Cheers to our L&T comm-YOU-nity! | 2019 in review
Take a look at the stories, ideas, projects and events contributed in 2019 with the learning and teaching community.
Navigating academic culture with international students
When international students move to a academic culture, they encounter differences with the students at their new college. High and low content cultures is helpful to understand the barriers to communication across cultures.
The role of talk in an inclusive classroom
Student talk is essential for learning, giving them opportunities to articulate understanding and voice opinions. A HSA nursing teacher shares practical plans for improving classroom practice.
Building Self-Determined Learning Spaces
A heutagogical approach means opening the learning space and allowing learning to take many possible directions or pathways. Learners flourish when they can apply the learning outcomes to their own subjective world.
Academic Integrity Awareness Week | Excel with Integrity: Strategies to help you achieve
ACAP’s Academic Integrity Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of the importance of academic integrity to students and staff.
The SIBT teaching community professional development project
How can we extend the value we offer our teachers? How can we strengthen our teaching community?
What PD has the greatest impact on our students’ learning experience?
Re-writing the rules on student feedback
Can we create more engaging feedback for students? NPI’s English Language Proficiency team explores the power of screencasting to bring a human voice to feedback on written work.
Celebrating World Teachers’ Day: Global initiatives supporting and recognising teachers
In addition to college and campus celebratory events, we’re summarised initiatives supporting teachers at the global level.
Donut worry! Sharing strategies to boost student attendance for mental health initiatives
Explore student mental health strategies shared between Melissa Mushikori (ICM, Canada) and colleagues in Australian colleges.
Peer Observations Project (POP): a flexible approach to peer observation
The Peer Observations Project (POP) trialed at SIBT aims to encourage collaboration between teachers through observations with new and exisiting teaching staff in order to learn from others without the the pressure of being observed by a manager.
Collective case building: an innovative approach to active learning
Saad Qureshi highlights key features of ‘Collective case building’, a new active learning teaching method that is an extension of traditional ‘Case based learning’.
Celebrating Advance HE’s HEA Fellows
Learning & Teaching Services are delighted to announce the Higher Education Academy in the UK has awarded 15 Navitas staff with new Fellowships.