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Read more at: Registration is open for the Diversifying Assessment Forum 2021
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Registration is open for the Diversifying Assessment Forum 2021

15 February 2021

We are pleased to open registration for the Diversifying Assessment Forum 2021 after the success of the inaugural event last year. It will be a venue to explore opportunities and processes for changing, refining or adapting current assessment practices, particularly in light of the University's commitment to diversifying...


Read more at: New blended learning webinar series running throughout Lent Term
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New blended learning webinar series running throughout Lent Term

2 February 2021

The new Technology-Enabled Learning Service will be offering a series of webinars to support staff in developing and delivering blended learning. Sessions will be recorded for those who can't attend and some may be repeated. The topics covered by these webinars will include: Running a successful small-group session online...


Read more at: New Technology-Enabled Learning Service launched
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New Technology-Enabled Learning Service launched

25 January 2021

The University has launched a new Technology-Enabled Learning Service, to assist staff in the design and delivery of excellent teaching and learning. The Service will, in the first instance, focus on supporting staff in the transition to greater blended and remote teaching necessitated by the pandemic. In the longer-term...


Read more at: Further workshops on online/blended learning design now open for booking
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Further workshops on online/blended learning design now open for booking

21 December 2020

In September 2020, Cambridge teaching staff were offered a series of online workshops focused on online / blended learning design, provided by Skilled Education, an external learning design agency. Three of the most popular of these workshops will now be repeated in January 2021 , in advance of Lent Term. These workshops...


Read more at: Opportunities are open for students to contribute to CCTL's strategic priorities
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Opportunities are open for students to contribute to CCTL's strategic priorities

12 November 2020

We are currently seeking students to contribute to two different strategic priority projects. The first is the Access & Participation Plan: Participatory Action Research Project, for which we are seeking paid student co-researchers. These co-researchers will be tasked with evaluating the outcomes of last year's cycle...


Read more at: Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize

9 October 2020

Cambridge University Press are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize . The TEL Prizes, one for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (AHSS) and one for Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths & Medicine (STEMM), are intended to recognise Cambridge academics and other staff...


Read more at: Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards!
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards!

7 October 2020

After the successful launch of the OSCEAs in 2019, the enthusiastic response from staff and students and the quality of the nominations confirmed our decision to make this an annual award. This year we received another impressive set of nominations, even though the nomination window was opened during the rapid pivot to...


Read more at: Recordings and further resources are now available from this year's Annual Meetings
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Recordings and further resources are now available from this year's Annual Meetings

5 October 2020

This year's Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching and Senior Tutors and the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors were held online in September. You can now watch the recordings of each event's plenary talks and panels (Raven access required). In addition, we have compiled the...


Read more at: Workshop series on online/blended learning design open for booking now
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Workshop series on online/blended learning design open for booking now

1 September 2020

An online series of workshops focused on online / blended learning design will be running over the course of September, provided by Skilled Education, an external learning design agency. These workshops are free for Cambridge teaching staff to attend, though places are limited to fifty participants. You can find out more...


Read more at: Updated guidance on teaching in 2020-21 released
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Updated guidance on teaching in 2020-21 released

7 August 2020

As the next academic year approaches, we have extended our introductory guides to teaching online. Easter Term 2020 required a rapid adaptation under very challenging circumstances. Our revised guides address affordances and challenges of Teaching in 2020-21, including larger-group teaching (lectures, seminars and classes...