Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:06
The online course, Activities, Knowledge, and Values is designed to expand participants’ sense of contemporary issues and challenges in higher education. It addresses eight topical themes, which are delivered as synchronous interactive sessions in this core course for the PGCert in Higher Education Teaching & Learning programme. The course also includes an authentication of teaching practice activity, which builds upon the peer observation of teaching in the first PGCert course.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is offered online and is available across both Aberdeen and Qatar campuses, for University of Aberdeen staff currently employed in a significant role in higher education teaching or learning support. The course is a core component of the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching & Learning programme, which is delivered by the Centre for Academic Development.
The course comprises of eight sessions, as outlined below. For each session, asynchronous learning activities precede the synchronous session in a ‘flipped classroom approach’.
1: Reasons to Teach
2: Value of Theories for Learning
3: Audience and Obstacles
4: Nurturing a Learning Community
5: Concepts: Fit for Practice?
6: Ethics
7: Education for Sustainable Development
8: Poster Presentation
A synchronous session that will enable participants to present a poster to course peers and the teaching team.
These eight sessions are underpinned by four formative assessments, two summative assessments, and include a mandatory observation of teaching practice.
The course is designed as a professional development option for educators keen to enhance their existing knowledge base and skills in teaching, learning, and assessment. It is fully aligned with the Professional Standards Framework for Teaching & Supporting Learning in Higher Education (PSF, 2023) and is delivered in partnership with the School of Education. Course materials and associated resources are delivered using the University’s virtual learning environment, MyAberdeen.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 38 | Feedback Weeks | 41 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 2,500 An individual letter to the School Director of Education (or equivalent person) to outline how the participant’s teaching practice aligns with the University’s 2040 Strategy and the Professional Standards Framework 2023. Written feedback will be provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Create | Exemplify, in the written report, arguments for change in learning and teaching, through discipline-related reflection, synthesised with the literature. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically reflect upon their teaching practice within the dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023, to enhance the quality of their teaching. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 39 | Feedback Weeks | 43 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 500 Participants will design and present a poster, which exemplifies an innovative approach to learning and teaching practice. Written feedback and oral feedback will be provided at the poster event. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Create | Design and present a poster, which exemplifies an innovative approach to learning and teaching practice. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 33 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 500 Participants prepare an annotated bibliography, to help them prepare for summative 1, the professional letter. Written feedback will be provided on the strengthens and developments areas for submissions. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate the literature in contemporary fields of learning and teaching developments. |
| Reflection | Create | Exemplify, in the written report, arguments for change in learning and teaching, through discipline-related reflection, synthesised with the literature. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Word Count: 500 Participants are required to be observed in their teaching or learner support duties by an existing colleague with Advance HE Fellowship at FHEA or above. The observee submits a written reflective appraisal of their own teaching practice and written feedback is provided by the Course Co-ordinator and peer feedback from the observer. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Construct arguments for change in learning and teaching practice, through discussion and written report. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically reflect upon their teaching practice within the dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023, to enhance the quality of their teaching. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 42 | Feedback Weeks | 45 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 800 PSF 2023 Alignment Grid at Descriptor 2 Written feedback will be provided for each of the framework dimensions. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically reflect upon their teaching practice within the dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023, to enhance the quality of their teaching. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
| Feedback |
Advance planning and preparation for summative 1, an individual 5-minute video presentation. An individual video presentation of 5 minutes, which focuses on teaching and underpinning theory, and how it will be used in the summative professional letter assessment. Written feedback and forward will be provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Construct arguments for change in learning and teaching practice, through discussion and written report. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Word Count: 500 Written Feedback. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 50 | Feedback Weeks | 52 | |
| Feedback |
Word Count: 2,500 An individual letter to the School Director of Education (or equivalent person) to outline how the participant’s teaching practice aligns with the University’s 2040 Strategy and the Professional Standards Framework 2023. Written feedback will be provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate the literature in contemporary fields of learning and teaching developments. |
| Procedural | Create | Construct arguments for change in learning and teaching practice, through discussion and written report. |
| Reflection | Create | Exemplify, in the written report, arguments for change in learning and teaching, through discipline-related reflection, synthesised with the literature. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically reflect upon their teaching practice within the dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023, to enhance the quality of their teaching. |
| Reflection | Create | Design and present a poster, which exemplifies an innovative approach to learning and teaching practice. |
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