Creating poetry from data to aid analysis
Poetry can be used as a tool to re-analyse and present qualitative data through a new lens, as Sam Illingworth explains
May 5, 2022
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Enhancing learning from digital, audio and video resources
Print textbooks have serious competitors from digital texts, podcasts, audiobooks and video. The medium – and how each is used – can affect how much students learn, as Naomi Baron explains
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Promoting public-private partnerships in ‘levelling up’ the UK
Collaborative projects between universities and their surrounding communities are helping to build stronger economies in underserved areas
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Defining the student experience post-pandemic
Ahead of Digital Universities Week US, a group of three campus administrators offer their perspectives on the post-pandemic student experience and how to support students through graduation and beyond
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Can there ever be a neat history of colonialism?
People today seem to want their history to be linear and totalising, but it is only by addressing the messiness of the past that we can understand the present
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The challenges of creating a multidisciplinary research centre and how to overcome them
How to overcome the challenges of setting up a collaborative research centre designed to break down institutional silos and structures
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Using communities of practice to drive teaching innovation
In the lead-up to Digital Universities Week US, we asked four university leaders about the barriers, ambitions and faculty needs when it comes to supporting the adoption of digital teaching methods
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Is your teaching and learning ‘not supported’?
Are you Google or Microsoft? WhatsApp or Signal? The incompatibility driven by Big Tech obstructs research and teaching, so Europe’s mooted Digital Markets Act may be good news
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Using ‘spaced learning’ to aid students’ retention of new information
Repeating information in chunks with breaks in between improves students’ ability to remember it. Stephen Braybrook explains how to translate this into the classroom
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Digital citizenship: creating safe and inclusive online learning spaces
Digital citizenship, or the ability to use and connect via technology responsibly, is now a vital life skill that educators must foster among students. Vicki Madden explains how to start by creating respectful online environments
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Don’t lose sight of learning outcomes in pursuit of digital innovation, counsels task force
Five digital teaching leaders say that innovation is less about technology and more about finding the right teaching tools that meet learners’ needs
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Academics must resist the creeping degradation of academic freedom
Unless an academic is exceptionally bloody-minded, they will eventually take the path of least resistance, which is subtle erosion in action, says Arif Ahmed
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Using automation to reduce the admissions burden for students and staff
Poor conversion rates around university admissions not only increase the risk of institutions missing out on talented applicants. They also increase the likelihood of staff burnout
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Block teaching: what it is, how to do it and why
With its short, intense courses, is block teaching the way to boost student success and engagement? John Weldon gives seven tips for switching to the block model and examples of what it offers university educators
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Revolving roles: creating inclusive, engaging, participant-led learning activities
‘Revolving roles’ is a simple, adaptable method for designing learning activities that challenge and change conventional ‘leader’ and ‘participant’ responsibilities, embrace students’ diverse needs, and develop their unique attributes, as Pablo Dalby explains
April 29, 2022