Image by Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/images/id-1968077/ Short courses, digital badges, micro-credentials, MOOCs; these terms have been used in the last few years to refer to units of learning that are smaller than universities' standard offerings of courses lasting one year or more. Scott Connor from the LTA guides us through the landscape of the tiny. Introduction Recently … Continue reading Small is beautiful: Are micro-credentials the future for learning?
What comes after winning an AdvanceHE teaching award? Managed by AdvanceHE, the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) (1) and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) (2) are amongst the highest profile awards in the UK sector for innovation and excellent practice in higher education learning and teaching. UHI submitted their very first applications for the NTFS and … Continue reading From celebration to collaboration
Ann Tilbury & Scott Connor Following the success of the inaugural symposium in 2020, the focus of our second educational leadership symposium 2021 was ‘educational leadership in times of change’. This was chosen to reflect the significant changes underway across the sector and the University, as a new strategic plan and major change programme gather … Continue reading Educational Leadership Symposium 2021
Image by Harish Sharma from Pixabay Dr Rob Bray from Argyll College UHI gives his personal reflections on the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference On 07 July I (virtually) attended the second day of AdvanceHE’s annual Teaching and Learning conference (thanks to the LTA for enabling this). The conference theme was Teaching in the … Continue reading Teaching in the spotlight
Image by 5598375 from Pixabay The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and the Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE) are organised and run by Advance HE since 2000 (NTF) and 2016 (CATE) respectively. Advance HE "is a member-led, sector-owned charity that works with institutions and higher education across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and … Continue reading The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence: Celebrating teaching excellence at UHI!
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Alex Walker Synchronous technology, which allows real-time participation from multiple locations, is well established and becoming increasingly widely used in tertiary education to support student and staff needs: in contemporary learning and teaching and professional development, in widening access to education and continued professional learning opportunities, and in increasing … Continue reading Mentoring spotlight month post #3: Using synchronous technologies in a distributed university to support mentoring
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Heather Fotheringham from the LTA considers what makes a successful mentoring partnership The University Mentoring Scheme pairs up individuals who wish to progress their practice in learning and teaching, research and scholarship or by achieving a professional recognition (such as HEA Fellowship, or CMALT). Colleagues signing up to the … Continue reading Mentoring spotlight month post #2: Mentoring across disciplines
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Alex Walker, Ann Tilbury and Heather Fotheringham from the LTA reflect on a new type of mentoring support As the sudden impact of COVID-19 was upon us in March 2020, and teaching moved fully online, there was a great deal of guidance and support offered to students and staff on a wide range of matters from different sources. … Continue reading Mentoring spotlight month post #1: Mentoring circles to support staff through COVID
In common with most academic institutions, the University finds itself under increasing pressure from various quarters. The globalisation and marketisation of education continues to generate competition between institutions, not just locally but worldwide. Academic institutions, are increasingly managed like businesses, with the associated bureaucracy, resource-focused and commercial mindsets. Covid-19 has exacerbated these pressures, in two … Continue reading Building educational leadership capacity: urgency and agency
Scott Connor (Digital and Online Education Lead, Learning and Teaching Academy), Kathleen Connor (Library Team Leader, Perth College UHI) The cost? The cost of textbooks for those in education is always a topic for debate. In 2016 the cost of a single textbook was estimated at an average of £50 and the annual cost for … Continue reading Open textbooks…why?
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