Nathalie Tasler, PhD, SFHEA, MPhil, PGDip CCM, PGCert LTHE
Academic Development, Faculty Development, Hochschuldidaktik, Play and Creativity in Higher Education, SoTL
Didaktik und Hochschullehre
Dr N Tasler & Dr VHM Dale Story-Telling How to tell a story? So one of the things I want to achieve, but not entirely sure yet how to, is to make sure the new course my fabulous colleague Dr Vicki Dale and I develop has a story. It is coherent. I know we are … Continue reading Curriculum Development and Storytelling
If it doesn’t work pull the plug I experimented with writing for 30 days in a row and see what happens’ based on articles like this one by Glen Allsopp. However, it doesn’t work. Maybe it works for keeping the notes to yourself until they are ready to be shared. But it doesn’t work for … Continue reading If it doesn’t work…
ADHD and the issue of context switching These last couple of weeks, a term made the rounds in our department which I had never heard before and which finally gave me a picture to an issue I had for a while. There seems to be some struggle with context switching at the moment. Which made … Continue reading Context Switching
Last semester, when teaching on a course called Student Engagement, I asked the participants why they choose this particular course. They were honest. Seriously, I need to stop building trust, they were really, really honest. Continue reading Relevant Teaching
Triadic Reciprocal Causation This was the last project in my old role in student academic development. Discussions about resilience of students and the rise of mental health issues have been on the agenda for some years now. When I was approached to develop a concept for students who were permitted to repeat a year and … Continue reading Safe space for Failure
Catching up and refreshing my knowledge about all kinds of educational theory and research–it was inevitable to stumble across Bloom’s Taxonomy again–The University of Iowa ‘s CELT has developed a really nice model. I am still not convinced. But I am supposed to teach it. So how do you teach something that you consider at … Continue reading Blooming Taxonomies
Padlets to share content wit students. Time and workload management board. Continue reading Experimenting with OERs for my Students
Have you ever heard the expression ‘managing academics is like trying to herd cats’? Now every time I hear this I nod knowingly and laugh. Now actually why is this? I mean it’s not as if I ever spoke to a professional cat herder. Have you? Continue reading Herding Cats: The ADHD Academic
I have been making some headway catching up with literature on education, educational theories and helpful instructional books for emerging teachers in higher education. There is a lot of ‘because I say so’ writing. As Erziehungswissenschaftler (educational scientist) this is rather a nuisance. It makes we want to rebel: Continue reading I propose to you to rebel.
Auf Deutsch Teil der Erkenntnis die mich letzte Woche befiel war, dass Deutsch für akademisches Schreiben die wesentlich zufriedenstellendere Sprache für mich ist. (Auch wenn Google mir gerade sagt, dass ‘zufriedenstellendere’ ganz bestimmt nicht richtig geschrieben ist, und mir Zweifel ob der nicht mehr ganz so neuen Rechtschreibung kommen.) Aber nun ein Mal von vorn: Alles … Continue reading Epiphany
I have begun to create this document a while ago. Looking to create a resource of free and easily accessible gadget, websites, apps that could be used for learning, teaching, and collaborating. Continue reading EdTech Spreadsheet
My talk about supporting international PGT students through Informal learning spaces won the price for best presentation at the 8th Learning and Teaching Conference at the University of Glasgow. Prezi Slides with all the Links for the Presentation https://prezi.com/embed/jcbnlmm6mw2l/?bgcolor=ffffff&lock_to_path=1&autoplay=0&autohide_ctrls=0# Abstract Presenter: Nathalie Sheridan, Student Learning Service Literature (Briggs et al, 2012) suggests that students experience cultural displacement … Continue reading Supporting International PGT Students through Informal Learning Spaces
I had a storyteller as coach Remember a while back my peer reviewer said that PowerPoint doesn’t work well for me because I am a storyteller? The problem with being a storyteller who has to rely on a linearly structured aid is that sometimes it works very well and sometimes not at all. So I … Continue reading Of story telling, coaching, and teaching in HE
On Friday I had the first group of master engineering students for a morning session on writing their dissertation reports. Now, I am new to this college and the students so I needed a way to understand, how far the students were with their projects and how thought-out the process. Further, I needed an icebreaker. Design … Continue reading Play-dough is not just for kindergarten!
In my other work-place we work closely with a Writing Fellow: The lovely Katie Grant. Who generously agreed to have a meeting, so I could understand her role and have a chat about writing. This post briefly reflects on her tips for paragraph-writing, and I have her permission to share her paragraph-matrix with you. Building … Continue reading On Writing Paragraphs
Nathalie Tasler, PhD, SFHEA, MPhil, PGDip CCM, PGCert LTHE 