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Playful University: supporting the link between joy and learning

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 […]

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Keeping Connected – Developing distributed team working practices

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 […]

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Robust and Fair Online Exams

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, […]

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Teaching and Assessing Laboratory Sessions Online

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 […]

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Using OneNote in Microsoft Teams to support the transition from face-to-face to online teaching

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 […]