The TIPS Blog is a collection of short articles written by colleagues, sharing examples of their teaching practice. Each article outlines a teaching intervention, explains the design rationale, evaluates impact and suggests how these could be used and adapted by others.
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The research process of the dissertation – discovering, collating, and critically analysing information – remains a valuable learning experience. However, with progressive introduction of capstones across the University and the emergence of AI tools, the dissertation as a written output is, in my view at least, at its sell-by date, with its use-by date fast...
The rapid growth of tools such as ChatGPT has sparked ongoing discussions across the education sector. The Charted Association of Business Schools (CABS) recently published a post that raises the question of whether ChatGPT signals the end of assessments. As a social scientist specialising in technology development and utilisation, I have researched the potential of...
The TIPS blog is pleased to share a collection of six articles on inclusive assessment. Jenny Brady, Inclusive Learning and Teaching Manager at the University of Leeds, introduces this special collection by explaining a little more about inclusive assessment at Leeds: Why is it so important to think about inclusive assessment? In higher education, we've...
This post provides evidence-based practical tips for academics to use when creating or improving interdisciplinary team learning experiences for students. Importance of Interdisciplinary Team Working Globalisation and other factors have led to graduates increasingly being required to work in interdisciplinary teams. In terms of the labour market and interdisciplinary employability skills, there is a growing...
Example-based learning (EBL) is a successful and time-efficient instructional strategy to introduce new content to learners. The learners are provided with various examples along with problem solutions provided by an expert to illustrate the new content and has a lesser cognitive load on the learners. Multimedia learning based worked examples amplify the benefits of EBL...
In the first week of January, the LITE Team hosted the Leeds Student Education Conference 2023- an event for over 450 people where we held four plenary sessions and two sets of parallel sessions, each with five concurrent panels. Delegates and presenters were able to choose whether they would like to attend the sessions in...
As part of my LITE project on the Enhancement of the pedagogic practice at Leeds University through the engagement of Postgraduate Research Students in teaching, I carried out teaching observation of staff and Postgraduate Research Students who teach across the several Schools and Faculties of the University of Leeds. For the purpose of executing this...
Bringing time poor professionals into the classroom for a guest talk can be difficult. Furthermore, influencer’s time is expensive, so I needed to find a way to make it efficient and future-proof. I also wanted to keep it authentic to who they are and what they do. What did you do and why did you...
Synoptic learning activities help students integrate knowledge and skills acquired within a course module and also across modules. In this article, I reflect on the design and implementation of a synoptic learning activity in a flipped classroom environment that promotes active learning and integrates technical competence with soft skills. What did you do and why...
Dissertations that require independent research are often daunting for students who must devise and undertake a project from scratch. In this blog I outline changes I made to an undergraduate dissertation module to enhance engagement with the dissertation process, and the methods introduced to empower students through their journey. What did you do and why...