News
Latest news and events on learning and teaching.
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15.May.2012
Event: Free Technology Enhanced Learning & Assessment themed Seminars**
Problem-Based Learning & Authentic Assessment 28th May 2012 12:00 - 14:00 Presenters: Norman Woolley (HESAS), and Karen Counsell (FBS) Electronic Assessment Management: the benefits for students, staff and the institution 30th May 2012 12:00 - 14:00 Presenter: Dr Cath Ellis - University of Huddersfield
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08.May.2012
School of Health Science Bid Success
Congratulations to the School of Health Science for a successful bid for a Higher Education Academy Individual Teaching Development Grant.
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27.Apr.2012
Royal Society partnership grants
This scheme helps schools to run exciting and innovative projects in partnership with a professional scientist or engineer.
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25.Apr.2012
JISC MediaHub – A Lunch time byte delivered to your desk
Another in the free RSC Wales Lunchtime Bytes webinar series. In this session Vivienne Carr of EDINA will introduce you to JISC MediaHub - a new multimedia platform, which offers cross-searching of a wide range of collections of digital image, video and audio collections.
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18.Apr.2012
SALT Research Internships announced
SALT is pleased to announce the launch of its Research Internship programme designed to promote further the linkages between teaching and research and provide opportunities for students to gain first-hand experience of the research process. As a result we are inviting placement proposals from members of academic staff interested in offering a funded (by SALT) internship position for Summer 2012
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15.Mar.2012
Internationalisation Event 3rd April (York) - Repeated 19th July (Bristol)
The HEA are holding an event on 3 April in York to facilitate the development of a network of individuals with interests in Internationalisation ...
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06.Mar.2012
Teaching Development Grants: Project Development Workshop
Workshop to increase understanding and applications of bids submitted to the Hegher Education Academy TDG calls
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05.Mar.2012
HEA Wales Bulletin
New HEA Wales bulletin available
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15.Feb.2012
Aaron Porter confirmed for SALT Conference
Former NUS President Aaron Porter has been confirmed as Keynote speaker for the annual SALT Excellence in Learning & Teaching Conference, which will take place on Monday July 2nd 2012.
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13.Feb.2012
[Event] New Models for Education and Training Build on Open Educational Resources - 22nd February 2012
The event will take place with physical audiences in Madrid and Milton Keynes as well as online. Presentations will be primarily in English. Questions may be asked in English or Spanish
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01.Feb.2012
[Event] Webinar: Making Assessment Count (MAC)
The objective of Making Assessment Count is primarily to help students engage more closely with the assessment process, either at the stage where they are addressing an assignment or at the stage when they receive feedback on a completed assignment.
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09.Jan.2012
JISC Netskills' workshop programme for 2012
They will be running workshops from 24th January to 23rd March 2012 in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham and online.
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14.Dec.2011
CALL FOR PAPERS: The International HETL Review
The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Review is now accepting article submissions for 2012. See
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12.Dec.2011
JISC Media Hub - now availabe at Swansea
JISC MediaHub is a new multimedia platform offering a wealth of digital image, video and audio collections accessible from a single interface. The new platform offers access to free-at-the-point-of-use images, video and audio content licensed for educational and research use, via an easy-to-use interface, cross-searching across all the collections and the ability to source content from a wide range of content-providers through a thumbnail and metadata search portal
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05.Dec.2011
Event: WALES’ FIRST NATIONAL LEARNING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE
Inaugural Future Directions conference – Graduates For Our Future 26 April 2012 – Glyndŵr University
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10.Nov.2011
SwanseaEvent: SALT Seminar - Multiple Choice: The smart choice or dumbing down?
Wednesday 23rd November 12:00-14:00 – lunch included. Room 703 in the Library Building Exploring the use of multiple choice questions for formative and summative assessment. How effectively do they assess higher learning? Can they help provide better feedback? Can they save you time? The main speaker for the session will be Dr. Steve W. Draper of Glasgow University
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31.Oct.2011
New HEA Wales Bulletin
News, events, publications, resources and funding from the Higher Education Academy in Wales
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18.Oct.2011
Swansea Event: Developing Digital Literacies:workshop on developing learners and learning organisations for the 21st Century
Developing Digital Literacies: A series of national workshops on developing learners and learning organisations for the 21st Century A free workshop from the JISC e-Learning Programme on developing digital literacies is taking place on 4th November in Wales, organised in partnership with JISC RSC Wales.
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17.Oct.2011
New QAA Publication - Understanding Assesment
... and its role in safeguarding academic standards and quality in HE.
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13.Oct.2011
JISC: Technology for Learning Small Project Grant Programme
JISC RSC Wales has announced a Technology for Learning Small Project Grant Programme. Funding is available for up to 10 projects worth £2,500 each. This programme is aimed at supporting the provision of technology to enhance quality of business whilst also generating overall cost savings for the provider.
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10.Oct.2011
Event: JISC Online Conference 2011
Innovating e-Learning 2011 offers a big conference experience in the comfort of your own environment. Register now to explore through live presentations and asynchronous debates some of the latest thinking about the benefits and challenges of enhancing learning and teaching with technology. The registration fee remains unchanged at £50.
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10.Oct.2011
SALT TV
SALT now has it's own channel on the University streaming server.
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27.Sep.2011
FREE Online Event – Emerging Practice in Mobile Learning
This free session is for anyone who is interested in using mobile devices in education, and will showcase some of the best practices in emerging technologies. 20 October 2011 12:30 - 14:00 Orientation session 12:00 - 12:30
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13.Sep.2011
Event: Webinar - Researching work-based learning
MedEdWorld Webinar - Researching work-based learning
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13.Sep.2011
Event: JISC Online Conferene
JISC Online Conference: Pre-conference activity week: 15th - 21st November 2011 Main conference sessions: 22nd - 25th November 2011
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08.Sep.2011
Event - Webinar: teaching and assessing reflection in higher education
An Australian webinar on developing a systematic, course-wide approach to teaching and assessing reflection in higher education - 6th October 9.00 am (UK time) £10 registration fee
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06.Sep.2011
ALT-C: Free Online Access
The 2011 ALT Conference will start in earnest on Tuesday 6 September.
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06.Sep.2011
New funding calls from the HEA
Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants on the themes of internationalisation or employability. This bid-based development grant funding exists to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.
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30.Aug.2011
Swansea Archaeologist Honoured
A Swansea University academic has received a prestigious award for his work to raise awareness of the threats posed by the international antiquities trade ...
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30.Aug.2011
HEA Economics Network Annual Learning and Teaching Awards
The winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award is Professor Steven Cook from Swansea University ...
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12.Aug.2011
The HEA are consulting on their strategic direction
The HEA are consulting on their strategic direction for the next five years and are asking for opinions.
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10.Aug.2011
Learning and Teaching Small Project Grants 2011 programme.
The Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching (SALT) is pleased to invite applications for its Learning and Teaching Small Project Grants 2011 programme. This programme is aimed at supporting academics wanting to explore new approaches to their teaching practices, possibly in response to perceived needs/issues, with the ultimate aim of improving the student learning experience. It is thus complementary to the existing scheme run through the Staff Development Unit.
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05.Aug.2011
SwanseaEvent: New Seminar Programme
Following on from last year's successful series a new programme has planned for 2011/12.
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01.Aug.2011
New HEA Wales Bulletin
The latest HEA Wales Bulletin is now available on the HEA Website.
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29.Jul.2011
Congratulations on a National Teaching Fellowship Award
A Senior Lecturer and Consultant Anaesthetist at Swansea University’s College of Medicine has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy
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06.Jul.2011
[Event: Webinar: From Virtual to Strategic – the reinvention of an online learning environment
Wednesday 13th July: 10-11.15 am With Professor Susannah Quinsee, Director Learning Development and Chair of Learning and Teaching Development, City University London
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05.Jul.2011
Event: Research-Teaching Nexus Action Set Conference
A call for papers and registration (deadline 8th July) for the University of Wales Alliance and Higher Education Academy Research-Teaching Nexus Action Set Conference
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05.Jul.2011
Event: Teaching Politics and International Relations in the Post-Browne Environment
A call for papers for the Political Studies Association and British International Studies Association Conference taking place in Senedd, Cardiff bay on 13-14th September.
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30.Jun.2011
JISC Inform now out with focus on the student experience
The latest edition of JISC Inform is now live with a focus on how JISC is working to support colleges and universities enhance the learner experience.
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10.Jun.2011
Latest news from the HEA Wales
The latest HEA Wales Bulletin is out. The bulletin is designed to keep all the HEA'scolleagues and contacts up to date on their latest news, events, resources and funding opportunities.
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09.Jun.2011
Event: Introduction to Open Educational Resources
The SCORE project is holding an Event in Bristol to introduce educators to Open Educational Resources. SCORE event: Introduction to Open Educational Resources – June 21st 2011
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08.Jun.2011
Event: Webinar What's New in Digital Learning Environments?
The webinar will feature Michael Feldstein and Niall Sclater. Both presenters have thought deeply about digital learning environments for many years, and both have extensive production and development experience: Michael in the US (latterly at Oracle), and Niall in the UK (latterly at the Open University).
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06.Jun.2011
Research in to the learning experience. ELESIG Spring Newsletter
ELESIG Spring Newsletter Contents include: Students as change agents in a digital age (Report on ELESIG Spring Symposium in Exeter), Making Assessment Count, Whither the VLE?,Research Methods: The Nominal Group Technique
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02.Jun.2011
Event: Podcasting - A Practical Guide
Monday 20th June, 11.30am-12.30pm and Wednesday 29th June, 10:00am-4:00pm THIS IS AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
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27.May.2011
Conference videos now available
If you missed the conference, want to catch up on the session you weren't in or just want to see the presentations again, the videos are now up on the SALT Conference site.
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25.May.2011
SwanseaEvent: Lunch and Learn: AccessApps – making the most of accessibility and productivity tools
Lunch & Learn – AccessApps – making the most of accessibility and productivity tools Date:Friday June 3, 2011 Time:1:00 – 2:00 Presenter:Helen M Davies, ISS
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24.May.2011
Call for expressions of interest – Case Studies on Engaging Academics in using Technology Enhanced Learning
We’ve all heard comments like 'We put on great courses - and can't fill them!', 'Teaching is always going to take second place to research for academics' and 'Academics just don't have time to attend our courses'. So, how can we reach out to academics and persuade them to devote time and effort to enhancing their teaching through technology? What works? And what is scalable/affordable?
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24.May.2011
Event: Pearson Online Presentations 2nd to 8th June 2011
Although aimed and EFL teachers, some of these online seminars have something to offer anyone teaching or supporting learning.
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06.May.2011
Conference site now open
The 2011 SALT Conference site is now open http://saltconference2011.swan.ac.uk/ The conference site contains the programme as well as abstracts and biographies of the conference speakers. After the conference the site will have recordings of the presentations as well as the opportunity to comment.
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09.Apr.2011
3rd Annual Excellence in Learning and Teaching Conference
We are very pleased that Professor Craig Mahoney, Chief Executive of The Higher Education Academy, will be coming to Swansea to present at the conference, on the Future Directions for Learning and Teaching, and the role of the HEA, including the restructuring process and their new work programme.