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Empowering education: The multifaceted benefits of distance learning for diverse learners – Teaching Matters
Interacting with the tutors was more relaxed, breaking the traditional power dynamics between student and teacher ( Aitken , 2021). ... 4–14. doi: 10.2307/1175860. Dr Ayesha Hanif, a dentist by profession and a clinical academic.
Mini-series: Better living through questionology? – Teaching Matters
Mini-series: Better living through questionology? Photo credit: Pixabay, qimono, CC0. In this mental health and wellbeing mini-series post, Dr Neil Thin, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social ... Why, then, did John Stuart Mill, archdeacon of
How do we do effective feedback?: A practical example – Teaching Matters
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Brian Carlin, Year 1 programme lead in Clinical Education, and to Kirstin Stuart James and Janette Jamieson for helping with the evaluation. ... Dr Tim Fawns is Co-Director of the MSc in Clinical Education and leads a course
Curriculum design and complexity: A seamful lens from professional education – Teaching Matters
Read more in our paper: Fawns, T., Mulherin, T., Hounsell, D., & Aitken , G. ... Gill Aitken . Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education, Edinburgh Medical School.
It’s too risky to play it safe with digital innovation – Teaching Matters
Zollhafen Mainz bridge. Image credit: Nikolai Benner, nikolaibenner.de. In this extra post, Professor Tim Drysdale and Dr Tim Fawns reflect on their attendance at a recent conference, “Excellence in teaching – ... Dr Tim Fawns is Deputy Programme
Welcome to Jan-Feb's Hot Topic theme: Through the Lens of Occupation – Teaching Matters
Image credit: Unsplash CC0. In this post, Dr Kirstin Stuart James introduces us to Jan-Feb’s Hot Topic theme: Through the Lens of Occupation. ... 1. London, College of Occupational Therapists. Dr Kirstin Stuart James is currently on secondment as
Collegiate commentary: Five pillars of the Edinburgh Futures Institute – Teaching Matters
Thinking about Jane McKie, Stuart King and Lynda Clark’s experimental yet ethical take on using AI within the remixing of text, in the context of fusion intensive approaches, sent me ... While still at Edinburgh, based in the amazing clinical
Steps to a future vision for health and wellbeing in Higher Education – Teaching Matters
Photo by Pixabay️. In this blog post, Kirstin Stuart James summarises the series and proposes five steps to envision the future of health and wellbeing in Higher Education by emphasizing a ... Available from: [Accessed: 06 February 2024]. Dr Kirstin
Five future directions from the ‘Assessment and Feedback revisited’ series – Teaching Matters
Dr Steven Sutcliffe and Dr Kirsty Murray explain how they have been drawing on visual resources to engage students with assessment tasks. ... Dr Alison Cullinane discusses how their School developed and assessed reflective portfolios for seven courses in
The octopus in the string bag: Why regulations based on undergraduate, on-campus students don’t work for online PGT in healthcare – Teaching Matters
Photo credit: Pixabay, glucosala, CC0. In this post, Gill Aitken , Dr Tim Fawns and Dr Derek Jones, highlight the risks to students’ learning experience if online postgraduate programmes are scaled-up ... Dr Derek Jones is an Academic Coordinator on the