Although Library Search is a good place to start looking for information on learning and teaching, there is a wealth of other resources to help you in your academic practice. Take some time to explore some highlights below and for more subject specific information relating to your academic discipline, then don't forget to check out your subject support guide.
Useful Links
- Discipline Specific HEA ResourcesLinks to the HEA website where you can access discipline support pages and also the Knowledge Hub where you can search for case studies, resources, and research by discipline or theme
- Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments ProjectThe project sought to develop subject-specific conceptual frameworks to guide institutional and faculty or departmental development of teaching-learning environments. The overall intention was to explore the applicability of these concepts and previous research findings in accounting for the extent to which teaching-learning environments encourage the active engagement of students, and deep approaches to studying, in achieving high quality outcomes of learning.
- The Experience of Learning: Implications for teaching and studying in higher educationThis eBook presents results of research from studies into the way students learn in higher education.
- How to be a Good LecturerSummary of live HE chat from the Guardian
- Newcastle University Case Studies of Effective PracticeFind teaching ideas from colleagues based here at Newcastle University
Information Literacy (IL) skills are crucial and should ideally underpin all that you teach. As a Library Liaison team, we have put together a guide to help you in your module and programme planning to see what IL skills undergraduate students should have at each stage.
If you want to see a practical example of how IL skills were integrated into the Environmental Sciences programme here at Newcastle, check out the article below:
Bent, M. and Stockdale, E. (2009) 'Integrating information literacy as a habit of learning - assessing the impact of a golden thread of IL through the curriculum', Journal of Information Literacy, 3(1), pp. 43-50.
To learn more about IL, explore the resources below:
- The Information Literacy WebsiteThis is an excellent place to find up to date information relating to Information Literacy. It includes links to more examples of practice and lots of other information too.
- The Information Literacy Resource Bank at Cardiff UniversityThis central repository contains bite-sized information literacy learning resources for Cardiff University staff to integrate into teaching materials as and when required. There is a selection of activities, quizzes, diagrams and cartoons as well as short ready-made self-paced tutorials on a range of essential information literacy topics such as citing references and plagiarism. New resources will continue to be added over time. Your students can use any of the resources from this web site or you can download and seamlessly incorporate them into your own learning materials. Full details on how to embed them into Blackboard modules, PowerPoint and Word are provided.
Have you ever considered using twitter in your teaching? Here are some examples you may wish to investigate:
- ICCHS student projectStudents from ICCHS, Newcastle, using Twitter for their project.
- Nottingham module on TwitterArticle about a business module which uses Twitter.
- Professor Simon Lancaster
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Professor of Chemical Education who uses Twitter in modules. - UCL Module on TwitterA Chemistry module on Twitter.
- UEA Module on TwitterAnother Chemistry module in which lecturers and students use Twitter.
- Using Twitter in university learningBlogpost from a media academic who has used Twitter in some modules.
- Victorian literatureTHES report on an Eng Lit lecturer, Rosie Miles, using Twitter to connect with Victorian writers.
- Using social media in higher education teachingBlog post from one the librarian's here at Newcastle University on using social media in teaching.
- One in four students uses social media to contact university staffRecent article from Times Higher Ed.
- Universities should use Twitter to engage with studentsGuardian article.
- Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impactUseful guide from LSE which has general advice, and specific suggestions re. teaching.
- Using Twitter in academic teachingPresentation with useful examples and tips by Ned Potter from York University.
- 60 inspiring examples of Twitter in the classroomLots of simple but effective ideas.
- 8 Kinds of Social Media Personalities: Which Are You?Are you a lurker or a peacock?
- Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016Looking for a new tool for using in class? Look no further!
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