Academic and Digital Development
CPD Series
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
These CPD webinars are closely aligned to the University’s strategic priorities and the Learning and Teaching Strategy. The themes for 2024-25 are:
- Active learning
- Assessment and Feedback
- SoTL
- Transforming Curricula
All sessions will take place on Zoom (unless otherwise mentioned). Where possible and appropriate, recordings will be made available on the ADD YouTube channel afterwards.
SoTL sessions are open to all University of Glasgow staff. Subject to suitability all other events are open to all participants, including those external to the University.
If you have any questions, or suggestions for topics you'd like to see covered either this coming year or in the future, please email us or find us on Twitter: @UofGADD
Eligibility
This series is open to staff of the University of Glasgow, and most sessions are also open to external participants.
Graduate Teaching Assistants are welcome to register for the purpose of developing their own teaching practice, but please note that these sessions are not suitable for any students seeking training for their own PhD research projects. Contact your School for information on the research methods training available to you as a student.
CPD Series
Active Learning Network
Details of Active Learning Network events are available on the ALN website
Join the Active Learning Practice and Scholarship Teams (UofG staff only) to find out how to get involved in the UofG network.
SoTL Network Meetings
The SoTL Network holds regular meetings and writing sessions that are open to all staff at UofG. All sessions are held online.
Weekly Write and Shine Sessions: Friday 8:30-12 UK time
These sessions are open to anyone to join. Some members use these sessions in order to work on SoTL projects, others bring along their marking, use the time to develop their teaching materials or work on P&DR forms. Any and all types of writing are 'allowed' - the aim of the sessions is to create a supportive and productive environment. Find us in the Write and Shine Teams Channel.
Monthly SoTL Network Meetings: Wednesday 12-1pm UK time
The monthly SoTL Network meeting takes place over Zoom usually on the last Wednesday of the month. Please use the links below to register for each meeting.
This year the SoTL Network monthly meetings will map out the SoTL journey by following the stations of SoTL. Rather than representing SoTL as a linear journey from beginning to end, we visualise it as a circular journey which practitioners can step in and out of at any stage, building up their SoTL portfolio as they go. We have developed a SoTL logbook to support practitioners throughout their journeys and allow them to record their SoTL plans throughout the year. Digital copies of this will be made available at each session and can also be downloaded from the SoTL Network Teams files.
Although we hope that you will be able to join us at every session, attendance at prior sessions is not necessary in order to fully participate in later ones: each session will be self-contained.
These webinars map onto A5 of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023 and may be used to evidence that area of activity in all of the categories of fellowship for RET/Advance HE applications.
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| Wed 11th September | The Stations of SoTL: Reflect |
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We begin our SoTL journey this year with reflection. This is a ‘bigger picture’ reflection in which we each take time to look back at our previous learning, teaching and SoTL activities and consider how we would like to engage in SoTL during the upcoming semester and academic year. The session will begin with a consideration of what SoTL is, in order to remind ourselves, and will be followed by a discussion about some of the possible types of SoTL projects that practitioners might undertake, either individually or in collaboration with others. Register |
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| Wed 30th October | The Stations of SoTL: Identify |
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The focus of our SoTL journey this month is identification. How do we decide which themes and topics we would like to explore through our SoTL enquiry? Maybe the student feedback for the course has identified some issues that we would like to explore, perhaps our reflections on last year’s teaching have highlighted an area for a possible SoTL project, or alternatively we might like to consider how to redesign one of our course assessments. In this session we will consider various possibilities for identifying SoTL projects, whether individually or collaboratively. Register |
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| Wed 27th November | The Stations of SoTL: Plan |
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This month the focus of our SoTL journey is planning. Once we have identified what we would like our SoTL to focus on, how are we going to put this into practice? Maybe we would like to make changes to our own teaching practices, perhaps we have questions that we would like to answer by exploring the relevant literature, maybe we are contemplating an evaluation of past or current teaching and learning in our discipline. In this session we discuss strategies for developing a successful SoTL plan. Register |
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| Wed 29th January | The Stations of SoTL: Design |
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We begin the new year by looking at how best to design a SoTL project. Whether we are contemplating embarking on a literature review, designing a learning and teaching intervention or undertaking an evaluation of a previous intervention, it is vital to spend time planning at the outset. In this session we will consider the main methodologies that we might use for a SoTL project, and the methods associated with each. Register |
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| Wed 25th February | Workshop to Introduce the SoTL Ethics Committee and the Application Processes |
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The SoTL Ethics Committee has been formed in order to accept applications related to evidencing the impact of learning and teaching from staff on any type of contract from each of the four colleges and university services (we do not accept student applications at present). We aim to demystify the processes around ethics applications by taking a conversational approach to ethics. In this session we will introduce participants to the application form and templates for accompanying information and talk through the reasons for the design of the form, as well as the processes of application and review. Participants will be able to ask questions about any part of the process. Whether you have a fully formed idea for a SoTL project that you would like to submit for ethical approval, or you are simply thinking about this for the first time, you are very welcome to come along and meet with members of the committee and pick their brains. Please register for this event so we have an idea of numbers. |
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| Wed 26th February | The Stations of SoTL: Write (Writing SoTL Funding Applications) |
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This session is aimed at colleagues who would like to know more about the SoTL Funding Scheme and are interested in applying. We will look through the call for bids for 2025-26 and consider which types of project might be eligible. Members of the network who have been successful in their bids will be available to talk about their projects and offer advice. By the end of this session attendees should be in a position to write their own application for the next round of funding. Register |
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| Wed 26th March | The Stations of SoTL: Investigate |
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The focus of our SoTL journey this month is investigation. Once we have identified a possible SoTL project and decided on a project design, how do we begin our investigation? In this session we ask questions about how to establish which resources we might need, how much time we have to dedicate to our project and who else might be available to support us. Register |
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| Wed 30th April | The Stations of SoTL: Disseminate |
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This month we consider how to develop a dissemination strategy for SoTL practitioners. We will begin with a series of questions which are designed to help us to build our personal plan for dissemination before looking at some of the pathways for publication which are available for UofG colleagues internally and externally. Examples of successful SoTL publications will be provided in order to help us to plan for our own publications. Register |
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| Wed 28th May | The Stations of SoTL: Reflect |
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We end our SoTL journey this year as we began, with reflection. In this session we each take time to look back at our previous learning, teaching and SoTL activities and celebrate any successes we have had, however large or small these might be. We also reflect on any challenges we have faced and consider how we might overcome any such barriers in the future. Then we look forward and consider how we would like to engage in SoTL over the summer months – and even begin planning for the next academic year. Register |
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Join the SoTL Network Teams to find out how to get involved in all of our initiatives.
RET Fellowship
RET (Recognising Excellence in Teaching) is the University of Glasgow’s CPD framework, which aims to provide development opportunities as well as professional recognition of expertise in teaching and supporting learning.
A series of workshops is available after registration with RET to support you in your application for recognition:
| Introduction to the RET framework |
| Peer observation of teaching |
| Writing about teaching |
| Professional values |
| Evaluating your teaching |
| Identifying evidence and engaging with scholarship |
| Influencing others and demonstrating effectiveness |
| Demonstrating strategic leadership of teaching/supporting learning in Higher Education |
| RET writing workshops (information available from RET coordinator) |
The first step is to attend an introductory workshop. Full information is available on the RET webpages.
Annual Learning & Teaching Conference
Further to our series of CPD sessions, one of our major CPD events is the Annual University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching Conference, held each year in the Spring.
The latest information is always available on the Conference web pages.