Inspiring Teaching
The LTA offers a suite of resources to support the development of practice and promote engagement with inspiring teaching and learning.
These resources include our Watt Works Quick Guides and Activity Sheets and our resource designed for those new to teaching, In At The Deep End.
In At The Deep End
the WATT WORKS quick guides
Commenting constructively on assessed work
Getting students to engage with feedback
Giving formative feedback prior to submitting summative tasks
Streamlining feedback on summative tasks
Getting students to self-assess to deepen their learning and develop feedback dialogues
Helping students appreciate what’s expected of them in assessment
Using exemplars to enhance learning and support achievement
Supporting international students in assessment
Helping students to benefit from feedback on exams
Meeting the challenges of programme focused assessment
the WATT WORKS activity sheets
The Biscuit Game: Exploring criteria for assesssment
Providing formative feedback effectively and efficiently
How can we give students better quality feedback?
Benchmark your feedback quality (course or programme level)
Additional Heriot-Watt
Learning and Teaching Resources
The Learning and Teaching Policy Bank
The policy bank provides an alphabetical list of all policy, procedure
and guideline documents related to the University’s decisions on
academic matters, particularly learning, teaching and assessment.
Learning Technology
The learning technology team offer a suite of training and support benefit both face-to-face and online learning and teaching, especially in connection with the virtual learning environment. You can find out more about the training available here
Library resources
The Information Services team provide an Academic Leadership and Development LibGuide. It can be accessed here.