Academic Developers December round up

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Learning Matters Podcast 

Listen to Luis Ponce Cuspinera and Zahid Pranjol discuss scholarship for science teaching in episode four of the Learning Matters Podcast. This episode covers lots of ground, including decolonising the curriculum and real-world learning and much more.

Learning Matters blog posts

In addition to the podcast and the New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies series, the following posts have recently been published on the Learning Matters blog: 

Gen AI Practical tips for teachers 

The University of Kent Digitally Enhanced Education webinars this month focused on Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills When Using Generative AI. There is something for everyone across the 17 fifteen-minute recordings now available in two playlists on their YouTube channel.  

See also this new educational resource from Tadhg Blommerde  – a comprehensive video guide on using AI to improve your teaching. It covers six practical applications of GenAI and includes real demonstrations using tools like Claude and ChatGPT, with specific prompts and examples you can adapt for your own teaching. Go to the Teaching with AI Community of Practice Padlet to find a summary of timings so you can jump directly to sections that interest you.  

NTF/CATE applications 

A reminder that expressions of interest for the 2025 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) awards are now open until Friday 13 December 2024 (see our webpage for full details) For further information or to register your interested please email S.Connelly@sussex.ac.uk  

Scholarship 

The Sussex Digital Pedagogies Toolkit was launched in October. This toolkit has been created collaboratively by a staff-student research team through the Education and Innovation fund. It uses material from a series of online workshops with members of the Sussex community, including faculty, professional services and students. View all posts in this series

The Education and Innovation fund also supported the project Supporting the International Student Experience at Sussex and Beyond. These resources have been co-created with international students and provide guidance and support on inclusive teaching practice that will be beneficial for all students. Here are the resources published so far:  

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