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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 / […]