRead more
I’ve previously posted about LectureTools, an online alternative to electronic voting systems such as Turning Point which use dedicated ‘clickers’. We currently have a site licence for LectureTools on a trial basis. The company, spun out of the University of Michigan, is now owned by Echo360 which provides the hardware and software behind our ReVIEWRead more
Friday 6th December 2013 12:00pm – 1:45pm BE.0.53 (in School of Business and Economics) Loughborough Teaching Awards recognise, celebrate and promote excellence in learning and teaching. At this showcase event, recipients of Teaching Innovation Awards 2012 share their findings to benefit other teaching staff and learning support staff at Loughborough. This cross-disciplinary event provides anRead more
The student representatives in the Department of Mathematical Sciences have put together a video aimed at making reps more visible while also signposting students to the different feedback routes open to them – go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYSBr4GObs to learn more. Please note that information on the role of student representatives is available at locations such as these Loughborough Students’Read more
There is growing concern about the detrimental effect of term-time employment on university students’ academic success. Richardson et al (2013) report on the results from an online survey of 1837 students of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, whose responses were later matched to their academic records for a semester. They found: TheRead more
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) report on the first year of a UK student engagement pilot project has just been published. Based upon questions which are utilsed in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) – see Tips for NSS(E) Survey Administration for a previous related T&L Blog posting – this kind of survey differs from theRead more
Futurelearn have launched a new set of MOOCs this week developed by their partner institutions. The new courses are: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: text, performance and culture – University of Birmingham Preparing for uni – University of East Anglia Good brain, bad brain: Basics – University of Birmingham Exploring our oceans – University of Southampton Teaching Computing, Part 1 –Read more
For those of you who are more adventurous and have wondered if it were possible to have an XLR audio input to an iPad then the answer is yes. As you probably know there appears to be only a headphone out on an iPad but no mic input. However the headphone out can be usedRead more
“Learning from Innovative Practice in Teaching” Friday 6th December 2013 12:00pm – 1:45pm BE.0.53 (in School of Business and Economics) Loughborough Teaching Awards recognise, celebrate and promote excellence in learning and teaching. At this showcase event, recipients of Teaching Innovation Awards 2012 share their findings to benefit other teaching staff and learning support staff atRead more
The Teaching Centre currently has a vacancy for an Academic Practice Development Adviser. The purposes of this job are to support the work of the Teaching Centre in enhancing the breadth and quality of its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provision to academic/other staff involved in teaching; to foster and embed a research-informed, evidence-based approach toRead more