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LTHEchat 244: Community Co-creation of a Session or Module. Led by @hintondm Wed 19th Oct 22, 8pm BST.

On the Challenges of Designing Learning When designing teaching, learning and/or training sessions and modules we all commence with learning outcomes, official or unofficial. These provide a good statement of what our learners at the end of a set time … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 243: Self exclusion – through digital inequalities. Led by Christina Elliott @Dr_CL_Elliott with @scottturneruon and @gamergazz. Wed. 12th October 8pm UK.

In many respects this tweetchat follows on from the fantastic discussion #LTHEchat 238: Digital Inequality led by Puiyin Wong @Puiyin, 15th June 2022. During this discussion we discovered that the three of us had made the same worrying observation during … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 242: Social media and identity. Led by Lenandlar Singh, Wed 5th October, 8pm UK.

Background. How does social media help you to develop as an educator? My PhD research looks at how early career researchers use Twitter for identity development. Framed around the Identity-Trajectory framework (McAlpine et al, 2014) my research explores how early … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 241: Let’s talk about time. Led by Alexandra Mihai @Anda19 Wednesday 21st Sept, 8pm BST.

Estimating time and workload in course design. Time is a crucial element in planning teaching and learning. In the past 3 years we have been forced to pay more attention to it as teaching and learning have a different temporal … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 239: Active Assessment. Led by Wendy Garnham @DrWGarnham and Heather Taylor @hevthelecturer, 22nd June, 8pm BST

IntroOnce upon a time, in a not so distant era, university students were given assessments to complete that required them to regurgitate disseminated lecture material with little opportunity to demonstrate creativity, originality, or innovative thinking. Assessments were handed in at … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 238: Digital Inequality. Led by Puiyin Wong @Puiyin, 15th June, 8pm BST

What is digital inequality? Digital inequality or digital divide is the disparity between people who have access to digital technologies and those who don’t.  People from certain socioeconomic backgrounds have always been more affected.  This gap has most definitely been … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 237: Who Am I? HE Educator Identities Into and Out of the Pandemic. Led by @LJ_Rees & @hintondm 8 June, 8pm BST

Lego heads photos by @carsonarias via Unsplash Introduction This #LTHEchat post and associated tweetchat aims to explore Higher Education identity. In particular we’d like to explore issues around coping with the change brought on by the sharp shock of the … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 236 “Students as Partners”. Led by Sharon Flynn (@SharonLFlynn), Fernandos Ongolly (@OngollyF) and Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich (@midenicf) on 1st June, 8pm BST

This week’s chat on will be led by student interns Fernandos and Míde with their mentor Sharon on the theme of student partnerships. The Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning in Irish Universities Project (EDTL) is aimed at enhancing the digital … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 235 Whose higher education is it anyway? Led by Adam Tate @Adam_Tate1 on 18th May 2022, 8pm BST

This week Dr Adam Tate asks the question “whose higher education is it anyway?” Higher Education (HE) in England has had to adapt at pace in response to the Covid-19 pandemic providing opportunities and challenges for all parties. Most notably … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 234 Is a picture worth a thousand words?: incorporating the visual in your teaching. Led by Paul Kleiman .@DrPaulKleiman on 11th May 2022, 8pm BST

This week Paul Kleiman will ask “is a picture worth a thousand words? You can read all about this on his blog. Wakelet Here is the link to the Wakelet of this week’s chat https://wke.lt/w/s/FXAGRo Chat Questions Q1 To what … Continue reading

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