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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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#LTHEchat 260: Wellbeing, academic kindness, and social cure: paying it forward, led by Professor Julie Hulme @JulieH_Psyc

Posted on March 17, 2023 by purkisch

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#LTHEchat 259: ChatGPT and academic integrity Led by @profdcotton Dr Peter Cotton and @reubenshipway

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

ChatGPT and similar large language models (LLMs) have taken the academic world by storm, and across the globe, there are similar slightly panicked meetings going on about what this means for the future of assessment in higher education. Conflicting views … Continue reading →

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#LTHE chat 258 Work/practice based learning and the role of simulation/ immersive learning. Discussion led by @DebbieRoberts6

Posted on March 6, 2023 by maxinesw001

Simulation has become increasingly common as an approach to teaching and learning; particularly in the vocational or practice based disciplines. Indeed for some vocational professions, engaging in simulation can be used instead of practice in real world environments; however whether … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 257: Student led use of social media for professional networking and more in a higher education setting. Led by @neilwithnell and @karolinaviolet

Posted on February 26, 2023 by purkisch

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The use of social media by higher education students has been found to improve communication resulting in increased involvement and engagement (Lacka et al., 2021). Some of the reasons for students engaging in social … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 255: Potential of Podcasting Practice as a Learning Space in Higher Education. Led by @santanuvasant

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

For this week’s #LTHEChat 255, we will be exploring the potential of podcasting practice as a learning space in higher education.  It was during a LTHEChat tweetchat session in January 2020 that I had the idea for a Higher Education … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 254: Hybrid working: new frontiers in professional practice. Led by @MarenDeepwell

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

For #LTHEChat 254 we are going to shift our focus from learning to work. We will explore ways in which learning and teaching practices can inspire a more sustainable and equitable hybrid workplace. Digital technologies enable remote and hybrid working … Continue reading →

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