{"id":2,"date":"2023-03-06T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/programme-development\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:05:13","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/education-development-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"post-3223 media-3223\" class=\"image\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 30px auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"display: block;width: 435px;max-width: 900px;height: 138px;margin: 0px auto\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/education-development-toolkit\/files\/2023\/09\/Education-Development-Toolkit-logo_colour.png\" alt=\"Logo for the Education Development Toolkit | Logo ar gyfer y Pecyn Cymorth Datblygu Addysg\" \/><\/figure>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 30px;align-items: flex-start;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<div style=\"flex: 3;min-width: 300px\">\n<div id=\"section1\">\n<p>The Cardiff University Education Development Toolkit provides guidance for staff in developing outstanding educational practices and consistently high-quality student learning experiences, that support all students to fulfil their potential. It\u00a0is evidence-based and full of practical tips, reflections, student voice and case studies, covering a wide range of important learning and teaching themes, including our cross-cutting themes of inclusivity, sustainability and employability.<\/p>\n<p>The resource aligns to the strategic goals set out in the \u2018Our Future, Together\u2019 strategy, to help us to realise our ambitions to be a university offering \u2018an excellent educational experience for students of all backgrounds and experiences, and a commitment to flexible lifelong learning that creates positive change.\u2019 It was been developed in 2021, and re-developed in 2026 through collaboration with academics, professional services and education specialists across Cardiff University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1;min-width: 250px;background: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 20px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;color: #0066a1\">On This Page<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#section1\">Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#section2\">The Toolkit Approach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#section3\">Menu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#section4\">Advance HE Professional Standards Framework (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"section2\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>The Toolkit Approach<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 30px;align-items: flex-start;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<div style=\"flex: 3;min-width: 300px\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 8px 8px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/education-development-toolkit\/files\/2024\/12\/Teaching-Cycle.png\" alt=\"The teaching cycle - design deliver assess evaluate\" width=\"357\" height=\"327\" \/>The toolkit uses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cast.org\/what-we-do\/universal-design-for-learning\/\">Universal Design for Learning<\/a> format with short texts, images and videos, and boxes with student voice, case studies from Cardiff University and elsewhere, and activities for reflection.<\/p>\n<p>The concepts and discussion presented within the toolkit are indicative, and are not intended to be prescriptive or comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The toolkit is not designed as a \u2018cover to cover\u2019 read! Navigate to the sections that are of most interest or use to you \u2013 such as Cardiff University\u2019s cross-cutting education themes (inclusivity, employability and sustainability), or the key education principles, which follow the teaching cycle: design for effective learning, teaching approaches (delivery), assessment and feedback for learning, and evaluation, collaboration and engagment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"post-8100 media-8100\" class=\"image align-left\"><figcaption class=\"caption\">Figure: The Teaching Cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 20px\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;padding: 8px 14px;background: #0066a1;color: white;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 4px;font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 600\" href=\"#top\"> \u2191 Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 30px;align-items: flex-start;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<div style=\"flex: 3;min-width: 300px\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"section3\"><strong>Menu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- CROSS-CUTTING THEMES --><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0066a1;margin-top: 25px;text-align: left\">Explore our cross-cutting themes<\/h4>\n<p>Explore guidance and resources to help embed inclusivity, employability and sustainability across learning, teaching and curriculum design.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;justify-content: center;align-items: stretch;gap: 20px;flex-wrap: wrap;margin: 20px auto 35px auto;width: 100%\">\n<p><!-- INCLUSIVITY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 240px;background-color: #eef8fc;border-top: 5px solid #168bd2;padding: 24px 26px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #0066a1;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.15rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\nInclusivity<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Introduction to Inclusive Education<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Fostering a Sense of Belonging<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Empowering Students to Fulfil Their Potential<\/li>\n<li>Developing Inclusive Mindsets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- EMPLOYABILITY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 240px;background-color: #f3f1fc;border-top: 5px solid #4834d4;padding: 24px 26px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #3825b8;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.15rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\nEmployability<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Student Futures Framework<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">9 Skills for Success<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Programme Approval and Revalidation<\/li>\n<li>Embedding Employability in the Curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SUSTAINABILITY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 240px;background-color: #eff9f2;border-top: 5px solid #18a558;padding: 24px 26px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #08783e;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.15rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\nSustainability<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">What Do We Mean by Sustainability?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Why Sustainability?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability Case Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- TEACHING CYCLE --><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0066a1;margin-top: 30px\">Explore the teaching cycle<\/h4>\n<p>Explore guidance and resources across the teaching cycle, from designing effective learning, and teaching approaches, through to assessment and feedback, evaluation, student engagement and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><!-- TEACHING CYCLE ROW 1 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 15px;align-items: stretch;margin: 20px 0 15px 0;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<p><!-- 1. DESIGN FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 280px;min-height: 260px;background-color: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 22px 24px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #0066a1;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\n1. Design for Effective Learning<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Inclusive Design<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Programme Scoping<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Programme Development<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Module and Session Design<\/li>\n<li>Designing a Coherent Learning Journey and ABC Learning Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- 2. TEACHING APPROACHES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 280px;min-height: 260px;background-color: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 22px 24px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #0066a1;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\n2. Teaching Approaches<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Inclusive Teaching Approaches<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Teaching Approaches for Engagement and Learning<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Learning Design in Practice: Designing Effective Flipped Learning<\/li>\n<li>Key Teaching Approaches: Empathetic Pedagogy, Play and Games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- TEACHING CYCLE ROW 2 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 15px;align-items: stretch;margin: 0 0 15px 0;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<p><!-- 3. ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 280px;min-height: 260px;background-color: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 22px 24px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #0066a1;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\n3. Assessment and Feedback (A &amp; F) for Learning<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Assessment and Feedback Literacy and Inclusive Approaches<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Programme-level Design of A&amp;F (including Cardiff EAT and Gen AI)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Learning Design for A &amp; F: Preparing and Running Assessments<\/li>\n<li>Approaches to A&amp;F (including Authentic Assessment and Teamwork)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- 4. EVALUATION AND COLLABORATION --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 0;min-width: 280px;min-height: 260px;background-color: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 22px 24px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<p><span style=\"display: block;color: #0066a1;font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 14px\"><br \/>\n4. Evaluation, Collaboration and Engagement<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.5;margin: 0;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Evaluation: Actively Seeking, Listening and Responding to All Voices<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Collaboration and Co-construction<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\">Student Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with Staff: Inclusive Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Designing Beyond Blended: Using the Six Pillars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 20px\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;padding: 8px 14px;background: #0066a1;color: white;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 4px;font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 600\" href=\"#top\"> \u2191 Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"section4\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The introduction to each of the sections and pages identifies the links between the content and the dimensions of the Advance HE PSF 2023. The Professional Standards Framework brings together three related dimensions: Professional Values, Core Knowledge and Areas of Activity. You can read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/advance-he.org\/knowledge-hub\/professional-standards-framework-teaching-and-supporting-learning-higher-education-0\/\">Advance HE &#8220;Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education&#8221; 2023 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 20px;align-items: stretch;flex-wrap: wrap;margin: 25px 0\">\n<p><!-- PROFESSIONAL VALUES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1;min-width: 260px;background: #eef8fc;border-top: 5px solid #168bd2;padding: 20px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #0066a1;margin-top: 0\">Professional Values<\/h4>\n<p><strong>In your context, show how you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>V1<\/strong> \u2013 respect individual learners and diverse groups of learners<\/p>\n<p><strong>V2<\/strong> \u2013 promote engagement in learning and equity of opportunity for all to reach their potential<\/p>\n<p><strong>V3<\/strong> \u2013 use scholarship, or research, or professional learning, or other evidence-informed approaches as a basis for effective practice<\/p>\n<p><strong>V4<\/strong> \u2013 respond to the wider context in which higher education operates, recognising implications for practice<\/p>\n<p><strong>V5<\/strong> \u2013 collaborate with others to enhance practice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CORE KNOWLEDGE --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1;min-width: 260px;background: #f3f1fc;border-top: 5px solid #4834d4;padding: 20px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #3825b8;margin-top: 0\">Core Knowledge<\/h4>\n<p><strong>In your context, apply knowledge of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>K1<\/strong> \u2013 how learners learn, generally and within specific subjects<\/p>\n<p><strong>K2<\/strong> \u2013 approaches to teaching and\/or supporting learning, appropriate for subjects and level of study<\/p>\n<p><strong>K3<\/strong> \u2013 critical evaluation as a basis for effective practice<\/p>\n<p><strong>K4<\/strong> \u2013 appropriate use of digital and\/or other technologies, and resources for learning<\/p>\n<p><strong>K5<\/strong> \u2013 requirements for quality assurance and enhancement, and their implications for practice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AREAS OF ACTIVITY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1;min-width: 260px;background: #eff9f2;border-top: 5px solid #18a558;padding: 20px;border-radius: 4px\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #08783e;margin-top: 0\">Areas of Activity<\/h4>\n<p><strong>In your context, demonstrate that you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A1<\/strong> \u2013 design and plan learning activities and\/or programmes<\/p>\n<p><strong>A2<\/strong> \u2013 teach and\/or support learning through appropriate approaches and environments<\/p>\n<p><strong>A3<\/strong> \u2013 assess and give feedback for learning<\/p>\n<p><strong>A4<\/strong> \u2013 support and guide learners<\/p>\n<p><strong>A5<\/strong> \u2013 enhance practice through own continuing professional development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;gap: 30px;align-items: flex-start;flex-wrap: wrap\">\n<div style=\"flex: 3;min-width: 300px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 20px\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;padding: 8px 14px;background: #0066a1;color: white;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 4px;font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 600\" href=\"#top\"> \u2191 Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f9fc;border-left: 5px solid #0066a1;padding: 25px;margin: 30px 0;border-radius: 4px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;color: #0066a1;background-color: transparent\">Help us improve the Education Development Toolkit<\/h3>\n<p>The Toolkit will continue to evolve over time. 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