Steph Fuller and Ana Cabral, from Queen Mary Academy, Queen Mary University of London discuss the value of asynchronous communications in building community engagement Authors: Steph Fuller and Ana Cabral What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? When the pandemic took hold and we were suddenly […]
Category: Digital Culture
Playful University: supporting the link between joy and learning Maarten Koeners, Steph Comley and Caitlin Kight from the University of Exeter describe how they supported joyful, playful learning online. Author: Maarten Koeners Co-authors: Steph Comley and Caitlin Kight What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? Playful learning […]
Collaboration : Skill or Culture In his editorial, Russ Crawford references the case studies covering collaboration, to contend collaborative working is a learned skill. However, Russ goes further, suggesting other factors are at work, and collaboration may also be a culture. Russ closes by inviting readers to form a conclusion or even suggest a theme […]
Using OneNote in Microsoft Teams to support the transition from face-to-face to online teaching Susan Caie explains how the University of Aberdeen used OneNote to make instructional materials easily available for online teaching. Author: Susan Caie 1. What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? In March […]
How do you offer students a laboratory learning experience when Covid-19 has closed the labs? Ian Turner, Rachel Bolton-King, Nigel Francis, Leisa Nichols-Drew, and David Smith from the University of Derby explain how they created open online knowledge exchange networks to support students. Author: Ian J. Turner Co-Authors: Rachel S. Bolton-King, Nigel J. Francis, Leisa […]
Shut up and write online Kelly Preece and Jo Sutherst from the University of Exeter explain how moving a postgraduate writing project online saw a 4- fold increase in participation and the emergence of peer-led working. Authors: Kelly Preece, Jo Sutherst What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to […]
How a Pandemic Enabled a Culture Shift Towards Lecture Capture Sonya McChristie describes how the adoption of new video systems and the interruption caused by the pandemic drove the adoption of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) at the University of Sunderland. Author: Sonya McChristie 1. What exactly was the shift in culture and / […]
Increasing inclusion and belonging in staff diversity networks Deborah Sloan explains how technology removed the physical and psychological barriers to participation in networks promoting inclusion at the University of Ulster. Author: Deborah Sloan 1.What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? There is no doubt that equality, […]
Key principles for digital practice Alejandro Armellini from University of Portsmouth shares how the university is using the lessons learned from the pandemic to design pedagogic approaches that support hybrid digital working. Author : Alejandro Armellini What exactly is the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? The request for a […]