LTE Online

Analysing and presenting data for Ofsted.
2024-02-21 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | MS Teams
Using internal data reports/SQL to evidence strengths and improving areas for Ofsted.
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Ofsted Inspection – What to Expect? Tips and Tricks
2024-02-23 13:00 - 14:30 | MS Teams
Providing an overview of the expectation when Ofsted complete an inspection, including an open discussion for questions and answers to debunk any concerns
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LTExChange Symposium Event - 2. “Connected Communities – Learner Relationships in Global Higher Education”
2024-02-28 09:00 - 11:00 | MS Teams
Focus for 2023-24 LTExChange Symposia Series: “The Connected University”
Universities and educators have had to adapt to the demands of changing patterns of work and student learning, with the enactment of academic practice occurring across a multitude of inter-connected, digital, and physical environments. Relatedly, emerging innovations in digital technology are rapidly shifting expectations, practices, and discourse around what matters most in effective curriculum and learning design, necessarily extending the locus of student learning experiences beyond the classroom, placing particular emphasis on nurturing social connection and responsible action. In response, as educators our learning and teaching designs increasingly need to be enacted as ‘more than digital’ (Gourlay, 2023) in being flexible and networked, agile and connected, engaging students and staff as partners in authentic practice communities that recognise and equip students with the skills to function in culturally diverse environments. Such connectivity encourages students to respect and value differences, while being able to critically reflect on, and practically work with, local and global perspectives within and across specific disciplines. Indeed, it has never been more important for universities to take an affirmative, open position on the (possible) future(s) of higher education provision and the multiplicity of connections to people, place, and community it affords.
The annual LTExChange Symposia Series will bring together and engage key stakeholders to support new thinking and share practice innovations as we consider what it means to be a truly “Connected University” in what is an increasingly uncertain higher education landscape. Through the series we will be considering, more specifically, what it means for the university, staff and students to be ‘globally connected’ and how we can prepare our staff and students to adapt and develop ‘socially and ethically engaged’ approaches to learning that will meet future challenges.
The 2023-24 Symposium series aims to provide designated space and scope for interrogating a range of theoretical and applied interpretations and perspectives and generating collaborative, reflexive discussions, and debate.
2023-24 LTExChange Symposia Series
LTExChange Symposium 2: Wednesday 28th February 2024 – “Connected Communities – Learner Relationships in Global Higher Education” – Professor Monika Foster (Northumbria University).
Globally Connected learning: Developing Learner Relationships in Global Higher Education, a Critical Pedagogy.
By Professor Monika Foster, Head of Department of Marketing, Operations and Systems, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
In a rapidly evolving and highly topical field of globally connected education, internationalisation strategies call for maximising the benefits of a diverse campus and preparing our students for a multicultural and interconnected world (Shuessler, 2020, Stein, 2019). Furthermore, universities’ mission to respond to societal changes, paired with an increased competition for talent and the undeniable need for collaboration on a global scale, provide an impetus to develop curriculum solutions for equitable, inclusive, and critical learning which is relevant to students’ current and future personal, social, and professional lives (Adichie, 2009, Hunter, 2008; Ortiz et al, 2020¬).
Drawing upon principles and theory of international education, diversity, and relationship science, as well as critical pedagogy (Killick and Foster, 2021, McArthur, 2010; Miller, 1986; Wink, 2005), this keynote, will explore how we can maximise the benefits of diversity on programmes of study by relationship development among diverse students in diverse contexts. Using research-informed examples, we will explore designing and facilitating critical academic practice to enable students to enact relationships with cultural others, engage in critical dialogue, explore diverse perspectives, and learning collaboratively to develop confidence and critical capabilities.

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Recognising Excellence in Learning and Teaching – RELT
2024-02-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-03-20 10:00 - 11:30 | M6.14e
A workshop for colleagues to seek formal recognition for their work in teaching and supporting learning in HE through Advance HE’s Fellowship Scheme.
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Using Learner Analytics impactfully for student support via StREAM
2024-02-28 14:00 - 15:00 | M3.03
StREAM is the University’s learner analytics platform. The use of learner analytics is designed to support our students in maximising their chances of success and realising their potential.
SLAR will be hosting a series of monthly institution-wide sessions on StREAM aimed at teaching staff to help you understand the platform and the affordances of learner analytics for timely student support.
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Introduction to Academic Workload at TU
2024-02-28 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
This session will introduce academic staff to the Academic Workload Management Framework (AWMF) along with the process of workload planning, publication and acceptance of workload allocations.
The above sessions are not exclusively available to inductees, but can also be booked by existing staff as part of the ‘ongoing’ CPD process as a crucial method for refreshing and updating on knowledge on the key systems used by all academics.
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Apprenticeship on-boarding process: Funding rules of initial assessment, apprenticeship agreement and the training plan
2024-03-01 12:00 - 14:00 | MS Teams
An insight into the funding rules of initial and diagnostic assessment, and how this process informs the apprenticeship agreement, the training plan curriculum delivery and End-Point Assessment
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Designing Learning Experiences on Blackboard Ultra
2024-03-06 14:00 - 15:00 | M4.21
A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools to introduce the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning.
A key feature of these sessions will be to help colleagues design impactful learning experiences on the VLE, ensuring that the VLE becomes an expansion of the learning ecosystem.
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Apprenticeship on-boarding process: Funding rules of initial assessment, apprenticeship agreement and the training plan
2024-03-06 15:00 - 17:00 | MS Teams
An insight into the funding rules of initial and diagnostic assessment, and how this process informs the apprenticeship agreement, the training plan curriculum delivery and End-Point Assessment.
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Ofsted inspections: The role of the course leader and what to expect
2024-03-08 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-03-13 15:00 - 16:30 | MS Teams
An overview of what to expect and how to prepare for an Ofsted deep-dive inspection for the course leader
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AI in Education
2024-03-13 14:00 - 15:30 | M3.03
A facilitative workshop for academic staff and professional services staff across the University, to come together to discuss the affordances of AI in Education, how it can be utilized in the classroom with students, how we can build AI literacies for staff and students and the efficiencies of AI in our daily roles.
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Introduction to Academic Workload at TU
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | MS Teams
This session will introduce academic staff to the Academic Workload Management Framework (AWMF) along with the process of workload planning, publication and acceptance of workload allocations.
The above sessions are not exclusively available to inductees, but can also be booked by existing staff as part of the ‘ongoing’ CPD process as a crucial method for refreshing and updating on knowledge on the key systems used by all academics
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The TU Link Tutor Journey
2024-03-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Room T1.04, The Curve, Teesside University, Middlesbrough Campus
As a current Link Tutor at Teesside University you are invited to attend this staff development session to support you in undertaking this activity. Please note this session will take place Face to Face.
The session will look at the following:
Theme 1

Using the new LT Guidance document/task descriptor to go through responsibilities of a Link Tutor.
Looking at effective means of communication, relationship building, and risk management. Thinking about a Partners identity within TU.

Theme 2

Information and knowledge gathering as a Link Tutor.
Overview of TU processes (linked to SLAR) and resources to support this.
Discussion points and short inputs from SLAR staff around supporting Approval and Review activity, BB Ultra and Learning Systems, Assessment Regulations and Student Voice.
Looking at processes to support the Partnership experience such as registration/enrolment processes.

Theme 3

Delivering excellence as a Link Tutor and the importance of this.
Cross School support and guidance via The Link Tutor Network, Link Tutor quarterly meetings to discuss good practice and share ideas/common threads/resolving issues.
Building a community of practice amongst Link Tutors @ TU.
Schools to look at developing case studies to support good examples of QEV’s, shared working in research activity, effective communication, cross development of courses.

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National Keynote - Teaching and Learning with Large Language Models in Higher Education
2024-03-20 14:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Session overview
In this overview of the use of large language models in teaching and learning, Hunter explains the technology underlying LLMs, talks about why we don’t need to worry about hallucinations (but should never blindly trust LLMs), and outlines the ways that we can use LLMs to provide personalised learning in higher education. Along the way he will talk about how to approach assessment now that LLMs exist, how to use LLMs in your classroom, and why, if LLMs were a drug, everyone would be prescribed them.
Biography
Professor Dan Hunter is the Executive Dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London. He was previously the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and the Founding Dean of Swinburne Law School in Australia. He is an international expert in internet and intellectual property law, AI & law, and legal tech and legal innovation. He holds a PhD from Cambridge on the cognitive science of legal reasoning, as well as computer science and law degrees from Monash University, and an LLM by research from the University of Melbourne.

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Apprenticeships Introduction Package for New Academics
2024-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 | MS Teams
Apprenticeship Introduction Package for New Academics

1. An Introduction to the Apprenticeship Journey: The End-to-End Road Map (1 hour)
An introduction to apprenticeships, apprenticeship standards and the apprenticeship landscape at Teesside. This session will provide an overview of the apprenticeship provision and the apprentice experience including the end-to-end processes within an apprenticeship programme – from on-boarding to End-Point Assessment.
2. Quality Classroom Delivery in Apprenticeships: What would Ofsted expect? (1 hour)
An introduction to excellence in classroom delivery, promoting engagement and professional development within the classroom and virtual environment.

Both sessions will be delivered back-to-back in a combined 2 hour slot.
Note this is only for Academics who deliver into Apprenticeship programmes
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Using Learner Analytics impactfully for student support via StREAM-Admin Staff
2024-03-27 14:00 - 15:00 | TBC
StREAM is the University’s learner analytics platform. The use of learner analytics is designed to support our students in maximising their chances of success and realising their potential.
SLAR will be hosting a series of monthly institution-wide sessions on StREAM aimed at teaching staff to help you understand the platform and the affordances of learner analytics for timely student support
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Using Learner Analytics impactfully for student support via StREAM-- Personal Tutors/Academics
2024-03-27 14:00 - 15:00 | M3.03
StREAM is the University’s learner analytics platform. The use of learner analytics is designed to support our students in maximising their chances of success and realising their potential.
SLAR will be hosting a series of monthly institution-wide sessions on StREAM aimed at teaching staff to help you understand the platform and the affordances of learner analytics for timely student support.
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Designing Learning Experiences on Blackboard Ultra
2024-04-03 14:00 - 15:00 | M4.21
These sessions will be delivered face to face.
Blackboard Ultra is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile), and is used for all our campus taught courses. A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools understand the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning.
A key feature of these sessions will be to help colleagues design impactful learning experiences on the VLE, ensuring that the VLE becomes an expansion of the learning ecosystem.
In addition to these monthly sessions, we encourage you to reach out to us for one-to-one coaching on course design on the VLE via elearning@tees.ac.uk.
We have prepared a starter kit for all staff here: https://eatsupport.tees.ac.uk/staff/knowledgebase/staff-quick-start-guide-to-blackboard-ultra/for and a comprehensive self-study CPD package of learning here: https://blogs.tees.ac.uk/lteonline/2021/10/05/blackboard-ultra-self-study-cpd-2/
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AI in Education
2024-04-10 14:00 - 15:30 | M4.19, Middlesbrough Tower, Teesside University
A facilitative workshop for academic staff and professional services staff across the University, to come together to discuss the affordances of AI in Education, how it can be utilized in the classroom with students, how we can build AI literacies for staff and students and the efficiencies of AI in our daily roles.
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Academic Transformation Programme for Online Learning
2024-04-11 09:30 - 10:30 | MS Teams
The Online Learning Designers contribute towards positioning Teesside University as a sector-leading catalyst for innovation and change, preparing the institutional terrain for the high impact adoption of Online Learning. For all online learning courses, the Academic Transformation Programme is an integral part of preparing for the course approvals process and the journey from course approvals to course launch, within which we will deliver support on the following areas of learning designs:
CPD ‘refresher to online learning’ is available as a refresher for tutors already on the OL journey and an introduction for tutors who are onboarding the OL journey.
Syllabus:

What is online learning
How is it different from campus or blended modes of study
Perceived barriers and what we have done with our designs to address these
Gold standard design principles
Gold standard student support and experience
Navigating the TU Online platform
How to engage in discussions
Creative ways of facilitating learning
Role of course tutor in induction pack(s)
Role of personal tutor and aid of progress bar

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What excellence in classroom delivery looks like for Ofsted
2024-04-12 13:00 - 14:30 | MS Teams
A repeated session highlighting the importance of quality classroom delivery and what Ofsted would expect to see
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What excellence in classroom delivery looks like for Ofsted
2024-04-17 15:00 - 16:30 | MS Teams
A repeated session highlighting the importance of quality classroom delivery and what Ofsted would expect to see
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Off-the-job training and progress reviews: Funding rules (Apprenticeships)
2024-04-19 12:00 - 14:00 | MS Teams
To be delivered by LGS – An overview of off-the-job training and progress reviews from the perspective of the ESFA and ensuring compliance while providing quality
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LTExChange Symposium Event - 3. "The Connected Student – The Value of Student-Staff Partnership Work in Preparing for a Globally Connected World”
2024-04-24 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Focus for 2023-24 LTExChange Symposia Series: “The Connected University”
Universities and educators have had to adapt to the demands of changing patterns of work and student learning, with the enactment of academic practice occurring across a multitude of inter-connected, digital, and physical environments. Relatedly, emerging innovations in digital technology are rapidly shifting expectations, practices, and discourse around what matters most in effective curriculum and learning design, necessarily extending the locus of student learning experiences beyond the classroom, placing particular emphasis on nurturing social connection and responsible action. In response, as educators our learning and teaching designs increasingly need to be enacted as ‘more than digital’ (Gourlay, 2023) in being flexible and networked, agile and connected, engaging students and staff as partners in authentic practice communities that recognise and equip students with the skills to function in culturally diverse environments. Such connectivity encourages students to respect and value differences, while being able to critically reflect on, and practically work with, local and global perspectives within and across specific disciplines. Indeed, it has never been more important for universities to take an affirmative, open position on the (possible) future(s) of higher education provision and the multiplicity of connections to people, place, and community it affords.
The annual LTExChange Symposia Series will bring together and engage key stakeholders to support new thinking and share practice innovations as we consider what it means to be a truly “Connected University” in what is an increasingly uncertain higher education landscape. Through the series we will be considering, more specifically, what it means for the university, staff and students to be ‘globally connected’ and how we can prepare our staff and students to adapt and develop ‘socially and ethically engaged’ approaches to learning that will meet future challenges.
The 2023-24 Symposium series aims to provide designated space and scope for interrogating a range of theoretical and applied interpretations and perspectives and generating collaborative, reflexive discussions, and debate.
2023-24 LTExChange Symposia Series
LTExChange Symposium 3: 24th April 2024 – “The Connected Student – The Value of Student-Staff Partnership Work in Preparing for a Globally Connected World” – Professor Alison Cook-Sather (Bryn Mawr College, US).
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Using Learner Analytics impactfully for student support via StREAM-Admin Staff
2024-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | TBC

Using Learner Analytics impactfully for student support via StREAM-Personal Tutors/Academics
2024-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | M3.03

Off-the-job training and progress reviews: Funding rules (Apprenticeships)
2024-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | MS Teams
To be delivered by LGS – An overview of off-the-job training and progress reviews from the perspective of the ESFA and ensuring compliance while providing quality.
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