Today I want to quickly mention the importance of talking to students about process and not just your subject. How to do the assessment and not just what the assessment should cover.

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I'm hoping in the not too distant future to apply to become a National Teaching Fellow and so I need to be able to demonstrate reach and impact. So 'the challenge' is for you to contact me about a topic you want to make more interesting, active or fun and for me to help you design something. In return all I ask is that you let me know how it goes.

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James Webber is the Online Learning Director at SayWhatEnglish.com and has 20 years experience in language teaching and testing.  In this episode we discuss why and how university staff can adapt their own use of English to improve the international student experience.

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A quick and easy idea for helping improve module evaluations and potentially NSS responses.

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A few thoughts on how to help students see learning as a partnership. Helping students understand their role in learning and diminishing the view of the process as somehow being at fault for any disappointments.

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Today Karen tells me about how the AGILE model helps students to celebrate employability wins through personal reflective narratives.

Karen is Principle Teaching Fellow at Southampton Business School and you can read more about her research at

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/about/departments/digital-and-data-driven-marketing/staff/kjc1v18.page?

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In this episode I describe how I intend to use buttons to teach segmentation. Inspiration for ideas for teaching can come from many different places and it's always worth keeping a look out for something you think you might be able to use in your teaching, even if you're not sure how. If you'd like to discuss ideas, or if you have a subject that you'd like to teach in a more practical way, please get in touch using the email below.

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Assessed groupwork can be fraught with difficulty. Here I talk about how I've used groupmate agreements and peer evaluation to try to address dome of those issues.

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Today Amr and I discuss his methods for encouraging students to learn as part of a group and to develop important social skills in the process. He provides some top tips for getting the most out of active group learning inside and outside the classroom.

Dr Amr Al Khateeb is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at John Moores University, Liverpool

This is how I deal with late students, and why. Also some thoughts on classroom rules.

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