Resources
This page offers links to an array of opinions and research on good practice for learning and teaching. Links to external sites are not intended as an endorsement of their content, but are offered to stimulate discussion and encourage reflection on teaching practice.
More resources are available through our page on Technology Enhanced Learning.
Guidelines for teaching observation [Word file] Goldsmiths currently has no college-wide system of teaching observation, but informal arrangements between colleagues can be useful and rewarding.
Plagiarism. Information on deterrence, detection and penalties.
Assessment. Includes guidance on devising assessment, departmental case
studies from Goldsmiths, and information on the national context.
Supporting Units at Goldsmiths
Staff Development designs, delivers and coordinates staff development activities across the College. It is responsible for planning an annual training programme with other internal and external providers. The unit acts as an internal consultancy for individual staff members, for teams, and at departmental level, helping to identify solutions tailored to specific needs.
Goldsmiths Careers Office provides a dedicated careers guidance and information service to all students of the College. It offers resources for Goldsmiths personal development planning project, the 3D Graduate.
The Language Studies Centre offers resources on essay and report writing, academic English and independent language study. It also offers support and advice on dyslexia. The Language Studies Centre offers resources for Goldsmiths personal development planning project, the 3D Graduate.
Goldsmiths Library has recently invested in its learning and teaching holdings, which can be found mainly between classmarks 370 and 380.
In addition, the library subscribes to several relevant electronic journals:
- Journal of Further and Higher Education
- Journal of Higher Education
- Quality in Higher Education
- Reflective Practice
- Studies in Higher Education
- Teachers and Teaching
- Teaching in Higher Education
- International Journal for Academic Development
External Resources
These links are organised through the bookmarking service ‘delicious’ and will be updated regularly.
Higher Education Academy Links to areas of particular interest on the Higher Education Academy site.
Higher Education e-learning resources Bodies disseminating, or demonstrating, excellence in e-learning, including case studies from JISC (the Joint Academic Systems Committee).
Research and Development projects
Professional Development Organisations including the Staff and Educational Development Association, the Leadership Foundation and the Association for Learning Technology.
Disability, accessibility and broadening participation Includes Action on Access, the national co-ordination team for widening participation in higher education, and TechDis, a government-funded body supporting the accessible use of technologies in learning. See also the Goldsmiths guide to Accessible learning and teaching strategies [pdf file], and the Goldsmiths Language Studies Centre for Dyslexia support.
Funding opportunities (cross-disciplinary) Bodies providing funding for learning and teaching projects and research, including JISC (the Joint Academic Systems Committee).