Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Podcast

This is a 'vodcast' (a conversation with visual clues) between Vicki Dale and Karen Thompson talking about virtual placement research process. It will link to an article recently published by Thompson and Dale (2022) which covers themes including self-regulated learning, thematic analysis and its shift to reflexive thematic analysis, working from home, taking a studio perspective online and lessons learned. Thompson, K. and Dale, V., 2022. The role of virtual placements in promoting self-regulated learning: stakeholder experiences of an online learning community during the Covid pandemic. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 10(1), pp.12-22.

This is an audio recording of the following paper, read by Mark Breslin.  Enhancing the Agency of Early Career Academics  Mark Breslin, Julie Harvie, Brian Leslie, Evelyn McLaren University of Glasgow  ABSTRACT This article explores the lived experiences of four early career academics (ECAs) transitioning from school educators (within the  primary and secondary sectors) to lecturers in initial teacher education in a United Kingdom Higher Education institution. These  ECAs were established teachers with strong practitioner identities within their field of education and experienced in reflective  practice. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of how their agency was impacted in this transition. The concept of  agency is firstly explored, and an ecological model presented and used as a framework in this study. A collaborative  autoethnographic methodological approach is used to structure personal and professional reflections in order to gain an insight  into the evolving identities of the ECAs as they embrace and develop new careers within Higher Education (HE) as lecturers.  Factors emerge which have both hindered and enhanced agency and this paper sets out some recommendations for change. It is  hoped that HE establishments may find these findings useful to consider when inducting new staff and helping them develop and  flourish in the early stages of their academic careers.  Keywords: Agency, identity, early career academic, academic scholarship, academic induction For the full paper please follow here

What is SoTL? How do you get started? Where will SoTL be and how did it begin? Are just some of the questions we are discussing in this episode. Listen in for tips and advice about SoTL and here what colleagues from other institutions have to say. Anne Tierney is an Assistant Professor in the Learning and Teaching Academy at Heriot-Watt University. She has a particular interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially how scientists engage with it. Anne led a QAA Scotland collaborative cluster in micro-credentials in 2021-22 and is currently deputy chair of The Scottish Tertiary Education Network for Micro-credentials. She is Assistant Director for Improving University Teaching, an annual, international teaching and learning conference, and is on the editorial team for the Journal of Perspectives on Applied Academic Practice, as well as reviewing for several other SoTL journals. Have a nosey at Anne's latest papers for more SoTL learning:  TIERNEY, A., AIDULIS, D., PARK, J. & CLARK, K. “Plotting a route through SoTL: From bioscientist to pedagogic researcher”, Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 15:1, 34-42, 2021. https://www.pestlhe.org/index.php/pestlhe/article/view/233 TIERNEY, A., AIDULIS, D., PARK, J. & CLARK, K. “Supporting SoTL Development Through Communities of Practice”, Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 8:2, 32-52, 2020. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/67953 WEBB, A. S. & TIERNEY, A. M.  “Investigating support for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; We need SoTL educational leaders”. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57:5, 613-624, 2020. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905?journalCode=riie20 With a big "Thank you!" to Anne for sharing her time and expertise with us.  

In this episode Dr Andrea Webb who is Associate Professor of Teaching & Area Coordinator (Social Studies), Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy at The University of British Columbia (Canada) was so kind to answer a host of questions about SoTL and introduce SoTL in Canada to us. You will find more information and all the resources Andrea has shared on our UofGSoTL Blog.  I hope you enjoy this episode and many thanks to Andrea for her time!   

In this podcast Dr Paula Karlsson-Brown shares her experience about becoming a SoTL scholar. This episode is a collaboration with the Open Scholarship Journal and is part of Paula's article. 

In this podcast, Dr Nicola Veitch and Dr Michelle Welsh (University of Glasgow) are exploring how to get involved with SoTL research especially when starting as an early career academic. Based on previous experience, Nicola and Michelle discuss what scholarships means, how to start with SoTL research and how to identify projects, the importance of collaborations, the need for ethics, funding opportunities, and many more valuable nuggets of knowledge. Podcast edited by Dr Ourania Varsou (University of Glasgow).

Meet our Colleagues from the Adam Smith Business School Dr Helen Mullen, Dr Nick Quinn, and Dr Matt Offord sharing their experience moving into lecturer roles with learning, teaching, and scholarship focus after having successful careers in the private sector. Hear about the trials and tribulations adjusting to academic life and becoming involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. And in fact what makes the involvement with SoTL so attractive as part of the career in higher education. 

The podcast editors recorded this special episode on site, at the Learning and Teaching conference in Glasgow in April 2025. They went around the conference chatting with participants, including the organiser Sarah Honeychurch about what they were enjoying about the day. Do listen for a fun snapshot of an excellent event!

In this episode podcast editors Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade interview Angela Japp- Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education and Julie McAdam Senior Lecturer in Culture . Literacies. Inclusion and Pedagogy, both from the School of Education at the University of GlasgowContact Angela through her staff profile https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/staff/angelajaap/Contact Julie through her staff profile https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/staff/juliemcadam/Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academicand Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through thelink ⁠https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/⁠SoTL JourneysPresenters: Marie McQuade andAlison McCandlishGuests: Angela Japp and Julie McAdamEditorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlishGraphics: Alison McCandlish Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ originalrecording) 

We hear from Professor Jo Edson Ferrie on her journey from PHD student to R&T track to professor on the LTS track. Jo shares fantastic insight and advice and talks about a scholarship project on the impact of emotions. Have a read at the link below.Full article: ‘To be honest, it’s complicated’: training postgraduate students to work with emotions in qualitative researchSoTL JourneysPresenters: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn CurrieGuests: Jo FerrieEditorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlishGraphics: Alison McCandlish Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

Welcome to series 1, episode 2 of SoTL journeys. In this episode podcast editors Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish interview Matt Offord, Senior Lecturer in Experiential Leadership Education (Management).Contact Matt through his University profile https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/mattofford/ Read Matt's article "Shedding light on the scholarship of teaching" https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/330864/ Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academic and Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through the link https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/SoTL JourneysPresenters: Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlishGuests: Matt OffordEditorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlishGraphics: Alison McCandlish Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

Welcome to series 1, episode 1 of SoTL journeys. In this episode podcast editors Eilidh Soussi and Lynn Currie chat to Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler on what SoTL is, what it can look like and how to get started with it. Sarah and Nathalie discuss the challenges and successes they have had with SoTL as part of their careers. Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academic and Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through the link https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/ SoTL Journeys Presenters: Eilidh Soussi and Lynn Currie Guests: Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish Graphics: Alison McCandlish Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

In this episode I have the absolute pleasure to speak with Prof Susan Jamieson about becoming a professor on a Learning, Teaching and Scholarship track, which is a teaching (rather than research) focussed academic career path. It usually involves the engagement in a variety of SoTL activities. The academic community under #LTHEchat and #AcademicChatter as well as colleagues from our institution submitted questions I should ask Susan. We had an A4 sheet full of questions so today's episode is a bit longer than usual!  This is the paper Susan mentions during the interview: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/59552/ And this is Susan's Twitter Handle: @SusanJHPE 

In this episode Paul Cannon who is one of our college librarians is talking about all the things the librarians can support when it comes to undertaking SoTL, but there are also some tips on searches, databases and publication. Tune in for more. And if you want to read up on some of the items we spoke about hop over to Paul's blog post on our SoTL blog.  https://uofgsotl.blog/?p=455 

In this episode I am talking to Dr Michael McEwan head of subject for our MEd in Academic Practice program. Michael is explaining a bit how credit bearing SoTL provision at the University of Glasgow is organised, and shares findings from a case study he conducted with early career researchers on our program and their perceptions and understanding of SoTL. 

In this episode I am talking to Dr Matt Barr, who is a lecturer in the School of Computing Sciences, University of Glasgow about game based learning, gamification and how to undertake scholarship of teaching and learning to understand the impact these have on the learners.  Below are the references mentioned in the podcast and Matt's Twitter handle if you want to get in touch with him.  Barr, M. (2019). Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning: Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27786-4 Ada Scotland Festival - https://ada.scot https://twitter.com/hatii_matt

In this episode I have the pleasure to interview Dr Natasha Taylor, about the international and asynchronous SoTLwalks she organises once a month online since the first pandemic lockdown hit. Natasha is originally from the UK but has been living in Australia for some years, so she kindly postponed her dinner and I my breakfast and we met at our respective ends of the ether to talk all things SoTLwalk. These are the links to some of the resources and projects Natasha mentioned: First of all you can follow Natasha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylor_dr?s=20   Last month's SoTLwalk prompts and link to the Padlet are here: https://sites.rmit.edu.au/seh-sotl/2020/10/25/join-the-october-sotl-walk/ This is the website to the 64 million artists project she mentioned: https://64millionartists.com/  If you are interested in the amazing feat of knitting and walking have a look at Annie Watson's paper: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/10200/3/Watkins_Encouraging_Research_and_Group_Cohesion_through_Walking_Art.pdf  WATSON, Annie and LEE, Jeremy (2015). Encouraging research and group cohesion through walking art. In: Where to? Steps towards the future of walking arts, Falmouth University, 16 April 2015.

The original title was 'Living by the Proverb', this is a bit of an experiment contemplating how our upbringing our background influences and shapes our teaching identities, and why this is important for our practice. 

In our playfully retitled ‘Bimblecast’, we explore practicalecopedagogy in business education. The podcast was recorded in October 2024 whilst walking from Bowling to Maryhill, 15 kilometres, in Central Scotland.The purpose of the discussion is to explore the practical application of ecopedagogy in a light-hearted and accessible way, and to capture the essence of outdoor pedagogies. After quickly, and superficially, exploring the philosophical roots of ecopedagogy, we argue that this approach, typically used in environmental education, is equally valuable in business education, and we outline our reasoning for this statement. The discussion moves on to explore practical strategies for embedding ecopedagogy in business education, making the point that it is simple to achieve through basic ‘campus field trips’.Because we are going further than exploring campus environments in our own teaching, we also describe how the lowland leader qualification, a UK wide qualification for taking groups on organised walks, is helping us to build an outdoor learning capability in our business school. Through this discussion, we outline the preparation and study required to become a wild pedagogue, but we also discuss more modest planning for simple, short excursions. In all cases, safety is important. During our discussion, the listener will hear of situations and wildlife we encounter, demonstrating the power and authenticity of this approach to learning.Keywordsbimblecast, ecopedagogy, business education, authenticlearning, walking pedagogies

Craig Alexander @calexander_91, Colette Mair ,  Eilidh Jack @UoGSDAEG Introduction In this podcast, Colette, Craig and Eilidh discuss their experiences on designing and managing an online distance learning programme in Data Analytics. They share their findings on the characteristics of ODL learners, and how they differ from similar on-campus programmes. They also discuss some considerations at the design stage of an ODL programme and how materials and assessment can be delivered with the use of digital technology and the expertise of a learning technologist. Finally, they discuss some challenges during their time running the programme and suggestions for those interested in setting up their own ODL programme.