1. Both ends of the telescope:
Links between research and teaching
Professor Frank
Rennie

2. The Key Points
• Background to Research-Teaching links
• An example from our own practice
• What this means for education
• What this means for institutions
• What this means for society

3. Teaching into Research
New opportunities for staff
New ways of thinking
New funding for projects
Extending beyond the known
The half-life of knowledge….

4. Research into Teaching
esh ideas to inform & challenge students
Stimulates the spirit of enquiry
The value of requiring to explain
The benefit of requiring to contextualise
Reputation as a cutting-edge location

5. Researching our own
practice
Research-led teaching
Research-orientated teaching
Research-based teaching
Research-informed teaching

6. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/LinkingTeachingAndResearch_April07.pdf

8. The Resources
Text on Blackboard Site
Added reading and information
Photographs on Flickr
Video-guides on YouTube
Podcast commentary on…….
eBooks for iLibrary and Kindle
paper textbook through blurb.com
Student satisfaction – online analysis

9. 18th Century - The Scottish Enlightenment
Europe’s first public education system
The triumph of rational thinking
http://www.freefoto.com/preview/9909-08-2924/Edinburgh-Fringe-2009

10. The New Enlightenment
OER
Open Access
Creative Commons
Crowd Sourcing

11. Use the cloud to…..
Share research results
Share research data
Disseminate your ideas
Collaborate within a community of practice
… all for free

12. pathways and hidden meanings
Rhizomatic learning
Connectivism
The power of serendipity
Multi-disciplinary networking

13. The Institutional challenges
Self-organising systems
Funding sustainability
Reputation
The Attention Economy
The value of learning

14. Smart Mobs
The power of the crowd
Learning beyond boundaries