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- Mobile Technology – Changing the Learning Landscape – a HEA sponsored conference by Dr Natasha Barrett & Dr Samantha Weston
- Digital teaching in Classics –a recent conference at the University by Dr Matthew Nicholls
- What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism by Helen Hathaway
- Teaching in Higher Education by Dr Cindy Becker
- Chemistry’s Mini MOOC Attracts Industrial Interest by Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Mathew Almond
- Showcasing Excellence in Students’ Research at Reading By Dr Anne Crook and Professor Julian Park
- Online resources for physical and life sciences students by Helen Williams
- Study support for MOOCs – do the Study Advisers have the answer? by the Study Advice team
- Virtual Careers Fairs by Amanda Duggan
- Learning on Screen Awards by Nadja Guggi
- Internationalising Student Support Community of Practice (COP) by Matthew Daley
- Students like live lectures (and online ones as backup) by Rebecca Reynolds
- Presenting the brand new Placement Guide for staff by Em Sowden
- Academic Placements by Dr Cindy Becker
- NSS success: It’s the little things?
- FORREST 2012
- Becoming a Senior Fellow of the HEA
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Teaching Fellowship Support by Helen Hathaway
If you are considering applying for University Teaching Fellowship/Early Careers Teaching Fellowship or even a National Teaching Fellowship you might like to know that there is some informal support and advice available to you from the Community of Practice of … Continue reading
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Teaching and Learning in the School of Humanities: The Department of History Introduces the Third-Year Module History Education (HS3HED): Dr Rebecca Rist (School Director of Teaching and Learning) interviews the module convenor, Dr Elizabeth Matthew
1. Why has the Department of History decided to introduce the third-year module History Education? The idea for History Education arose from two coincidental events in mid-January 2011. A message landed in my inbox calling for applications for Faculty of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Elizabeth Matthew, Dr Rebecca Rist, History, Humanities, module
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Supporting students through personal tutor tutorials by Dr Paul Glaister, Dr Karen Ayres and Dr Calvin James Smith
With the news that the University’s personal tutorial system has been under review (Issue 2, T&L Reading), we thought it would be useful to highlight how we have been successfully combining pastoral and academic responsibilities of a personal tutor. In … Continue reading
Digital teaching in Classics –a recent conference at the University by Dr Matthew Nicholls
The University of Reading recently hosted the Classical Association Conference, the UK’s largest annual meeting for Classicists. As well as research papers, the CA traditionally hosts panels exploring the teaching of the subject at both school and University levels and covering new … Continue reading
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Tagged Classics, conference, Dr Matthew Nicholls, e-learning, Facebook, MOOCs, social media, VLE
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What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism by Helen Hathaway
My paper on the project What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism was well received in Manchester last week at LILAC. What is the project about? It is one year project at the University of … Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacies, Helen Hathaway, LILAC, plagiarism, TLDF
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Teaching in Higher Education by Dr Cindy Becker
This month sees the publication of my latest book, Teaching in Higher Education, written with Professor Pam Denicolo and published as part of the SAGE series Success in Research of which we are editors. I suppose it is inevitable, given our busy … Continue reading
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Chemistry’s Mini MOOC Attracts Industrial Interest by Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Mathew Almond
Dr Elizabeth Page and Professor Matthew Almond developed an online distance learning course in 2011-2012 with funding support from the National HE STEM programme. The distance learning course entitled ‘Fundamental Analytical Techniques for Industry’ encompasses a host of analytical chemistry … Continue reading
Showcasing Excellence in Students’ Research at Reading By Dr Anne Crook and Professor Julian Park
The T&L away day in September 2011 focused on the theme ‘Building an Undergraduate Research Community’. Arising from these discussions a group of staff met to investigate ways in which undergraduate research at Reading might be more effectively showcased across the institution … Continue reading
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Tagged BCUR, British Conference on Undergraduate Research, CentAUR, Dr Anne Crook, Professor Julian Park, showcasing undergraduate research, student research, UROP
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Online resources for physical and life sciences students by Helen Williams
Even more online support has been made available for students here at Reading seeking work placement and graduate employment. A new online tool dedicated to helping students find opportunities within the life sciences industry has been launched this month by the … Continue reading
Study support for MOOCs – do the Study Advisers have the answer? by the Study Advice team
The recent announcement that Reading has been selected as a partner in the Futurelearn project to provide free online courses is an exciting move towards new ways of engaging with a potentially massive cohort of students. However, concerns have been … Continue reading
Learning on Screen Awards by Nadja Guggi
Congratulations to Matthew Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, who has been shortlisted for a prestigious Learning on Screen Award by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUVFC) in the Courseware and Curriculum Non Broadcast/Multimedia Award category. Here is … Continue reading
Internationalising Student Support Community of Practice (COP) by Matthew Daley
The Internationalising Student Support COP has been established with the remit to offer opportunities for staff involved with and interested in the development and enhancement of student support and experience in relation to internationalisation; to share best practice and discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged Internationalisation, Internationalising Student Support COP, Matthew Daley
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Students like live lectures (and online ones as backup) by Rebecca Reynolds
Every year, students on the first year Analysing Museum Displays optional module have a talk from Dr Amy Smith at the Ure Museum, looking at the display there about the Greek symposium. This year I put the lecture online along … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, Dr Amy Smith, learning, museums, online, open educational resources, Rebecca Reynolds, Ure Museum
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Presenting the brand new Placement Guide for staff by Em Sowden
The new placement guide has been written for all University staff involved in managing student placement options, internships, work placement programmes and volunteering schemes in and outside of the curriculum.operational processes involved in managing placements, alongside the details of key … Continue reading
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Tagged Em Sowden, managing placements, Placement Community of Practice, placements
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Academic Placements by Dr Cindy Becker
In the Department of English Literature we have been working hard, as have so many of our colleagues across the university, to make the most of the intellectual, personal and career advantages that placement learning can offer our students. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic/work placements, Dr Cindy Becker, English department
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FORREST 2012
Forrest (Forensic Research and Teaching) is an annual conference partly organised by Higher Education Academy. Two of the strengths of this meeting are its multidisciplinary nature; chemists, biologists and physicists meet with lawyers and that it genuinely brings together research … Continue reading
Becoming a Senior Fellow of the HEA
As part of its remit, the Higher Education Academy offers professional recognition to its members – colleagues are able to apply to be an Associate Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow or Principal Fellow. I was very recently successful in gaining recognition … Continue reading
I-TUTOR: Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning
The University of Reading is a project partner in a prestigious project to develop a multi-agent based intelligent tutoring system to support online teachers, trainers, tutors and learners: I-TUTOR. I-TUTOR, which stands for Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning is to be applied in … Continue reading
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Tagged Commission, Eden, Gigliola Paviotti, Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning (I-TUTOR), ITEC, Militos, Shirley Williams, Tutoring, University Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Macerata, University of Palermo
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Flexible Learning: Blended Learning for the Biosciences
Recently, we had the opportunity to participate in the Teaching & Learning Showcase event on ‘Flexible Learning’, put together by the CDoTL team, during which we presented the Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework. You can read more about our … Continue reading
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Tagged BBSRC, Biosciences, Blended learning, Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, Flexible learning
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