The final two days of the University Mentoring Scheme week brought together over twenty colleagues in a residential programme hosted in the STEM Hub in An Lochran on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 August. The programme aimed to develop practical mentoring skills for those new to mentoring or experienced mentors who were keen to explore … Continue reading University mentoring scheme week: the luxury of a residential ..
Keith Smyth and Heather Fotheringham from the Learning and Teaching Academy (LTA) visited Perth College UHI on August 24 to take part in their staff conference, hosted at Perth College UHI's new Academy of Sport and Wellbeing. In what was possibly our largest venue to date (see pic below- it was HUGE!), Keith gave a short presentation about … Continue reading Talking learning and teaching – Reflection on Perth College UHI Staff Conference
The 2018 NSS staff conference took place on Thursday 30 August, following a hugely successful NSS 2018 result that saw the university achieve 85% Overall Satisfaction, placing us joint 5th in Scotland. The conference provided a great opportunity to celebrate this result amongst colleagues. Professor Chris O’Neil, Principal of Inverness College UHI, opened the conference … Continue reading NSS 2018: Staff conference
Despite the potential of bad weather induced non-running trains and cancelled planes, Scott Connor and Ann Tilbury made it to Digifest18 – billed as “a unique opportunity to see, hear and share the latest thinking to inspire and prepare for the digital challenge ahead”. Held in Birmingham’s International Conference Centre, the event was opened by … Continue reading Reflecting on Digifest18: Highlighting digital opportunities for educational institutions
Thursday March 8th saw the advent of These Women Can! Hosted by the Learning and Teaching Academy, These Women Can! was our first university wide event to celebrate, debate and explore the challenges women face in FE, HE and Research. It was also International Women’s Day and 100 years since women won the right to … Continue reading These Women Can!: a reflection on our International Women’s Day event
Friday 15th December saw colleagues from across the university participate an entirely online symposium exploring and debating synchronous technologies. The symposium kicked off with Tara Morrison from Inverness College UHI, presenting through Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to explore the use of online synchronous communication. Tara took the participants through how she makes use of the functions … Continue reading Teaching with synchronous technologies – symposium reflections
We're looking back on a busy 2017 here at the Learning and Teaching Academy, and feeling just a little bit proud of what we have achieved, particularly for such a small team. Much of what the LTA offers relies on friends and colleagues across the university supporting what we do, and being willing to get involved, and so … Continue reading A year in review
The Learning and Teaching Academy held a two-day event on assessment in November in which presenters from within and outside the university spoke about different approaches to assessment. This event was the first of many planned to explore the how values from the University's new Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy might be put into practice. … Continue reading Transforming assessment
On Tuesday 22 August 2017, Keith Smyth and Heather Fotheringham from the LTA attended North Highland College UHI's Learning and Teaching Conference in Thurso, the focus of which was assessment and feedback. Discussion sessions in the first part of the day were structured using the work of Dylan William, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at … Continue reading Strategising at North Highland College UHI
In our latest Critical Perspectives blog, outgoing HISA president Luke Humberstone (now President of NUS Scotland), reflects on the use of technology within learning and teaching. At the University of the Highlands and Islands we have embraced a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and use Video Conferencing (VC) extensively. The way these technologies are used varies … Continue reading The future of education in response to changing technologies
