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Five ways to share your teaching with others
21 July 2016
At UCL, we sometimes underplay how innovative our teaching is. By discussing teaching and ideas, you can inspire others and gain recognition for supporting your students’ learning experience.
There are many ways in which you can share your best practice, advice for colleagues and lessons with the wider community and beyond.
1 Submit a case study to the Teaching and Learning Portal
Do you want to share your teaching practice and innovations with colleagues across UCL and beyond in a simple and effective way? UCL’s Teaching and Learning Portal regularly interviews staff about how they have improved their students’ experience through innovative teaching methods. The website is one of UCL’s most popular sites, regularly in the top 70 most viewed
- Tell us about your teaching through teaching.learning@ucl.ac.uk
A digest of the month’s top case studies features in the UCL’s monthly teaching and learning e-newsletter which is circulated to over 820 subscribers and features in The Week@UCL.
2 Apply for professional recognition through UCL Arena
UCL’s professional development scheme is open to everyone who teaches, supervises, assesses or supports students’ learning. UCL Arena is accredited by the Higher Education Academy, so you can apply for nationally recognised awards for your teaching expertise. As well as a meeting place to discuss your teaching with colleagues from across UCL, UCL Arena supports you through the application process to become a Higher Education Academy Fellow.
3 Lead a UCL Arena exchange session
You’re also invited to create and lead one hour sessions (or other activities if you prefer) for UCL colleagues. Sessions cover a wide variety of topics related to teaching and research supervision. They draw on, and celebrate, creative approaches to education from across the subject areas and professional specialisms at UCL.
Find out more and submit a proposal
4 Peer dialogue on teaching
Now featured in UCL’s Academic Manual, this approach involves working with one or more colleagues to attend and observe each other’s teaching sessions or study online teaching activities/other resources. You discuss what’s going well, where improvements could be made and create a joint development action plan.
Read more on peer dialogue on teaching
5 UCL Teaching and Learning Conference
The annual UCL Teaching and Learning Conferenceis open to all UCL staff and students to discuss, celebrate and highlight excellent teaching and learning happening across the institution. Staff are invited to present their approaches to over 800 colleagues each year. Applications will open at the start of the next calendar year.