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Ass. Prof/ NTF/ PFHEA /PGCert Leader. My posts. Love my kids and avocados. Author of 'Inclusive Learning Design in Higher Education - A Practical Guide' (Routledge), currently writing a book on #PGCert (Routledge). Interested in all things #SoTL #EduSky

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MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025 Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.

πŸŽ™οΈJoin @virnarossi.bsky.social in a panel + reflection on rethinking tasks, briefs, and feedback to make assessment more meaningful.
πŸ—“οΈMonday, July 7
1:00–2:00 PM GMT
πŸ“Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi...
Fee Waiver: email us on unboundeq@gmail.com
#HigherEd #Teaching #Assessment #MYFEST25

06.07.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.

Great stuff in here including TEMPLATES!!!!!!! Thanks @mrrablin.bsky.social

www.edutopia.org/article/15-f...

01.06.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Student wearing headphones, taking notes and working on a laptop.

Student wearing headphones, taking notes and working on a laptop.

Q3 What examples have you seen of music being used effectively to support or enhance teaching and learning?

Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

07.05.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 1

It's not too late to book a place at the #ANTF2025 Symposium taking place in beautiful Hereford!

Take a look at the delegate pack for information on travel and accommodation ntf-association.com/wp-content/u...

08.05.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. #Arts www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

08.05.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#LTHEchat 322: Postplagiarism: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Artificial Intelligence Led by Prof. Sarah Elaine Eaton @saraheaton.bsky.social In higher education, we find ourselves at a fascinating inflection point. The emergence of powerful artificial intelligence tools has forever…

#LoveLD - love tonight's chat: #LTHEchat 322: Postplagiarism: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Artificial Intelligence lthechat.com/2025/03/10/l...

12.03.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Copy of the Sixth edition of the Lecturers Toolkit in rather nice shades of turquoise blue and green

Copy of the Sixth edition of the Lecturers Toolkit in rather nice shades of turquoise blue and green

@philrace.bsky.social and I are Very pleased to be told today on World Book day that our Lecturers Toolit will be published on 16th April. We will have discount flyers soon

06.03.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

A must have πŸ‘‡

06.03.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re/Marks on Power Annotationβ€”the seemingly simple act of marking a textβ€”is often diminished as a marginal practice. It is prohibited in physical objects and considered irr...

Six weeks until "Re/Marks on Power: How Annotation Inscribes History, Literacy, and Justice" is published!
Pre-order today or wait until mid-April for the open access version from @mitpress.bsky.social Direct to Open program.
#literacies #AcademicSky #EduSky #BookSky
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255103...

04.03.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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literatures – look for blind spots One of the problems with literatures work is that you deal with what’s published. And once you’ve accumulated what’s out there, you use them. You might find a definition or categories drawn from th…

A small reminder that there is more to literatures work than reviewing patthomson.net/2025/03/03/l...

03.03.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hosting #LTHEchat 318: Designing for DiverseΒ Learners - Dr Lee Fallin Last week we took Designing for Diverse Learners to #LTHEchat. Catch up on the dialogue or read the full blog here.

Hosting #LTHEchat 318: Designing for Diverse Learners:

20.02.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chapter 6 'Diversified, relevant and creative' - A.B. Paul on 'Game Boards' Slides'
YouTube video by Inclusive Learning Design Chapter 6 'Diversified, relevant and creative' - A.B. Paul on 'Game Boards' Slides'

Hi
There’s a section about playful learning and games in my book, with a case study on games for Maths

and a video by the author to explain the process more

Link to companion website (scroll to bottom of page)
inclusivelearningdesign.com/book/section...

Video:
youtu.be/4JoBpBUbIJE?...

#lthechat

19.02.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Q3. How can we help non-game playing educators use games in learning situations? #LTHEChat

19.02.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Q5. How can we best use games in assessment of learning? Do you have any examples? #LTHEChat

19.02.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Last question
Q6. Game-based learning design takes time. How best can we collaborate on and share our games for HE? #LTHEChat

19.02.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Q4. What role can students play in designing games to support their learning, and how can we facilitate this? #LTHEChat

19.02.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

A week from today!

18.02.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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L&T Chat Show Podcast Β· Roger Saunders Β· Introducing new ideas for teaching and learning in higher education. A series of short interviews looking at practical methods for enhancing academic activities and student ...

#LoveLD love the L&T Chat Show podcast double bill, with Carys Watts on 'Learning to Fail', helping her enterprise students reach their potential and Virna Rossi on 'Evidencing Impact', a must for anyone thinking about promotion, fellowship or NTF.
open.spotify.com/show/7CyKtc2...

12.02.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t believe I missed this chat, I had a committee meeting that clashed with the time
But I’m checking out the posts asynchronously #lthechat

12.02.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Key concepts and background Listen to this Educational Burrito podcast about how my approach came about. Watch this MyFest 2023 presentation of my β€˜roots to shoots’ approach. Read more about the key concepts below. Inclusion is ...

It’s so interesting because β€˜learning design’ is a contested term. I discuss this in the background discussion in my book - can learning be designed?

Scroll down till you get to that part:

inclusivelearningdesign.com/book/backgro...

#lthechat

12.02.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@maryjacob.bsky.social
If it’s not too late to add to your round up

12.02.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this

#LTHEchat
#edusky

12.02.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Plastic black ammo box locked with a 5-letter combination lock

Plastic black ammo box locked with a 5-letter combination lock

There's lots I can't control right now but I did create a fun escape room/puzzle box activity as a review for my undergrad social cognition class and watching them race through the puzzles today brought me joy 😍 1/

10.02.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
A diverse group learning around a table.

A diverse group learning around a table.

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore designing for diverse learners with Lee Fallin @leefallin.bsky.social, Tom Tomlinson @tomtomlinson.bsky.social and Gemma Spencer @gemmaspencer.bsky.social
on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/09/l...

09.02.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Good Morning Vietnam Abbreviations
YouTube video by Frbyrd Good Morning Vietnam Abbreviations

youtu.be/V7ImvRAsdqs?...

05.02.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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05.02.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A5 Reveal the magic of how to do University, train and provide peer support. Can’t help think most of HE is about punishment not praise πŸ€” #LTHEChat

05.02.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Q6.

By hacking the curriculum and showing others the way through systems that with the best will in the world will never ever be fully accessible or visible to learners.

If you know the way show the way.

Don't wait for faculty to do everything. Some teachers are heroes many are not.
#LTHEchat

05.02.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Great idea πŸ‘

05.02.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just gonna leave this hereβ€”THIS is what makes
Quizizz one of a kind.

Accessibility isn’t an afterthoughtβ€”it comes first. πŸ’œ

#AccessibilityMatters #InclusiveEducation #EdTechForAll #UDL #AccessibleEdTech
#EquityInEducation #EdTech
@quizizz.bsky.social

05.02.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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