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Welcome to the ALDinHE blog aimed at all those working in the field of learning development. If you would like to write a blog, please email admin@aldinhe.ac.uk

#Take5 #101 Collaborating to embed academic literacies: Enhancing our best practice model

Published: 28/03/2024 - Reading Time: 7 min

Categories: Academic Literacy |

Introduction This #Take5 blog is brought to you by Sue Raleigh, Robyn McWilliams and Dr Quentin Allan at Auckland University of Technology in Aotearoa New Zealand.  The background to this blog involved a collaboration between learning advisors [Robyn & Quentin] and a faculty lecturer [Sue] who coordinates a course teaching human anatomy and physiology. With a shared objective to enhance students’ academic literacies, we told our story in a case study (Allan, McWilliams,  & Raleigh, 2023). In this blog we start by revisiting some ideas from that case, then we use this space to further elaborate our best practice model. […]

Revised best practice model

JLDHE New Issue 30 is out!

Published: 27/03/2024 - Reading Time: 8 min

Categories: JLDHE |

We are delighted to announce that Issue 30of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education has now been released and is free to access here: https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/issue/view/45.From the Editorial: ‘We can’t all be Marco Polo or Freya Stark but millions of us are travellers nonetheless’, Martha Gellhorn writes in the opening to her wonderful book, Travels with Myself and Another. While her collection of stories is packed with exhilarating ‘horror journeys’ across the dangerous world, in comparison, most of our daily professional travels are relatively dull and uneventful. We are certainly not risking our lives on the front lines or taking treacherous trips into the depths of a […]

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LoveLD Magazine Issue 4

Published: 22/03/2024 - Reading Time: 2 min

Categories: LoveLD magazine |

Dear LD Community, A bumper 122-page issue 4 of the LoveLD magazine is out now. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. Our cover feature is an invitation for you to apply for professional recognition and be recognised as a Certified Practitioner in Learning Development (CeP) or a Certified Leading Practitioner in Learning Development (CeLP). In this issue, Helen Briscoe (Edge Hill University) shares useful reflections on achieving CeP. Daisy Abbott (The Glasgow School of Art) and Claire Olson (Edge Hill University) share their experiences of being awarded CeLP. Victoria Yuskaitis and Alison Daniell share how the Enhancement team at the University […]

LoveLD magazine issue 4

The Learning Development Project podcast: new episode #21

Published: 21/03/2024 - Reading Time: 1 min

Categories: The LD Project Podcast |

We are delighted to welcome Dr Emily McIntosh and Dr Diane Nutt to the LD Project episode 21, to talk about their valuable and important book, The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education: Studies in Third Space Professionalism.  Alongside an exploration of the tensions inherent in third space working, they also share their passion for and commitment to student learning and the role of Learning Developers, as well as the pleasure they have found in writing together.  If you feel inspired by their conversation, you still have time to submit (across a range of formats) to a JLDHE special issue dedicated to exploring the […]

The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education Studies in Third Space Professionalism Edited By Emily McIntosh, Diane Nutt

Collective Diary 15 March 2024

Published: 15/03/2024 - Reading Time: 3 min

Categories: Collective Diary |

On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared here on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously used for a collective online journal by members of the LD community. The collective journal re-launched on the 15 May 2023. You can read the journal entries for each month. The shared experiences […]

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Things to do this month with ALDinHE – March 2024

Published: 01/03/2024 - Reading Time: 4 min

Categories: Events | ALDinHE communications |

Empower, Engage, Enrich. Click the image below for ways to get involved in ALDinHE and ways to disseminate your research through the association. Free events this month – March 2024 13th March 2024 12.00 – 13.00 Ethical and inclusive approaches to student use of Artificial Intelligence with Dr Mary Davis, Academic Integrity Lead at Oxford Brookes University 13th March 2024 15.00 – 16.00: LD@3 Adapting collaborative reading techniques within the disciplines: developing practice with Jane Saville and colleagues, University of the West of England 13th March 2024 17.30 – 18.30: JLDHE reading club 14th March 2024 14.00 – 16.00: Professional recognition writing retreat Career […]

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#Take5 #100 Celebrating the work of Sandra Sinfield and Tom Burns

Published: 29/02/2024 - Reading Time: 27 min

Categories: Take5 |

Welcome to the 100th issue of our #Take5 blog. This Take 5 is a special one to recognise and thank, two of the most pioneering and enthusiastic leaders in Learning Development. Sandra Sinfield and Tom Burns are two extraordinary, charismatic and inspirational figures in the changing world for learning development and the people behind the success of this #Take5 blog. Tom and Sandra have a tremendous ability to draw on personal experience to tell stories that, engage and inspire both their students and colleagues. Back in the early 2000s, Sandra and Tom recognised the importance of learning development and inspired […]

Sandra Sinfield and Tom Burns

Ethical and inclusive approaches to student use of Artificial Intelligence

Published: 23/02/2024 - Reading Time: 2 min

Categories: Events |

Date: Wednesday 13 March 2024 Time: 12.00 – 13.00 GMT Location: Online. You will need a Zoom account to access the event. This event will be recorded and automatically sent to registrants in due course. General admission: Free of charge Book a free ticket at: Eventbrite About the Session The session will discuss key issues regarding ethics and inclusivity that have emerged from the widespread use of AI among students. It will present pragmatic methodologies aimed at guiding students towards ethical decision-making in their engagement with AI technologies, incorporating Universal Design for Learning principles in a structured traffic light framework. […]

Dr Mary Davis

Collective Diary 15 February 2024

Published: 15/02/2024 - Reading Time: 3 min

Categories: Collective Diary |

On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared here on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously used for a collective online journal by members of the LD community. The collective journal re-launched on the 15 May 2023. You can read the journal entries for each month. The shared experiences […]

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CeP and CeLP writing retreats 2024

Published: 05/02/2024 - Reading Time: 1 min

Categories: CeP | CeLP |

The recognition scheme is open for applications all year round. Join us on an online writing retreat to progress your Certified Practitioner (CeP) and Certified Leading Practitioner (CeLP) award. The CeP and CeLP awards promote Learning Development as a profession in its own right. Successful applicants receive formal recognition of their specialist knowledge and practice. This demonstrates expertise to both current and prospective employers, and might also be useful when applying for HEA fellowship. Successful applicants are: There is currently no requirement to revalidate an award. However, ALDinHE reserves the right to introduce a revalidation scheme / tiered recognition categories […]

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