Author Archives: lthechatteam

#LTHEChat196 ‘Love is in the air-cademy’ with hosts Rachelle O’Brien @rachelleeobrien, Steve Rowett @srowett and Sarah Wright @Sarah__wright1

Posted on February 8, 2021 by lthechatteam

“You do care a little for me, I know… but nothing to speak of, and you don’t love me.”E. M. Forster These words, from E.M. Forster’s classic novel Maurice were only published after Forster’s death, in accordance with his wishes. … Continue reading →

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#LTHEChat195 ‘Appreciating the centrality of relationships to university learning; how should that inform our next steps?’ with hosts Sarah Dyer @se_dyer and Lisa Harris @lisaharris

Posted on February 1, 2021 by lthechatteam

Early on in the pandemic there was a tweet doing the rounds which seemed to sum it up nicely “You’re not ‘working from home’. You are home during a crisis trying to work.” Indeed, we have been trying to manage … Continue reading →

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#LTHEChat194 ‘Post-Pandemic Pedagogy & the Venerable Lecture’ with hosts Sarah Honeychurch @NomadWarMachine, Apostolos Koutropoulos @koutropoulos and Lenandlar Singh @Lenandlar

Posted on January 17, 2021 by lthechatteam

A year ago, when we originally proposed a tweetchat on the subject of lectures, we had this whacky idea of playing Devil’s Advocate. We were going to suggest a defence of the traditional lecture and we were going to argue … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat192 Just as nice to give as receive with Guest hosts Dr Kate Cuthbert @cuthbert_kate Dr Safia Barikzai @SafiaBarikzai and Dr Dawne Irving-Bell @belld17

Posted on December 13, 2020 by lthechatteam

The tradition of exchanging gifts has a long heritage (cave man popped up in a google search but best not rely too heavily on that!) It is also something that transcends religions, cultures and geographical boundaries. Whilst there are nuances … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat191 Challenges with online assessments in the COVID learning environment with host Dr Carina Ginty @carinaginty

Posted on December 6, 2020 by lthechatteam

Designing and managing online assessment is proving a challenging task this year among the academic community. The COVID remote learning emergency has placed huge demands on lecturer’s time and there are concerns around managing academic integrity across all disciplines. In … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat190 Virtual Student Partnerships with host Kiu Sum @KiuSum

Posted on November 29, 2020 by lthechatteam

I have unfortunately ascertained a headache from pondering. Not just my day job but something else relating to student engagement. So, I need your help! Here I am sharing my short version of the back story and hope you can … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat189: Bringing Scholarship to Life with host Dr Sarah Broadberry @DrSBroadberry

Posted on November 15, 2020 by lthechatteam

I have been on the trail of scholarship for a long time now, trying to nail down what that term means as my career in academia progresses, what it means to me as part of a teaching team and how … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat188: The role of a systems approach in successfully supporting learning, students and staff with host Prof Colin Turner @ProfCTurner

Posted on November 8, 2020 by lthechatteam

Systems are an integral feature of the landscape in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. In a narrow view we often think of systems as specific IT packages that support our key activity, but equally systems can be paper based … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat187: Planning for January with host Michelle Morgan (@it_se)

Posted on November 1, 2020 by lthechatteam

Paul Greatix (@registrarism) wrote a brutal and refreshingly honest piece on Wonkhe asking if universities had done the right things under covid19.  https://wonkhe.com/blogs/doing-the-right-things-universities-under-covid/ In his piece, he talks about the challenges facing universities in the absence Government and sector regulators … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat186: The Value of Fiction in Learning and Teaching

Posted on October 18, 2020 by lthechatteam

Guest host Professor Joanna Verran @JoVerran I think we all tell stories all the time. Think of any conversation! Storytelling dates back to when humans started to speak: they helped us to survive, and we remain receptive to a good … Continue reading →

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