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#LTHEChat 277: Using Creative Approaches to Reflect

[Image credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/giraffe-drink-dislocate-yoga-1641933/%5D Led by Louise Rees @LJ_Rees Introduction This #LTHEchat post and associated tweetchat aims to explore how you might use non-written ‘creative’ approaches to support reflection on learning and/or as pieces of formative or summative assessment. In particular … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 276: The LMS/VLE: The Cornerstone of 21st Century Learning or is it starting to crumble and crack?

Led by guests Tom Farrelly @TomFarrelly The Learning Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) has been a fundamental part of the Higher Education landscape for well over two decades. These platforms have provided educators with powerful tools to … Continue reading

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#LTHEChat 275: Neurodiversity in university students – recognising and supporting achievement.

Led by guests Dr Emma Whewell @UoNPEemma & Helen Tiplady @helen_tiplady Neurodiversity is a catch-all term for a range of learners’ experiences. It is a term used to encompass the variety seen in how human brains operate. It is associated with … Continue reading

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#LTHEchat 274: Mind the (awarding) gap!

Photo credit: Bruno Figueiredo on Unsplash By Adesewa Adebisi, Amara Anyogu, Nick Freestone, Gillian Knight, Aranee Manoharan, James McEvoy, Prachi Stafford (on behalf of The Bioscience Awarding Gap (BAG) Network Steering Group) The awarding gap, previously referred to as the … Continue reading

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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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