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#LTHEChat 272: Integrating compassion, contemplation, coaching and community into academic development.

Led by guest Sarah Wolfenden @SarahWolfenden After presenting at the SEDA conference in May 2023, I was asked to widen the conversation to include the LTHE Community via the Wednesday Twitter Chat.  I am honoured to do so; while I … Continue reading

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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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