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

Posted on September 10, 2023 by rachelleeobrien

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

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Sue Beckingham

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

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Beck McCarter

“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

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Claire Tupling

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

Posted on June 4, 2023 by gustavoespinozar

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

Posted on May 22, 2023 by gustavoespinozar

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

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Beck McCarter

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

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Claire Tupling

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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#LTHEchat 262 Phenomenon-Based Learning led by Dr Kate Cuthbert @cuthbert_kate, Sue Lee @SueLee99 and Emily Chapman-Waterhouse @cwaterhouse_e

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Beck McCarter

How do we harness the phenomenal? We are working on a project exploring the possibilities of using Phenomenon-based learning in higher education (PHBL). In PHBL, learning is provoked and guided by given events or occurrence. The selected phenomenon is a … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 261 Active Learning, led by Mary Jacob @MaryJacobTEL1 and Dr Wendy Garnham @DrWGarnham

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Claire Tupling

For anyone involved in teaching and learning in Higher Education, you won’t fail to have witnessed the proliferation of research advocating the value of “active learning”. Not only has it been held responsible for eliminating gender achievement gaps in some … Continue reading →

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