Emerging issues in the practice of university learning and teaching [world wide web resource] / Geraldine O'Neill, Sarah Moore, Barry McMullin (eds.)

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[Introduction Chapter] Writers' week: a vehicle for collaborative writing among educational developers / Sarah Moore et al.

[Part 1: Working in the changing world of learning and teaching in higher education] The scholarship of teaching and its implications for practice / Marian McCarthy & Bettie Higgs -- It works in practice but will it work in theory? The theoretical underpinnings of pedagogy / Orison Carlile & Anne Jordan.

[Part 2: Moving the focus from teaching to learning] Student-centred learning: what does it mean for students and lecturers? / Geraldine O'Neill & Tim McMahon -- Active learning - from lecture theatre to field-work / Bettie Higgs & Marian McCarthy -- Teaching and learning activities: expanding the repertoire to support student learning / Saranne Magennis & Alison Farrell -- What is problem-based learning? / Terry Barrett -- Putting the learning back into learning technology / Barry McMullin -- Do you know what your students are learning? (And do you care?) / Diana Kelly -- Collaborative project-based learning and problem-based learning in higher education: a consideration of tutor and student role in learner-focused strategies / Roisin Donnelly & Marian Fitzmaurice -- Designing modules for learning / Roisin Donnelly & Marian Fitzmaurice.

[Part 3: Developing and growing as a university teacher] New trends in academic staff development: reflective journals, teaching portfolios, accreditation and professional development / Iain MacLaren -- What institutional research can do to support the individual academic / Margaret O'Flanagan -- Finding information for your teaching and research work in teaching and learning / Helen Fallon -- A punitive bureaucratic tool or a valuable resource? Using student evaluations to enhance your teaching / Sarah Moore & Nyiel Kuol -- The write approach: integrating writing activities into your teaching / Ciara O'Farrell -- Virtually effective: the measure of a learning environment / David Jennings.