‘What “learning leads to motivation” really means is that if we concentrate on teaching..really well, they will find it easier to learn and so will be more motivated to continue. No stirring speech or pep talk required.’ https://t.co/dV0VQMHlDY
‘It is important to ensure that the legitimate purposes of both feedback and assessment are not compromised by inappropriate conflation of the two.’ https://t.co/QgjS7uBmL5
We're looking forward to welcoming @DocWithTheSocs this week to our first virtual THiNK Seminar: Games in Higher Education? You cannot be serious! @KeeleStaff can find out more and join via: https://t.co/zew7WwfHv0
‘feedback shouldn’t simply be a one-way message from the teacher, it should be a communicative process – an ongoing discussion between the teacher and the learner, where both are active.’ https://t.co/wMbwNdFbYI
‘Faculty reactions vary as they pivoted to this medium from never having taught online before. Many have embraced it and are never going back, while others cannot wait to go back to the traditional approach.’ https://t.co/Go3O5SxSFB
“One thing we have learned definitively is that students do not want to be locked in their parents’ basement for four years doing their degree online.”
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Meet Yourself! If you need to record a presentation, you can do it using Teams. Go to calendar and select the ‘Meet now’ option to start a meeting. You don't need to invite anyone else to the meeting – you can just select the ‘Start recording’ option and deliver your presentation
Some really straightforward guidance in this article in New Vistas on developing critical thinking in HE students through peer feedback. Lots of this will transfer quickly to the online environment. #criticalthinking#peerfeedback
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Building a more caring and compassionate higher education sector for the future - Prof @KiftSally talked to us about the need for curriculum-embedded support and the importance of #TransitionPedagogy. Full interview on our blog now: https://t.co/Y3W80v13Cx
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new member benefit initiative to provide solutions for ‘Creating Socially Distanced Campuses and Education’ with our global members. Find out more here: https://t.co/WTsWH1tQ0i #AdvanceHE
Good advice from @alejandroa@AdvanceHE on things to avoid. Avoid replacing F2F seminars with real-time sessions; avoid using syncrhonous to 'deliver content', avoid uploading materials with no scaffold. Instead, plan! Think context, not just content. Blend sync and async.
We have today published 'Flexible Learning, a guide to the Advance HE Framework', the first in a series of guides to the Advance HE Frameworks. Read author @jonesdevitt's blog and download the Flexible Learning Framework guide here: https://t.co/PCsmf8OtJ8
Change borne of necessity could usher in major benefits in flexibility, retention, student success and cost savings for universities, pioneers suggest. @JohnRoss49 and @JoyceLauNews report
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‘Teachers need to develop a sense of community within online learning environments. By showing care, enthusiasm and personal sensitivity, they can encourage feedback dialogues to flourish.’ https://t.co/nlnAgUeAaz
‘Several studies on multimedia learning have implied that different aesthetic designs can induce emotions and that these emotions affect users’ performance and cognitive processes’ https://t.co/hPRBqonbpB
We are pleased to announce that Dr Russell Crawford has been appointed as Director of Learning & Teaching. He will join the University on 1 July 2020. Read more here: https://t.co/qUksNLD6lw