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"teaching for astonishment"

QM's efforts in developing ways to recognise teaching excellence get a mention in the THE

Article about teaching in seminars - with useful student quote

Inspired to bookmark this from the grad attributes consultation in which one group had two members who were engaging in 'destructive group behaviours' (brought onto the straight and narrow eventually by a skilled facilitator) ... I have heard it suggested that if groups are being derailed by dominating or digressing types, it can be useful for the whole group to sit down and consider what kind of group member they are in order to limit their unhelpful behaviours and get the group working well again.

I missed out on the session today so I'm not sure of the context of this, I can imagine though! As an aside...this is a very interesting web site all round...I've just been watching a presentation on "How people learn" and it's interesting from the point of view of the subject matter and from the perspective of how the material has been made available. I know Giles is working hard trying to put together videos of some of our own academics talking about teaching and I look forward to seeing them!

QM, the rising star in the RAE...oh dear, 57th this year, a drop of 10 places. My alma mater...Heriot-Watt...up a stonking 30 places from 52 to 22. Hurrah! Of course, we shouldn't believe league tables should we?

The Guardian's ranking of UK universities according to teaching excellence.

Ignoring the headline (main story is better)...report due which considers affect/impact of web2.0 on learning and teaching.

The UK Data Archive (UKDA) is a centre of expertise in data acquisition, preservation, dissemination and promotion and is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. Founded in 1967, it now houses several thousand datasets of interest to a wide range of researchers and provides resource discovery and support for secondary use of quantitative and qualitative data in research, learning and teaching. UKDA is a designated Place of Deposit by The National Archives allowing it to ingest and preserve public records. UKDA is based at the University of Essex in Colchester.

This is a JISC backed site covering the use of Web2.0 tools in all areas of academic practice...research, teaching and administration. It's currently looking a bit thin (July 2009) but hopefully it will get fleshed out.

Not an article that is dismissive of classrooms but one that ponders what works in a classroom and where classroom teaching fits in the larger spectrum.

Quite a lot of relevance to the "You can't do that in a classroom" link posted recently.

Article by Stanley Fish which raises some interesting questions about the place of writing in university study, and whether it should be embedded in the disciplines or taught separately. It plays into wider debates about canon-formation. More relevant to the US system but still interesting I thought.

HEA's new site collecting together evidence related to teaching and learning in HE

Useful historical overview