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 […]
The Move to HyFlex: Our Annual Teaching and Learning Conference Giorgia Pigato and Cat Bailey explain how they used SharePoint to remove distance as a barrier and increased participation in the annual teaching and learning conference at the University of Exeter Authors :Giorgia Pigato and Cat Bailey 1.What exactly was the shift in culture and/or […]
Building community and belonging during a pandemic Claire Gordon and Nyssa Lee-Woolf explain how the Eden Centre for Education Enhancement, London School of Economics and Political Science established peer networks to help students stay connected to each other and their studies during the pandemic Authors : Claire Gordon and Nyssa Lee-Woolf 1. What exactly […]
Developing department working practices in a large distributed team Working in a distributed team for an extended period of time can be tough on team members. In this case study, Amy Sampson from Falmouth University explains how a suite of online tools such as Office 365 helped to keep the team connected. Author: Amy Sampson […]
Moving LTHE from face to face to online delivery at speed Giorgia Pigato, the University of Exeter, explains how redesigning a face to face course captured the benefits to be gained from flexible delivery. Author: Giorgia Pigato 1.What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? The Academic Development […]
Robust and Fair Online Exams How do you create a fair and robust online exam paper? Alison Hill and Nicholas Harmer share how they achieved this. Authors: Alison M. Hill and Nicholas J. Harmer 1. What exactly is the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? For the 2020/21 academic year, […]
Teaching and Assessing Laboratory Sessions Online Nicholas Harmer and Alison Hill share how imaginative use of instructional videos and assessment material enable students to complete their exams Authors : Nicholas J. Harmer and Alison M. Hill What exactly is the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that you wish to highlight? The COVID-19 pandemic provided […]
Challenges Online: pivoting to digital learning during the pandemic Dawn Lees, Anka Djordjevic and Simon Pardoe from University of Exeter share how moving an extra-curricular programme online removed geographical barriers to student participation and reduced carbon emissions. Authors: Dawn Lees, Anka Djordjevic, Simon Pardoe What exactly was the shift in culture and/or organisational practice that […]
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 […]