New publication: Reading through the pandemic

Graham Barrett, Jon Fitzgibbons, Michele Vescovi and myself recently had an article published in the IMPact e-journal of Higher Education Research, which is published by the University of Lincoln. In it, we reflected on our experiences of teaching students digital reading (and other!) skills during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read the full paper here:Continue reading New publication: Reading through the pandemic

“Doing History” with Talis Elevate

My colleague, Dr Robert Portass, has recently published a case study with Talis on his use of Elevate to support the development of students’ skills in the analysis of secondary sources. He used the tool in an innovative way to deliver an assessment that required students to engage with historians’ writings in a critical way.Continue reading “Doing History” with Talis Elevate

New Publication: Promoting Active Engagement with Text-Based Resources in Large First-Year Modules in History

Getting students actively engaging with reading in large classes can be challenging and was doubly so during pandemic lockdowns. This new publication from the Active Online Reading project outlines some of the ways that colleagues teaching large first year courses at UCL and the University of Lincoln sought to address these challenges. Abstract: In largeContinue reading New Publication: Promoting Active Engagement with Text-Based Resources in Large First-Year Modules in History

Confidence is key: Building students’ academic reading literacies through collaborative annotation

In this guest post, Aimee Merrydew, a Curriculum Developer at Keele University, shares her experiences and reflections on teaching using a collaborative annotation approach in the School of English there. We hope that you enjoy the post! I spend a lot of my time helping students to understand the differences between reading texts for funContinue reading Confidence is key: Building students’ academic reading literacies through collaborative annotation