Our 'Practical strategies for ...' workshop series runs through each academic year, offering a range of relevant learning and teaching themed topics. Information on workshops and online booking. About the series‘Practical strategies for…’ is a workshop series that covers a broad range of current and future-oriented learning and teaching topics. The workshops are interactive and provide staff with opportunities to reflect on their own practice. The aim is that staff will leave with practical ideas they can take away and apply in their own disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts. Workshops typically last for 1.5 hours and are not recorded. A full list of previous topics and speakers is provided below.Who is the series for?The workshops are open to staff from any discipline and at any level across the university, including Tutors and Demonstrators.2024/25 schedulePlease see below upcoming workshops in Semester 1.As the year progresses more workshops will be added as details are confirmed and so we would ask you to please check back throughout the academic year.Date & timeWorkshopLocationBooking link (People and Money)Tuesday 26th November 2024, 14:00-15:30Practical Strategies for... Interdisciplinary teaching and assessmentOnline (MS Teams) https://edin.ac/3A4ISUuHow to bookWhen sessions are available, online booking links will be added above.For full instructions for staff on making and cancelling workshop bookings in the People and Money Learning App, please follow the relevant user guide:People and Money User Guide – How to Manage Your Learning (Employee guide)If you are a Tutor or Demonstrator and don’t yet have access to People and Money, please contact iad.teach@ed.ac.uk for support.Useful infoDue to the interactive nature of the online workshops, we recommend joining from a quiet space where possible.Questions?Any questions relating to the workshops or booking, or to express an interest in attending a workshop that is yet to open for booking, please contact: Learning and teaching support Contact details Email: iad.teach@ed.ac.uk Sharing course participation dataSharing course participation data: IAD policy and practice is to be transparent and to share participation data with University schools and departments. The full policy document is available below:IAD policy on reporting attendance on IAD events and courses (PDF)Related LinksSign up to our learning and teaching mailing list Previous Practical Strategies workshops Date & title: Wednesday, 2nd October 2024, Practical Strategies for... Intro to course design; Speakers: Neil Lent, Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching; Jenny Scoles, Academic DeveloperDate & title: Wednesday, 25th September 2024, Practical Strategies for... applying for PTAS funding; Speakers: Neil Lent, Lecturer in University Learning and TeachingDate & title: Tuesday, 7th May 2024, Practical Strategies for... embedding sustainability in the curriculum; Speakers: Victoria Tait, Academic Developer; Lucy Patterson, Sustainability in the curriculum coordinatorDate & title: Wednesday, 17th April 2024, Practical strategies for... supporting disabled students in their learning: Accessible and inclusive approaches; Speakers: Karen Scott, Disability Advisor This article was published on 2024-02-26
