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We are an open access no hidden fees or founders journal. Peer review is a dialogue and developmental process not arbitrary gatekeeping, and aim to remove as many systemic barriers to publication as possible. #SoTL #ScholarshipOfTeachingAndLearning

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 8

Mireilla Bikanga Ada anlyses Educators’ pre-Covid19 lived experience of the assessment and feedback policy at a UK higher education institution

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No3_23 #assessment #feedback #policy osotl.org/osotl/articl...

View of Educators’ pre-Covid19 lived experience of the assessment and feedback policy at a UK higher education institution | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 7

Nana Sartania write about the "Admission to medical school is not the endpoint of widening participation"

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No3_23 #WideningAccess #MedicalSchool osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 6

In the first article Chris Hall asks: So what? Can we learn anything about university teaching from jazz? #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No3_23 #jazz #teaching #pedagogy osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 5

On to a new volume: The editorial offers you an overview of Vol 2 No 3 2023 Vicki Dale; Matthew Barr, Nathalie Tasler #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No3_23 osotl.org/osotl/issue/...

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023) | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 4

To conclude the posts of our special issue: Special Issue: Teaching research methods better? or Research methods for better teaching? A big thank you to our reviewers!

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition osotl.org/osotl/articl...

View of Reviewer acknowledgements: oSoTL 2(2) | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Aug 1

Catriona Forrest, Jo Ferrie: ‘We Used to Be Somebody’, can the UK recapture its reputation as a world-leader in research and innovation? Considering the future of training researchers.

#oSoTLSummer #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #AcademicCareers #ResearchSkills osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 31

In this article Harvey Humphrey reflects on: Making meanings out of me: Reading researchers’ and participants’ bodies through poetry

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #Autoethnography #poetry #embodiment osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 30

Liz Austen and Stella Jones-Devitt explore "Evaluation for All? : Why evaluation within and beyond higher education should be universal and accessible."

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #enhancment #impact #evaluation osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today we share Paula S. Karlsson: Teaching research through participant learning

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #ResearchMethods #ParticipantLearning osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 28

We continue our oSoTL summer with Sarah Honeychurch's: Pragmatism in practice: Bricolage as a methodological framework for SoTL

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 25

Jo Ferrie, Thees Spreckelsen "Teaching methods: Pedagogical challenges in moving beyond traditionally separate quantitative and qualitative classrooms" #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #methods #TeachingMethods #SocialResearchMethods osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Michael McEwan, Eilidh Jack, Craig Alexander, Mitchum Bock reflect on "From Statistics Anxiety to SoTL: How a scholarly enquiry led to professional growth" #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #StatisticAnxiety #AcDev #ProfessionalDevelopment osotl.org/osotl/articl...

View of From Statistics Anxiety to SoTL: How a scholarly enquiry led to professional growth | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 23

Jo Ferrie, Catriona Forrest, Thees Spreckelsen Editorial: Teaching research methods better? or Research methods for better teaching? #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #ResearchMethods #TeachingResearch osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 22

In 2022 we were delighted to present the first ever special issues edition for oSoTL: Special Issue: Teaching research methods better? or Research methods for better teaching? Led by our wonderful colleagues Jo Ferrie, Catriona Forrest, Thees Spreckelsen #oSoTLSummer
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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Special Issue: Teaching research methods better? or Research methods for better teaching? | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

This special issue invited papers relating either to the pedagogy of research practice, or how we can harness methods, methodologies, and research design to better evaluate our teaching. Guest…

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 21

As a fully open access journal, we rely heavily on the good will of our reviewers. In each journal we are publishing everyone who helped review the contributions. Our reviewers can use this as evidence of their contributions #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 osotl.org/osotl/articl...

View of Reviewer acknowledgements: oSoTL 2(1) | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 18

And we finish the working week with: Helena Paterson, Phil McAleer "Sharing practice on framing feedback around student development" #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #assessment #reflection osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 17

We continue our SoTL Summer Bash with Wenya Cheng, Geethanjali Selvaretnam "Evaluating the efficacy of different types of in-class exams" #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #assessment #exams osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 16

Alice S. N. Kim, Cassandra Stevenson, Lillian Park "Homework, in-class assignments, and midterm exams: Investigating the predictive utility of formative and summative assessments for academic success"
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #assessment #homework osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 15

Aspasia Eleni Paltoglou, Hetal Patel, Chrissi Nerantzi, Gerasimos Chatzidamianos "The role of emotional regulation and coaching in helping students become autonomous and collaborative learners"
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View of Critical reflections on teaching in a UK university during a pandemic | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our UofG Colleagues Peter Sneddon, Erin Ferguson, Eric Yao share: Why do students decide to stop studying physics?

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today Jessica Sutherland, Zahra Vahedi, Lesley Zannella write about: Reflections from graduate student instructors on their first time teaching reveal structural and individual challenges

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #PedagogicalTraining osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 11

Today we share work by: Emma Harrison, Claire Fox, Julie Hulme Development of a measure for assessing victimisation at UK universities

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #bullying #students #FactorAnalysis osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 10

After a short break we continue our #SoTLSummer bash: with Craig Wood: The secret art of pedagogical alchemy: Creating joy, resistance and hope in neoliberal times

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #TeacherResistance #Neoliberal #ReflectivePractice osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 7

Vicki Dale, Matthew Barr, Nathalie Tasler Editorial: We open this issue with a thought-provoking and creative article that seeks to disrupt the dominant discourse of neoliberalism through Critical Reflective Practice (CPR). #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 osotl.org/osotl/articl...

View of Editorial: oSoTL 2(1) | Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

oSoTL Journal @osotl.bsky.social · Jul 3

Alice Kim & Jonathan Osborn Teaching and Learning Research (TLR) In Action #oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol1No1_21 #learning #teaching #EdRes osotl.org/osotl/articl...

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