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#LTHEchat 239: Active Assessment. Led by Wendy Garnham @DrWGarnham and Heather Taylor @hevthelecturer, 22nd June, 8pm BST

IntroOnce upon a time, in a not so distant era, university students were given assessments to complete that required them to regurgitate disseminated lecture material with little opportunity to demonstrate creativity, originality, or innovative thinking. Assessments were handed in at … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 238: Digital Inequality. Led by Puiyin Wong @Puiyin, 15th June, 8pm BST

What is digital inequality? Digital inequality or digital divide is the disparity between people who have access to digital technologies and those who don’t.  People from certain socioeconomic backgrounds have always been more affected.  This gap has most definitely been … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 237: Who Am I? HE Educator Identities Into and Out of the Pandemic. Led by @LJ_Rees & @hintondm 8 June, 8pm BST

Lego heads photos by @carsonarias via Unsplash Introduction This #LTHEchat post and associated tweetchat aims to explore Higher Education identity. In particular we’d like to explore issues around coping with the change brought on by the sharp shock of the … Continue reading

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Prize day for the #LTHEchat #AdvanceHE_chat community – everyone’s a winner

From Wimbledon to the Euros, from graduations to the Sewing Bee, the start of summer heralds the celebration of some wonderful examples of human endurance, creativity, athleticism and imagination.  Whilst we recognise and applaud these inspirational examples of individual and … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 210: Re-Thinking Responsibility: The role of Higher Education

“The Principles for Responsible Management Education have the capacity to take the case for universal values and business into classrooms on every continent.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon This week’s hosts @DrClaireMay @drsustainable @DrJLouw2 This week we welcome an #LTHEchat takeover … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 208: An #LTHEchat with students

Young and Lee (2020) suggest that higher education understands student voice as a ‘feedback loop’ that universities are constantly racing to close.  Institutions are peppered with student voice initiatives, Mendes and Hammett (2020) suggest that student voice is both ubiquitous … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 207: Using Social Media in Teaching and Learning

This week’s Host: Dr Mohamed Saeudy Dr Mohamed Saeudy (@DrSaeudy) is a senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and Director of Research Centre for Contemporary Accounting, Finance and Economics (Res CAFE). His research area is sustainable accounting and finance. He … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 206: Are we really going to decolonise the curriculum? If so, how and when?

This week’s host Frederica Brooksworth @fbrooksworth founder of Fashion Scholar is an International Fashion Educator and Strategist and  author of the forthcoming book Fashion Marketing in Emerging Economies due to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in Summer 2021. With over … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 204: #creativeHE takeover! Creative approaches to student engagement online

Today’s Hosts @laurablundell, Laura Blundell, is an Educational Developer at the Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. @ rachelleeobrien Rachelle O’Brien, is a Senior Digital Learning Designer at the Durham Centre for Academic Development, Durham University. Laura and … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 202: Integrating flexible assessment for inclusion

Today’s Host Dr. D. Theresa Nicholson is a Reader (Higher Education and Pedagogy) in the Department of Natural Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, and is an AdvanceHE National Teaching Fellow (2020) and HEA Principal Fellow. Theresa is best known for … Continue reading

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