How ChatGPT can help disrupt assessment overload
Advances in AI are not necessarily the enemy – in fact, they should prompt long overdue consideration of assessment types and frequency, says David Carless
April 19, 2023
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Why we start undergraduate transdisciplinary research from day one
Hands-on knowledge discovery can give students the chance to put learning into action from the beginning of their studies, write Gray Kochhar-Lindgren and Julian Tanner
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Why it is time to start co-creating professional development with employees
Steps to working with employees to shape and improve professional development programmes
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Failing your way to academic success
Failure offers students and educators a chance to explore their shortcomings and come to greater self-awareness. In fact, it can be seen as growth in disguise, write Kelvin Yihang Zhang and Kim Yong Joong
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Spruce up lectures to capture the interest of all students
A guide to making lectures more interactive learning experiences that keep students interested
April 18, 2023 -
Develop the skills of the future through challenge-based learning
Modern employers require a broad suite of skills from graduates; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández outlines how challenge-based learning can help, and how to get started
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Building equitable and accessible digital assessment to maximise employability
Offering a fully integrated, end-to-end digital assessment platform, Inspera presents universities with a diverse range of options for creating more accessible and authentic modes of assessing students
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Raising aspirations: lessons in running a young scholars programme
Widening access to higher education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds is a priority for UK universities. Here, Valsa Koshy outlines lessons from a successful programme for primary school pupils
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How immediate feedback motivates both students and educators
Digital tools can give teachers on-the-spot feedback from students and students access to their results and progress in real time. László Tornóci looks at a changing landscape from both sides
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Actions to help your university stand out in a crowd
With competition for students fiercer than ever in the higher education sector, Ayten Ordu outlines some of the ways universities can achieve higher visibility
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Restructuring a university, part one
When Bill Flanagan took the helm, the University of Alberta was facing a $222 million funding cut – 20 per cent of the university’s operating budget. In this two-part article, he explains how the university undertook a historic overhaul
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Restructuring a university, part two
When funding pressures made it clear that the University of Alberta had to change, it overhauled its entire way of working. Here, president Bill Flanagan explains how they did it
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How to write better awards entries
From conducting in-depth interviews to telling the whole story, Sam Russell provides top tips for crafting a compelling narrative that will appeal to awards panels
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What should be inside a teaching toolkit?
Teaching practices and student support are highly contextual so how can academic developers create institutional ‘toolkits’ that meet the needs of staff across different schools and departments?
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I’m finally ready to admit that I’m an academic who suffers from depression
I’m opening up because those of us hounded by mental health issues should not have to add fear of job loss and stigmatisation to our list of concerns, says James Derounian
April 13, 2023