From anxiety to empowerment: a Learning Community of University Teachers
Journal Article
MacKenzie, J., Bell, S., Bohan, J., Brown, A., Burke, J., Cogdell, B., …Tierney, A. (2010)
From anxiety to empowerment: a Learning Community of University Teachers. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(3), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562511003740825
Increasing numbers of ‘teaching-only’ staff are being appointed in higher education institutions in the UK. At one research-intensive university, a new category of academic st...
Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices
Presentation / Conference
Tierney, A. (2016, July)
Brokering between communities of practice: strenghening learning with co-operative practices. Paper presented at Improving Univesity Teaching, University of Durham
There is a growing trend in Higher Education to separate researchers' and teachers' roles. In the UK, pressure for this comes from the Research Excellence Framework, which dem...
Online reflective diaries - using technology to strengthen the learning experience
Presentation / Conference
Butler, E., Tatner, M., & Tierney, A. (2010, June)
Online reflective diaries - using technology to strengthen the learning experience. Paper presented at 35th International Conference Improving University Teaching
Internet based technologies have benefits for students and staff in terms of time and information sharing. Students at the University of Glasgow were required to engage in ref...
Belonging to a learning community: staff perspectives.
Presentation / Conference
Ennis, L., Tierney, A., Lucas, L., Logan, P., & Wright, G. (2018, October)
Belonging to a learning community: staff perspectives. Presented at Evidence for Enhancement: The Challenge of Community and Belonging
The Faculty Learning Community (FLC) at Edinburgh Napier University is based on the Miami model developed by Milton D. Cox and seeks to explore the ways in which staff support...
Tackling Plagiarism in the Level One Biology Class
Journal Article
Tierney, A., Brown, A., & Neil, D. (2006)
Tackling Plagiarism in the Level One Biology Class. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 1(1), 13-21
The Level One Biology class at the University of Glasgow reported 23 cases of plagiarism in session 2003/04. Several measures were put i.n place to help students understand pl...
The scholarship of teaching and learning: a university teacher learning community’s work in progress1
Journal Article
Bell, S., Bohan, J., Brown, A., Burke, J., Cogdell, B., Jamieson, S., …Tierney, A. (2006)
The scholarship of teaching and learning: a university teacher learning community’s work in progress1. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 1(1), 3-12
The understanding of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has raised debate amongst many academics employed in Higher Education (HE). One way of exploring the issues su...
Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders
Journal Article
Webb, A. S., & Tierney, A. M. (2020)
Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905
In this paper, we focus on the experience of faculty learning to do the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Our two studies uncovered similar threshold concepts in So...
The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A. (2016)
The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation. In Conference Proceedings 2015
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is being promoted as an activity for teaching-focused academics in the UK. However, support for SoTL is not a priority for most...
Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Presentation / Conference
Tierney, A. (2014, July)
Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice: Engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Paper presented at Threshold Concepts in Practice: the 5th Biennial International Threshold Concepts Conference
This paper is an overview of engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in the context of Life Sciences. SoTL is increasingly becoming a requirement for U...
Transition to Research: Experiencing new paradigms
Presentation / Conference
Barkess, G., & Tierney, A. (2015, June)
Transition to Research: Experiencing new paradigms. Paper presented at International Conference Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education
The transition from undergraduate study to postgraduate research is a difficult one for students to negotiate. Similarly, the transition from disciplinary researcher to pedago...