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#LTHEChat 271: Learning and Teaching Focused Network: Recognising & Celebrating Diversity 

Led by guests from the network: Prof Emmajane Milton @EmmajaneMilton1, Prof Hannah Cobb @ArchaeoCobb, Earle Abrahamson @earleabrahamso2, Prof Julie Hulme @JulieH_Psyc & Heather Pennington @PenningtonPGCE Are you in a learning and teaching focused role? Do you have an unconventional background, … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 269: Digital student interns and inclusive digital learning – support for all

With John Brindle @johnbrindletel Stuart Feltham @stupot42 and Scott Farrow @scottfarrow88 At Edge Hill University (EHU) we’re coming to the end of a four plus year Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) review and implementation project, which has seen us migrate all … Continue reading

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Happy new (academic) year! Something old and something new.

We hope you have had a restful summer and are raring and ready to go for the academic year ahead. We have a really exciting programme coming up this term and are looking forward to connecting with old friends and … Continue reading

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ALT 30th Anniversary LTHEChat – Remembering 30 years of educational / learning technology #altc23 ALT @ 30 #LTHEchat

On Wednesday 30th August at 8pm LTHEchat will host a summer special chat led by #altc23 Conference Chairs Santanu Vasant and Lawrie Phipps. Dual hashtags will be used #altc23 and #LTHEchat. This special summer special takes a look back at … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 268: Getting the recognition you deserve with Debbie Baff @Debbaff and Teresa MacKinnon @WarwickLanguage

“How we feel when we experience any activity is widely accepted to have a bearing on our learning experience” (Hauck and MacKinnon, 2016). In the days of computer-mediated learning, hugely expanded since the covid pandemic, keeping a track of what … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 267: Making Assessment Briefs More Inclusive: Enhancing Tasks, Design, and Delivery with Virna Rossi @VirnaRossi, Alice S. N. Kim @AliceSNKim, Nokuthula Vilakati @NokuthulaVila16, Charles Wachira @charlestwachira, Rebecca C Thomas @rcthomasUEA

Inclusive learning design to meet the diverse needs of all learners concerns all aspects of learning, from the set-up of the physical and digital space(s) to the module/course ‘content’, ‘delivery’, feedback and assessment.  When it comes to assessments, creating inclusive … Continue reading

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LTHEchat 266: Sketchnoting in education with Suzanne Faulkner @SFaulknerPandO

Sketchnoting – Ideas, not art! In this upcoming #LTHEchat, we will explore sketchnoting. This may also be referred to as visual note taking or graphic recording. Whatever term you chose to use, it is frequently described as a non-linear visual … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 265: ‘Professionals Teaching Professionals’ with Dr Claire Stocks @DrClaireStocks Dr Peter Alston @DrPeteAlston Professor Dawne Irving-Bell @belld17

Professionals Teaching Professionals In this #LTHEchat, we want to explore the ways in which previous (or, indeed, concurrent) professional experience impacts on learning, teaching and/or scholarship in Higher Education. Whether that experience is as a barrister, fashion designer, police officer … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 264: Confident Assessment with Rachel Forsyth @rmforsyth

Assessment of student learning is a key aspect of all forms of education that lead to a qualification or other recognition of achievement. It can be a complex and fraught topic, associated with anxiety and pressure for both teachers and … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 263 Escape Rooms for Challenge-based learning led by Clare Thomson @slowtech2000, Deb Baff @debbaff, Coral Condeco-Dunachie @CDunachie and Rosemarie McIlwhan @RMc_LT

Escaping the ordinary; Escape Rooms for Challenge-based Learning  Popular television shows in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, such as The Adventure Game and The Crystal Maze, saw participants locked in futuristic locations where they were required to solve … Continue reading

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