research teaching links
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Links between research and teaching
Both ends of the telescope:
Professor Frank Rennie
The Key Points
• Background to Research-Teaching links
• An example from our own practice
• What this means for education
• What this means for institutions
• What this means for society
Teaching into Research
New opportunities for staff
New ways of thinking
Extending beyond the known
New funding for projects
The half-life of knowledge….
Research into Teaching
Fresh ideas to inform & challenge students
Reputation as a cutting-edge location
Stimulates the spirit of enquiry
The value of requiring to explain
The benefit of requiring to contextualise
Researching our ownpractice
Research-led teaching
Research-orientated teaching
Research-based teaching
Research-informed teaching
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/LinkingTeachingAndResearch_April07.pdf
The Resources
Text on Blackboard Site
Added reading and information
Photographs on Flickr
Video-guides on YouTube
Podcast commentary on…….
eBooks for iLibrary and Kindle
paper textbook through blurb.com
Student satisfaction – online analysis
18th Century - The Scottish Enlightenment
http://www.freefoto.com/preview/9909-08-2924/Edinburgh-Fringe-2009
Europe’s first public education system
The triumph of rational thinking
The New Enlightenment
OEROpen Access
Creative Commons
Crowd Sourcing
Use the cloud to…..
Share research results
Share research data
Disseminate your ideas
Collaborate within a community of practice
… all for free
New pathways and hidden meanings
The power of serendipity
Multi-disciplinary networking
Rhizomatic learning
Connectivism
The Institutional challenges
Funding sustainabilityReputation
Self-organising systems
The Attention Economy
The value of learning
Smart Mobs
The power of the crowd
Learning beyond boundaries