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Advice on developing research informed strategies to widen participation in higher education ✔ Widening access to postgraduate studies: from research to strategy to action Miranda Prynne Diane Gill The University of Edinburgh
Advice on teaching the basics of critical thinking to students who are new to the concept ✔ How to teach critical thinking to beginners Miranda Prynne Sarah Ivory The University of Edinburgh
Advice for taking your university teaching out of the lecture theatre or classroom ✔ Bringing learning to life: nine tips for teaching in outdoor places and spaces Miranda Prynne David A. G. Clarke The University of Edinburgh
Advice on looking to the wider research community for resources and training to upskill your research team ✔ Core data science skills: filling the gaps with community developed workshops Miranda Prynne Alison Meynert , Edward Wallace The University of Edinburgh
New rules for lecture subtitles and transcripts are creating huge amounts of extra work for time-poor academics ✔ New rules on lecture transcripts give academics an impossible choice dene.mullen Emily Nordmann, Wilhelmiina Toivo , Rachel O’Neill University of Glasgow, The University of Edinburgh
Microaggressions are often shrugged off due to lack of intent, but intent and impact are very different ✔ So you don’t think microaggressions have an impact? dene.mullen rashné limki The University of Edinburgh
Advice on supporting students to manage and overcome culture shock after arriving at university ✔ Taking the shock out of culture shock: helping international students navigate transitions, part two Miranda Prynne Inga Ackermann The University of Edinburgh
Advice on getting students thinking about and preparing for their future careers ✔ Preparing students for an uncertain future through career planning miranda.prynne Stephen Warrington, Katherine Cameron , Matt Vickers The University of Edinburgh
Advice on creating short online courses that help drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals ✔ Three steps to designing online learning that supports a sustainable future miranda.prynne Lizzy Garner-Foy The University of Edinburgh
Advice on using online tools to teach students about sustainability ✔ Supporting student action on sustainability Miranda Prynne Matthew Lawson The University of Edinburgh
Figure at the top of a ladder illustrating skills for career progression, online learning ✔ Creating opportunities to enhance student employability online Eliza.Compton Ruth Donnelly The University of Edinburgh
Advice on why and how to use podcasts to supplement your online teaching ✔ Listen to this! Using podcasts for online learning miranda.prynne Emily O'Reilly The University of Edinburgh
Advice on where to start in decolonising your curriculum ✔ Decolonising the curriculum – how do I get started? miranda.prynne Rowena Arshad The University of Edinburgh
Advice on preparing international students for potential culture shock when they arrive at an overseas institution ✔ Taking the shock out of culture shock: helping international students navigate transitions, part one miranda.prynne Inga Ackermann The University of Edinburgh
Advice on setting up and running an effective virtual exchange programme ✔ Top tips for developing an effective virtual exchange programme miranda.prynne Justine Seran, Randall Reinhard The University of Edinburgh
A lecturer speaks to university students, but what is the role of the lecture in modern HE? ✔ What is the purpose of a university lecture? dene.mullen Jill MacKay The University of Edinburgh
Advice on running successful tutorials in transnational courses ✔ Running effective tutorials in transnational education miranda.prynne Michael Daw The University of Edinburgh, Zhejiang University
Webinar discussion how to reduce student drop out rates in the context of the pandemic and online learning ✔ Place-based learning in digital universities miranda.prynne Elizabeth Langran, Reneta Lansiquot , Robbie Nicol, Abbey S Willis Marymount University, New York City College of Technology, The University of Edinburgh, Siena College
Advice on using lego to support active learning in lectures ✔ Teaching with Lego: using plastic bricks to encourage play and interaction in class miranda.prynne Dan Swanton The University of Edinburgh
Advice for designing and building immersive, large-scale teaching experiences in video games ✔ Generating immersive, large-scale teaching experiences in video games miranda.prynne Richard Fitzpatrick, Thomas Little The University of Edinburgh
Advice on training students in presenting ✔ Make yourself presentable miranda.prynne Richard Gratwick The University of Edinburgh
Advice on developing an educational app to link students learning to the world around them ✔ Developing an educational app to engage students in the world around them miranda.prynne Kate Bowell, Niki Vermeulen The University of Edinburgh
Three tips for making instructional videos that support better student engagement ✔ Three video techniques for increasing student engagement miranda.prynne Joe Arton The University of Edinburgh
Advice on facilitating peer support among students in large online lectures ✔ Embedding peer support among students in large online lectures miranda.prynne David Quinn The University of Edinburgh
Advice on selecting the right ed-tech tools to support your teaching and learning ✔ Enabling staff-student co-creation of experiential learning at scale miranda.prynne Simon Riley, Gavin McCabe The University of Edinburgh
Advice on teaching large classes to try and keep all students actively engaged in learning ✔ Teaching at scale: reaching all your students in large classes miranda.prynne Heather McQueen The University of Edinburgh
Is it possible to grapple with big questions in a virtual environment? ✔ Is it possible to think big thoughts virtually? dene.mullen Donna Murray The University of Edinburgh
Advice on shaping research around community needs ✔ Directing research to engage and support local communities miranda.prynne Helen Szoor-McElhinney, Alette Willis, Liam Gilchrist The University of Edinburgh
Advice on creating an online course from an instructional designer ✔ Instructional design advice: how to translate your academic knowledge into an effective online course miranda.prynne Marcello Crolla The University of Edinburgh
Advice on designing online postgraduate courses that intersect the academic and professional worlds ✔ Designing postgraduate education as a means of sharing and developing academic and professional knowledge miranda.prynne Gill Aitken, Tim Fawns The University of Edinburgh
Proactive steps educators should take to better engage students in online learning ✔ It’s not you, it’s me: taking responsibility for student engagement and interaction miranda.prynne Maia Forrester, Ian Lee The University of Edinburgh
Advice for teaching students across Eastern and Western cultural boundaries ✔ When East meets West: improving student engagement in culturally diverse classrooms miranda.prynne TJ Moore The University of Edinburgh
Blogging is an overlooked means of engaging students and reaping myriad other benefits ✔ Back to the future: how blogs can revolutionise your classroom dene.mullen Dennis Relojo-Howell The University of Edinburgh
Podcast discussing building resilience and protecting well-being among university staff and students ✔ THE podcast: rethinking the internationalisation of higher education miranda.prynne Omolabake Fakunle , Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan The University of Edinburgh, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Zoom meetings do not have to be quite so painful for academics and university staff. ✔ Zoom meetings don’t have to be quite so painful dene.mullen Rob Angell, Ben Marder University of Southampton, The University of Edinburgh
An empty university lecture hall. The sector should come together to welcome students back to campus. ✔ The sector should come together to welcome students back to campus dene.mullen Donna Murray The University of Edinburgh
How to use technology to offer disadvantaged students pathways to higher education ✔ Using tech to connect refugees with pathways to higher education: an emerging case study miranda.prynne Kate Symons, Georgia Cole, Foundations for All team The University of Edinburgh, Foundations for All
An explanation of how student coaching circles can help improve course learning outcomes ✔ Using coaching circles to beat isolation and spur reflexive work miranda.prynne Glen Cousquer The University of Edinburgh
Co-creation is still possible even though most teaching and learning is taking place online. ✔ Co-creation does not need to stop because we’ve moved online dene.mullen Catherine Bovill The University of Edinburgh
Driving internationalisation in digital teaching to enhance the student learning experience ✔ Using internationalisation to enhance digital learning experiences for all miranda.prynne Omolabake Fakunle The University of Edinburgh
Steps to running online masters courses that cater for international students ✔ Developing online master’s courses for an international audience miranda.prynne Lauren Johnston-Smith The University of Edinburgh
Reimagining higher education teaching and learning for remote and online courses ✔ THE Digital Transformation Forum: Reimagining higher education teaching and learning miranda.prynne Alexandra Mihai, Angus Cheung, Maha Bali, Tom Wigham University College London, The University of Edinburgh, American University in Cairo, University of Groningen