USEFUL WEBSITES

 A range of high-quality resources for Educational and Professional Development are available on the web. Start exploring them here: 

• 3 E Framework for Technology Enhanced Learning
  The original framework from Napier University. The purpose of this short guide is to assist staff to meaningfully incorporate technology into the learning and teaching approach of their modules
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  Website resources include the free journal, Research Points, covering education research issues and intended for policymakers.
• BBC Education
  News, comment and debate on topical education issues across the UK
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  A membership organisation that promotes research in education through Special Interest Groups and publications such as Research Intelligence, issues of which can be viewed for free
• Center For Curriculum Redesign (CCR)
  The CCR focuses on both designing and propagating new curricula
• Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA)
  UCL - Institute of Education's digital archive of education-related documents by government and related bodies
• Griffith University Best Practice Guide
  This is a detailed guide for internationalisation of the curriculum which takes a broad view and considers different disciplinary perspectives. Useful descriptions of the forms that internationalisation can take at institutional, programme, module and classroom levels.  Clear and concise appendix detailing many different strategies that can be put into practice, and a useful bibliography
• Higher Education Academy - Curriculum Design
  A range of resources and case studies featuring and highlighting inclusive curriculum design
• Higher Education Academy - Feedback Toolkit
  This resource has been created as a reference guide for lectures wishing to improve their feedback strategies. It contains good-practice examples staff and student views on effective feedback and a range of reflective activities for practitioners.
• Higher Education Academy - Internationalising the Curriculum
  A developmental resource for initiating transformational change
• Higher Education Academy - Toolkits
  Bringing together useful resources to help you enhance your teaching practice and to improve student learning outcomes. This toolkit has been curated in response to key HEA strategic learning and teaching objectives
  
• Higher Education Authority Scotland - Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum
  The framework considers EEDC through the focus of whole institutional activities. The model considers EEDC through the lens of curriculum design, delivery and assessment
• JISC - Developing Blended Learning Approaches
  How to create meaningful blended learning content that meets the needs of teaching, but has also moved to a greater use of digital delivery
• JISC - Digital Assessment in Higher Education
  A wide range of elements need to be considered to design, deliver, and support effective online assessment including feedback to students
• JISC - The Future of Assessment: Five Principles, Five Targets for 2025
  This report is the result of an experts meeting exploring assessment in universities and colleges and how technology could be used to help address some of the problems and opportunities
  
• National Union of Students - Why is my Curriculum White?
  A film funded by University College London
• QAA - Taxonomy of Digital Learning
  Aims to help build a common language to describe digital approaches to programme delivery. To help education providers explain what students can expect from their programmes and allow them to better understand the differences between the learning experiences on offer
• Queen Mary Academy
  Delivers university-wide support and development of education and research, working with staff and students to develop and enhance their practice in teaching, learning, and research
• Queen Mary Academy - Resources and Good Practice Guide
  Examples covering online teaching and learning, curriculum design, assessment and feedback and more
• Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Higher Education
  Drawing on research and practice, this website provides resources for teachers and senior managers in higher education wishing to redesign assessment and feedback based on a self-regulation model
• UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) | Higher Education Academy
  A comprehensive set of professional standards and guidelines for everyone involved in teaching and supporting learning in HE, it can be applied to personal development programmes at individual or institutional level to improve teaching quality. The framework identifies the diverse range of teaching and support roles and environments. These are reflected and are expressed in the Dimensions of Professional Practice
• University of London - The Future of Digital Learning and Teaching
  A recorded webinar on "the Future of Social, Creative and Experiential Digital Learning" held on June 23 2020, which gathered a panel of five interdisciplinary experts and practitioners