What is the Spotlight Podcast?
This podcast series aims to put a spotlight on topics in the Learning & Teaching space. We hope that by listening to others talk about some of these topics will give you food for thought in how you might want to develop and innovate your LTA practice, and hopefully you will want to advance this through our Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Network (SoTL@SHU) to gain support and develop plans to disseminate your work.
Why is this a podcast?
We hear you loud and clear – you get enough written communication! The trend for audio communication such as radio and podcasts has spiked in recent years, and so we are trialling this as an asynchronous tool to enhance the SoTL support and scaffolding for colleagues. This should complement other support and development we have on offer including in-person college SoTL events, online synchronous institution wide events, online communities including Teams and Whatsapp chats, and the tried and trusted ‘Cluster Cuppa Catchups’ that some of you are engaged in! Podcasts are an innovative and celebrated way of dissemination, and feature on Beckingham’s SoTL Staircase (2023).
Who is involved in this?
The series is hosted by Joel (Associate Dean Learning, Teaching and Student Success), and features colleagues from across the university, the second series is being recorded in the summer with more colleagues and some external experts.