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December 2020

Advance HE - Connect Benefit Series - 52 Engaging Toolkit Cards: Practical resources for Student Engagement
9th December 2020 - 9:30am - 10:30am

Students’ sense of belonging is developed through engaging and socially constructed learning experiences; this is a challenge that is further emphasised on a physically distanced campus. Join us at 09:30 (GMT) on 9th December where we will explore a variety of practical solutions to promote active learning and engagement for all students through the use of our 52 Engaging Toolkit Cards (52etc).

The toolkit is specifically designed to maximise involvement with study, providing a variety of means to enhance student motivation and engagement using key pedagogic principles underpinning learning and teaching. The ultimate aim of the cards is to provide a range of options for lecturers to consider; helping address engagement across all groups of students to enhance the experience and create an inclusive experience for all students.

Published 26th November 2020

HE/Public Sector update: Winning hearts and minds at University of Cambridge

1st December, 2020 –1 PM

Digital accessibility improvements don’t make themselves, so before you can be confident of establishing lasting accessibility practices at your organisation, you probably need to do some work on engaging staff with accessibility improvements.

In this webinar, learn about the experiences of Katey Hugi, Digital Accessibility Coordinator. She has been working with the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, and Cambridge Judge Business School to engage staff with digital accessibility improvements, with great success. Katey will explain her approach to rolling out accessibility training programmes, techniques for encouraging accessibility best practices, and how she drives enthusiasm for ongoing digital inclusion improvements across the university.

We will also provide an update on the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR) and how the government is monitoring compliance so far.

Published 20th November 2020

SEDA presents: The SEDA Winter Festival
14-18th December 2020

A week of special webinars and discussion sessions to wrap up the year. The programme covers a wide range of educational change and development – from ways to foster our learners’ inner feedback, through various individual and institutional responses to the Covid crisis and moves to virtual teaching and online support, including both staff and student perspectives, with contributions from across the UK and from China.

Published 20th November 2020

November 2020

Digital Wellbeing Webinar - Catalyst
26th November 2020 - 1pm

We know universities face increasing challenges during this pandemic - we'd like to help by exploring learning design principles to support the digital wellbeing of staff and students.

Published 12th November 2020

Embracing the New Normal in Education - Webinar by Panopto
12th November 2020 - 9am

Current global events have transformed education. Online learning is now an essential element to sustain teaching and learning, institutions are discovering the importance of technology to embrace the new normal in education.

Join this fireside chat webinar with Matt Turner, Head of Higher Education Futures Institute Digital, University of Birmingham, on how institutions should approach remote teaching and learning.

In this webinar, we will cover:

• How institutions are taking steps to ensure a seamless transition for student learning

• The benefits of the synchronous and asynchronous teaching approach

• How to track student engagement while teaching online

• Advice to institutions on how to conduct online teaching policies and practices

• Overcoming barriers to adoption within the lecturer community

• Advanced lecture capture for enhanced visualisation

Published 28th October 2020

SEDA presents: Transitions Into, Through and Out of Higher Education: Supporting Students
3rd November 2020 - 2pm-4pm

How can we ensure a smooth transition, enhance student experience and equitable outcomes as students move into, through and out of higher education? In a post Covid-19 world where adaptation to change is an increasing requirement on all those involved in Higher Education, this series of workshops will explore a variety of ideas and perspectives on how to promote and ensure smooth transitions not just into but also through and out of Higher Education. The workshops culminate with the publication of a SEDA special, which will be available to all attendees.

Published 21st October 2020

JISC Accessibility drop-in clinic – 4th November, 12:30–13:30

During the clinic you'll:

• Have an opportunity to share your experiences with and learn from like-minded people at different stages of developing accessible policy and practice

• Gain feedback and support on any areas that may have been problematic

• Get signposting to other resources and links to communities of practice where appropriate

• Establish links with people working to overcome the same problems

• Get the opportunity to shape the Jisc offer in this area

Published 27th October 2020

QAA - Building Resilient Learning Communities: Using Evidence to Support Student Success
3-5 November 2020

Sharing innovative learning, tools and practice from the Enhancement Themes and across the globe, the conference will critically engage with emerging themes in higher education, including:

• Evidence-based decision-making (day one)

• Equality, diversity and inclusion in our learning communities (day two)

• Employability for a changed world (day three)

Published 21st October 2020

October 2020

Times Higher Education (THE) Digital and blended learning across Europe: the future of international teaching and learning
23rd October 2020 - 11am

Published 6th October 2020

Pedagogy and Pancakes

Dr Chris Headleand of University of Lincoln, to help with the preparations for next year, has been organising a cross-institutional practice sharing series “Pedagogy and Pancakes” which is open to anyone who wants to do a lite-bite of wholesome CPD.

Upcoming Seminars

22nd September 2020

• 9am: Facing ‘social risks’ as ‘non-learners’: Connecting Prisoner Learner and Mature HE Student Identities
  Helen Nichols (Lincoln)

• 9:20 am: Transitioning to Pastoral care in the virtual environment; lessons from pre and post pandemic
  Jessica Hodgson (Lincoln)

• 9:40 am: Sign Language Survival Kit
  Lincoln BSL

• 10:10am: The doors are closed but the archive is open: helping students locate and use primary sources online
  Hope Williard (Lincoln)

8th October 2020

• 9am: Embedded or centralised? The benefits of different levels of integration in English language and study skills support, and how they inform the ELC at Lincoln.
  Malgorzata (Gosia) Drewniok (Lincoln)

• 920am: Intercultural Transition Support & the Impact on COVID 19 Lockdown
  Caroline Lowish (Lincoln)

20th October 2020

• 9am: Poetry and pedagogy: Helping students to ‘close read’ through erasure poetry
  Aimee Merrydew (Keele)

• 9:20am: Watering Horses: Getting Students and Industry to Interact
  Carwyn Edwards (North Wales Tech)

4th November 2020

• 10am: Student-centred teaching – revisiting Carl Rogers.
  Maria Kordowicz

• 10:20am: TBC
  TBC

Published 6th August 2020

September 2020

The first 30 days: how can universities quickly capture, and act upon, student feedback?
30th September 2020 - 12:00pm

With universities all around the world busy preparing for the start of the 2020-21 academic year, a major test of the first semester back will be how to quickly capture feedback from students about their teaching and learning experience (and wider student experience).

Published 12th September 2020

Advance HE webinar - Connect Benefit Series - Developing Sustainable Resilience in Higher Education

24th September 2020 - 8:30am - 10:00am

Published on 15th September 2020

Panopto - basic training webinars

9th September 2020 - 1pm in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
The Basic Training Webinar is designed for new users and beginners who would like to learn how to use the Panopto software. These webinars will cover creating, managing, and editing sessions as well as navigating the Panopto interface.

16th September 2020 - 1pm in London
The Basic Training Webinar is designed for new users and beginners who would like to learn how to use the Panopto software. These webinars will cover creating, managing, and editing sessions as well as navigating the Panopto interface.

Published on 8th September 2020

Making Blended Education Work – Futurelearn – 7th September 2020

This course is designed for higher education institution leaders, particularly those involved in leading the design, implementation and research into blended learning (e.g. those leading learning technology teams, those directing academic programmes, and heads of academic departments). The course also covers topics relevant to learning technologists, practitioners, and researchers who are interested in blended learning related research and implementation strategy.

Published 28th August 2020

August 2020

Connect Event Series ‘On Your Marks’: Vignette Presentations on Learner-Focused Feedback Practices and Feedback Literacy

25th August 2020 - 9:00am - 10.15am - Webinar.

Advance HE member only event. Free to all members.

This webinar celebrates the launch of our publication entitled On Your Marks: Learned-focused Feedback Practices and Feedback Literacy and features speakers from the publication contributors. Join us to hear and discuss some innovative perspectives and case studies about feedback in the current higher education environment.

Published on 20th August 2020

CETL - Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

• 13th August 2020 - Seminar 6: Learning Design for an Uncertain Semester - 8:00am - 9:00am

• 18th August 2020 - Seminar 7: Developing Digitally Capable Graduates - 8:00am - 9:00am

• 20th August 2020 - Seminar 8: Hybrid Teaching Strategies - - 8:00am - 9:00am

Published on 11th August 2020

Panopto – Basic training webinars

The Basic Training Webinar is designed for new users and beginners who would like to learn how to use the Panopto software. These webinars will cover creating, managing, and editing sessions as well as navigating the Panopto interface.

(Please note, your registration must be manually approved before you can access the webinar. Please register with your organizational email address. If you are registering for the webinar 4 hours or less before the start time, please send an email to training@panopto.com. Registrations that happen after the webinar has started will not be approved.)

• August 12th at 1:00pm Eastern / 10:00am Pacific

• August 19th at 1:00pm BST / 2:00pm CEST

Published 6th August 2020

Pedagogy as a driver of quality in a digital environment

26 August, 14:00-15:00 – Webinar

Join this webinar to hear about the key learning theories that underpin teaching and learning in a digital environment, and how they can be used to drive a quality student experience. We will discuss the terminology of online/virtual and digital pedagogy, introduce constructivism and key considerations for digital learning and hear from the University of Wolverhampton how pedagogy is being used to drive a quality student experience in a digital environment and how academic staff are being supported.

Published 29th July 2020

July 2020

Evolving Student Engagement Digital Conference 2020

21-23 July

This year’s conference aimed at those working in student engagement will focus on how higher education providers can maintain quality in a digital environment. This year the event will also cater for newly elected student officers and student representatives to support them in their new roles in the challenging COVID-19 environment. We’re delighted to be joined by colleagues from the Highlands and Islands Students’ Association, Cardiff University, University of Greenwich, Swansea University and sparqs.

Published 15th July 2020

Global Perspectives - Higher education: Who belongs here? (Members only) | Advance HE

Free webinar - Wednesday 22nd July 2020 - 09:00am - 10:00am

As part of our enhanced range of member benefits for the 2019/20 academic year, we are running a series of webinars which cover the themes of ‘facing the future’ and ‘global perspectives’, and will focus on creating and sharing new knowledge as well as an opportunity to engage in discussion with colleagues from Advance HE member institutions globally.

The ‘Global Perspectives’ webinars are timed for a worldwide audience and therefore usually fall outside core hours in the UK and will be recorded to allow access within the individuals normal working pattern.

Published 10th July 2020

Techniques for successful online learning: how do we rethink course design?

29th July 2020, 14:15 – Webinar

Experts from Bisk Education and academics from leading US universities will present the steps they use for effective online instructional design. This event will cover techniques in synchronous and asynchronous education, for universities planning either hybrid or fully online courses.

Speakers include:

• Professor Keith Niblett, Assistant Director, International and Custom Programs, Michigan State University

• Bernarde Hyde, CEO, SUMS Group

• Dr Tealia DeBerry, Senior Manager, Learning Technology and Engagement, Bisk Education

• Dr Richard Sites, VP Learning Experience Design, Bisk Education

Published 20th July 2020

CEG Digital online courses

The following courses are available to all UoP staff to help support you in the development and delivery of your online course materials and assessments:

• Preparing to Support Online Students

• Online Teaching and Learning

• Online Assessment

• Online Teaching and Learning

• Preparing to Support Online Students

To register interest in any of these courses, visit CEG Digital Online Courses

Published 17th July 2020

OI – Online instructor

Free workshops:

• Fundamentals of Online Teaching Track,

• Myths of Online Teaching and Learning,

• Introduction to the Community of Inquiry

• Teaching Presence

• Social Presence

• Cognitive Presence

Published 20th March 2020

Developing a Sense of Belonging in online distance learning

Free course:

The toolkit is aimed at tutors and course teams who are interested in developing Sense of Belonging (SoB) for students engaged in online distance learning. It contains practical suggestions for online tutors about how to develop Sense of Belonging, opportunities to learn from others, a tool to help with evaluating and reflecting on Sense of Belonging and a short synthesis of relevant literature.

Published March 2020

Epigeum

Moving to online teaching in response to Covid-19? Free access to Epigeum resources that may help!

Update: Thank you to all who accessed the online training resources we made freely available until 31 May 2020; we hope that they helped support your transition to online teaching in response to coronavirus, COVID-19. If you are interested in trialling or subscribing to any of the courses via the above link, please get in touch.

Published 12th March 2020

The Value of Working Remotely

Free course:

Optimise working remotely, whether you’re new to remote work or not, and whether you’re leading a team or part of a team involving distributed team members. Discover how to be productive and stay connected when working from home or other remote environments.

Published March 2020

New to Working Remotely? These Resources Can Help

Free courses:

Almost overnight, remote work has become mainstream. Companies around the world are encouraging their employees to work from home to prioritise the health and safety of their workforce and communities amid coronavirus.

Published 12th March 2020

Covid-19: FutureLearn Offers Free Online Coronavirus Course

Free course:

FutureLearn has partnered with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to launch a free online course on Covid-19

Published 12th March 2020

Covid-19: Working from Home During Coronavirus

Free course:

Learn tips and techniques for maximising your productivity whilst working remotely, from online collaboration tools to setting up a designated workspace.

Published 13th March 2020