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Web-based resources to support undergraduate classroom teaching: A resource pack
Created by Dr Jane Dawson, Kirsteen Murray, Bronwen Currie, Raymond Prentice and Jessie Paterson, School of Divinity, and Nora Mogey, MATLS, University of Edinburgh
What kind of resources are these?
A set of web-based learning materials and activities designed to support classroom teaching in Ecclesiastical History. Collectively these resources provide ideas and examples for using web-based resources, especially those located on Scran, to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in classroom-based undergraduate courses.
Materials include
- Image of the Week activity: The Counter Reformation in Europe
- Discussion forum: Pilgrimage in late medieval Scotland
- Student presentations: ‘The Living and The Dead in late medieval Scotland’ and ‘Ecclesiastical Buildings in late medieval Scotland’
- Weekly pack: ‘Magic and Healing in the Early Modern Period’
- Developing Research Skills: Extracts from Case study on Katherine Ruthven’s network in mid-sixteenth century Scotland
- Using course websites and web-based material in classroom-based undergarduate courses: A guide for teachers
Read the full case study to find out more about this resource and how it was made.
Who were they designed for?
Undergraduates in level 2 – 4 course in Ecclesiastical History. Also suitable for anyone interested in Scottish and European history by offering information and analysis on the late medieval and early modern periods.
Points of interest:
This Pack provides a wide range of examples of how to integrate web-based material into classroom-based courses. Techniques such as 'Image of the Week' or the 'Weekly Pack' are excellent ways of embedding images into everyday learning and teaching and could be used in any subject area at any level of study.
View these resources:
- Image of the Week | PDF
- Discussion forum: Pilgrimage in late medieval Scotland | PDF
- Student presentation: ‘The Living and The Dead in late medieval Scotland’ | PDF
- Student presentation: ‘Ecclesiastical Buildings in late medieval Scotland’ | PDF
- Weekly pack: ‘Magic and Healing in the Early Modern Period’ | PDF
- Developing Research Skills: Extracts from Case study on Katherine Ruthven’s network in mid-sixteenth century Scotland | extracts in web page
- Using course PDFs and web-based material in classroom-based undergarduate courses: A guide for teachers | PDF