NEW Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success by @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2026/1/...

Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success — The Learning Scientists

The feeling of belonging has been identified as an important factor in education (1) (2) . The main components of student belonging are being connected to peers/teachers/institution; feeling safe and...

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Exam season is officially here - and staying motivated, focused, and well can feel like a challenge. We’ve teamed up with @drckt.bsky.social and @learningscientists.bsky.social to share research-informed strategies to help you revise more effectively and look after your wellbeing.

It's exam season. So, I wrote up my exam taking tips as a blog post. It comes with a set of PowerPoint slides, too. Wishing all students all the best for their exams! You've got this!

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NEW POST: "A Practical Guide to Exam Taking Strategies" by @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/12...

TILE Seminar: "Beyond Efficiency: Automating Marking to Improve Feedback, Moderation, and Programme Design" Speaker: Rebekah Marangon, Senior Lecturer in Law & Programme Director for the LLB, Aston University 26 November (4PM (UK time),Teams) Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7e492f...

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NEW POST: "Digest #182: How To Increase (Self-)Motivation" By @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/10...

Digest #182: How To Increase (Self-)Motivation — The Learning Scientists

No matter whether you are a student or a teacher, sometimes it can be difficult to find motivation to start or complete a task. Instead, you may spend hours procrastinating with other activities and t...

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sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ... - this from @drckt.bsky.social might help #AcademicSky folks. Some great resources. As Caroline says, it's easy to be overwhelmed and links to tonight's #LTHEChat

Time Management & Study Skills For Students

One of the biggest challenges with learning is to get organised and to stick with a healthy study routine. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. In Level 2 Psychology we introduced Time Management & Study S

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I have recently updated my "Time Management and Study Skills For Students" resource. It comes with slides for teaching and activities for students. Feel free to browse and use: sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ...

Time Management & Study Skills For Students

One of the biggest challenges with learning is to get organised and to stick with a healthy study routine. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. In Level 2 Psychology we introduced Time Management & Study S

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TILE Seminar | 23 Sep 2025 | 4PM (UK time) "Perfectionism and Healthy Minds: A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding and Support" Dr Irina Roncaglia (Chartered Practitioner Psychologist, HCPC Practising Sport & Exercise Psychologist) Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4fb0b4...

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PAPER PUBLISHED: I worked on this project during my postdoc at WashU St. Louis in 2014. Our lab contributed to this Memrise competition to test the best way to study foreign vocabulary and we were one of the finalists. Kudos to Rosalind Potts for leading on this. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Had a great session with the associates of the Møller Institute at University of Cambridge. There was full engagement from the audience with many questions that led to insightful discussions. Can't wait to see how they will apply the science of learning to their various contexts and programmes.

I'm trialling a new work schedule: I'll be working compressed hours in September, i.e. an hour longer Mon-Thu, and half-day on Fridays. Let's see how it goes. If you have any experience with this kind of work schedule, please share. What are common pitfalls/benefits & how well does it work for you?

This is particularly exciting because I actually studied business administration as a minor at the University of Mannheim and I cannot wait to re-immerse myself with aspects of organisational psychology and combining it with the science of learning.

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Delighted to be delivering the 'Best Practice in Adult Learning' session at the Associate Development Day for the Møller Institute (University of Cambridge). Looking forward to applying the science of learning to knowledge/skills acquisition in leadership training. www.mollerinstitute.com

Delighted to be delivering the 'Best Practice in Adult Learning' session at the Associate Development Day for the Møller Institute (University of Cambridge). Looking forward to applying the science of learning to knowledge/skills acquisition in leadership training. www.mollerinstitute.com

Møller Institute | Leadership and Professional Development

The Møller Institute, located in Cambridge, inspires over 25,000 executives annually through executive education programmes, meetings, conferences, & events.

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We delivered a symposium on "Cognitive and motivational individual differences in the effectiveness of desirable difficulties" at #earli2025 - highlighting effort belief, goal orientation, and prior knowledge as important factors. Discussion slides here: linktr.ee/drckt @learningfor5254.bsky.social

When you are the symposium discussant (but also a learning scientist and enthusiastic about practicing what you preach) you must start your discussion with a quiz to engage the audience in some good old retrieval practice of the talks they just heard. #earli2025

Join our symposium on "Cognitive and Motivational Individual Differences in the Effectiveness of Desirable Difficulties" today at 12:15 in HS01.15. #earli2025 Looking forward to discuss the interesting work presented as part of this symposium.

NEW POST: "Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies?" by @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...

Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies? — The Learning Scientists

I’m currently preparing teaching for the upcoming academic year. One focus for me has been student self-regulated learning and time management skills. So, as I’m developing resources for students and...

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Opinion piece for @evidencebased.education: "Implementing Improvement Initiatives: Evidence-based, learner-centred, and workload-aware". Take aways: 💡 make it complement current practice 💡 it serves a purpose & solves a problem 💡 obtain peer & student feedback schoolimprovementhub.org/resources/

Join our TILE Network speaker series with a research talk on education-focused topics or a best practice talk to share innovative approaches in learning and teaching. Nomination form in post below. Our previous seminar recordings are here: tile.psy.gla.ac.uk/blog/ Any questions? Let me know!

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS! We're planning our TILE Network speaker series for 25-26 and are looking for inspiring speakers from diverse disciplines to share their insights on pressing topics in education. We feature research and best practice talks. (Self-)nomination form here: forms.office.com/e/X6TC36HGR5

CALL FOR SPEAKERS! We're planning our TILE Network speaker series for 25-26 and are looking for inspiring speakers from diverse disciplines to share their insights on pressing topics in education. We feature research and best practice talks. (Self-)nomination form here: forms.office.com/e/X6TC36HGR5

There are two items left on my to do list before I go on annual leave tomorrow at 5pm. It's doable. I can see the horizon. Last stretch! 🏖️🩴🌴

Today was our inaugural Level 2 Psychology Lab Development Day. As a team we generated ideas on how to improve teaching in the next academic year. I cannot be prouder of this engaged teaching team (and yes, we have a Level 2 Psychology cat mascot, Parzivel). #edusky #academicsky

Last year I was on the verge of burning out. This year I delivered a plenary at the IATEFL conference. The moment I stepped on that stage I knew this was special, this was what I love doing: communicate the science of learning to a large audience. The article captures my academic identity very well.

NEW POST: "Imitation versus Retrieval Practice in Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning" by @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/6/...

Imitation versus Retrieval Practice in Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning — The Learning Scientists

A couple of months ago I have started re-learning French with a language learning app. I studied French in school for many years and was quite fluent in it at the end of my schooling. Unfortunately, I...

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NEW POST: "Digest #180: Marking Rubrics in Education" by @drckt.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/6/13/digest-180 #edusky #academicsky

Digest #180: Marking Rubrics in Education — The Learning Scientists

Delivering engaging and effective presentations is important when it comes to teaching or when presenting work at conferences. As teachers, we may want to help our students to develop their presentati...

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New marking rubric resource: A collection of rubric templates for assessments used at the @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social. The resource also contains instructions on co-creating a rubric with AI and integrating a rubric into the VLE. sway.cloud.microsoft/QwfJVNioFO2a...

NEW POST: "Game-Based Learning for Research Skills in Higher Education – A Summary" @daisyabbott.bsky.social Slides, recording, and more resources now available. tile.psy.gla.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g... #edusky

New article published: "Service Learning: Applying Knowledge Through Community Service". An overview of my Service Learning module where students learn about effective learning strategies and deliver 'How To Study' tutorials to pupils in local schools in Glasgow. explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsp...

Service learning: Applying knowledge through community service

My academic identity revolves around applying research-informed learning strategies from Cognitive Psychology to authentic educational contexts and disseminating this knowledge to a broader audience through science communication and outreach activities. A continuation of this work is to enable students to apply what they have learned at university to address problems in the community. The following case study outlines Service Learning as a teaching concept. Service Learning is a teaching approach by which knowledge obtained in the classroom is made available to a cooperation partner in the community to solve a prevailing need. In my case, university students acquire knowledge of effective learning strategies and then design and deliver research-informed ‘How-To-Study’ tutorials to pupils in local schools. Since I started teaching Service Learning in 2008, I have collaborated with 15 schools (9 schools in and around Glasgow, 4 schools in and around Dundee, and 2 schools in Mannheim, Germany) from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. My commitment to support students to meaningfully apply knowledge through community service has been commended by the BPS accreditation review committee (2019, University of Dundee) as ‘extraordinary practice that stands out on a national and international level’. I was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by the School of Social Sciences for it, and it was recognised as a case study for my successful SFHEA AdvanceHE application in the same year.

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I kid you not. Left my laptop for 5 minutes on the sofa and came back to this. The thoughts of Zelda about my writing are clear. I need to do better. 😹

As part of the Advisory Board for "OpRaise: Opportunities and Potential Risks of AI in Supporting Evaluation", we had a thought-provoking meeting today. Looking forward to future meetings. Whether I'm looking forward to the world that awaits education: Not sure. dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-co...

OpRaise: Opportunities and Potential Risks of AI in Supporting Evaluation

As AI continues to advance, concerns are growing about its impact on traditional grading systems across the HE sector. AI models are now capable of writing essays and providing detailed feedback that ...

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