1. “An online programme to help university teaching staff effectively plan and deliver compelling courses to help ensure student success”.

2. Professor Graham Gibbs ,
Introduction
University and College Teaching is a suite of nine online courses that will help provide all levels of teaching staff with the skills they need to effectively plan and deliver compelling courses. The programme can support university teaching staff throughout their careers and includes assignments that can contribute towards a teaching portfolio and potential accreditation.
This programme helps teaching staff structure content more effectively to increase student engagement, helps staff choose the best learning resources for their students and create a supportive learning environment to help guide discussion – in class or online. The courses can help increase the quality and efficiency of marking and also aids staff in designing courses with clear learning outcomes and appropriate assessment activities.
Developed in collaboration with:
Lead Advisor
Professor Graham Gibbs ,
Retired Director of the Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford University Press
Brunel University
City University London
Cranfield University
Durham University
Forman Christian College University
Indiana University
Institute of Education, University of London
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
New York Institute of Technology
Nottingham Trent University
NUI Galway
NUI Maynooth
University College London
University of Birmingham
University of South Florida
Western Kentucky University

3. Contributors Authors: Reviewers:
Professor Graham Gibbs - Retired Director of the Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford University Press
Professor Sally Kuhlenschmidt - Professor of Psychology and Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching at Western Kentucky University
Dr Barbara Gross Davies - Vice President for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Professor Vicky Lewis - Emeritus Professor at the Open University
Professor Marilla Svinicki - Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin
Professor Chris Rust - Associate Dean (Academic Policy) and Professor of Higher Education at Oxford Brookes University
Professor Nancy Van Note Chism- Professor of Higher Education at the Indiana University School of Education
Professor Michal Theall - Professor of Education at Youngstown State University
Professor Ed Peile - Professor Emeritus in Medical Education at the University of Warwick
Reviewers:
Professor John Cowan - Emeritus Professor of Learning Development of the Open University. Honorary DEduc at Edinburgh Napier University
Professor Jo McKenzie - Director, Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, University of Technology, Sydney
Dr David Jacques - Former Head of the Educational Methods Unit, Oxford Brooked University
Professor David Boud - Professor of Adult Education, University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Sergio Piccini - Visiting Professor and former Director of the Centre for University Teaching, University of Ottawa
Dr Karron Lewis - Associate Director of Instructional Development, University of Texas at Austin
Professor Christopher Knapper - Emeritus Professor and Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University, Canada
Professor LuAnn Wilkerson - Professor of Education and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, David Geffin School of Medicine, UCLA

4. Impact toolset developed in collaboration with:
Auckland University
Brunel University
Canberra University
Huddersfield University
Massey University
Newcastle University
Nottingham University
Nottingham Trent University
NUI Galway
Quinnipiac University
Sheffield Hallam University

5. About the course Structure: Who is it for?
27 hour online programme
Comprised of nine courses:
Lecturing 1
Lecturing 2
Resources to enhance student learning
Making the most of discussion
Supervising projects and dissertations
Marking and giving feedback
Understanding the principles of course design
Developing your teaching
Teaching with patients
256 hours of supplementary materials
Who is it for?
Full-time and part-time lecturers and graduate teaching assistants.
Published: November 2011
UK/International Version Editor: Professor Vicky Lewis - Emeritus Professor, The Open University, UK
US Version Editor: Professor Marilla Svinivki- Professional of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

6. Overview and content Course and Times Syllabus Authors/Reviewers
Lecturing 1
2 hours
Module 1: Introduction to lecturing
Module 2: Evidence about lecturing
Module 3: Structuring lecture content
Module 4: Lecturing using questions and technology
Author: Professor Graham Gibbs
Reviewer: Professor John Cowan
Lecturing 2
3 hours
Module 1: Presentation skills
Module 2: Increasing student engagement during lectures
Module 3: Supporting student note taking
Module 4: Supporting students with special needs in lectures
Module 5: Handling problems during lectures
Module 6: Evaluating and improving lectures
Resources to enhance student learning
Module 1: Planning student learning resources
Module 2: Locating and selecting learning resources
Module 3: Designing effective learning resources
Module 4: Using and improving learning resources
Author: Professor Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Reviewer: Professor Jo McKenzie

7. Overview and content Course and Times Syllabus Authors/Reviewers
Making the most of discussion
4 hours
Module 1: Preparing yourself and your students for discussion
Module 2: Creating a comfortable environment
Module 3: Starting a discussion
Module 4: Guiding a discussion
Module 5: Managing online discussions
Module 6: Evaluating and improving discussion
Author: Dr Barbara Gross Davies
Reviewer: Dr David Jacques
Supervising projects and dissertations
2 hours, 30 minutes
Module 1: Preparing for supervision
Module 2: Getting students started
Module 3: Keeping students going
Module 4: The final stages of supervision
Author: Professor Vicky Lewis
Reviewer: Professor David Boud
Marking and giving feedback
3 hours
Module 1: Introduction to marking
Module 2: Dealing with plagiarism
Module 3: Giving students feedback
Author: Professor Marilla Svinicki
Reviewer: Professor Sergio Piccini

8. Overview and content Course and Times Syllabus Authors/Reviewers
Understanding the principles of course design
1 hour, 30 minutes
Module 1: Contextualising the course
Module 2: Designing a course that promotes learning
Module 3: Ensuring your course is aligned
Module 4: Building your course
Module 5: Evaluating your course
Author: Professor Chris Rust
Reviewer: Dr Karron Lewis
Developing your teaching
4 hours, 30 minutes
Module 1: Developing your teaching identity
Module 2: Getting and using feedback
Module 3: Strategies for development
Module 4: Continuous teaching development
Author: Professor Nancy Van Note Chism & Professor Michael Theall
Reviewer: Professor Christopher Knapper
Teaching with patients
2 hours, 30 minutes
Module 1: Before teaching with patients (preparation, settings, active learning, developing clinical reasoning)
Module 2: Whilst teaching with patients (sequencing, encouraging student independence, peer-facilitation, interprofessional teaching, assessment)
Module 3: After teaching with patients (debriefing/feedback, quality improvement)
Module 4: Developing further your teaching with patients (avoiding problems, special patient situations)
Author: Professor Ed Peile
Reviewer: Professor LuAnn Wilkerson

9. Course features
Video interviews with over 50 international experts and practitioners
Videos including dramas which explain key concepts and demonstrate best practices
Customisable portfolio incorporating over 100 practical and reflective self-development activities included throughout the courses.
Over 180 hours of additional self-development, peer-to-peer and tutor-led activities.
Supplementary guide including how to implement courses for effective results and integrate the additional activities into a fully blended learning programme.

10. Interactive and presentational activities
What does it look like?
Video interviews
Interactive and presentational activities

11. What does it look like?

12. Learning outcomes
By completing this programme, teaching staff will understand how to:
Implement new strategies for planning and delivering effective teaching through course design, lectures, discussions and one-to-one supervisions.
Improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of their marking and feedback to students.
Reflect, critique and identify strategies to develop their teaching, including the production of a teaching portfolio.

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