Author: Sarah Johnson – Lecturer in Midwifery Imagine the challenge of commencing a professional undergraduate degree online, the same day as the national lockdown; this was the case for the March 2020 midwifery learning community. Learners starting university in the pandemic, missed out on coffee and lunches together, general chit chat, getting to know each other, Read more…
Author: Kevan Williams – TELT At no other time in our educational history has there been so much pressure to make use of technology to support the way we learn, teach and work, and all of this in a climate of continual global Read more…
Author: Hannah Tizard – Lecturer in Midwifery As educators we are, more often than not, looking for new ways to engage and inspire the students we are teaching, and Canva is one of the best new spaces to do so! Read more…
Author: John Hrycak – Student Coach, School of Psychology & Computer Science Most of us in education probably value the art of learning and have engaged with a combination of study and work … and returns to study … and more work. Working Read more…
Author: Jill Dobson – Senior Lecturer in Acute Critical and Emergency Care As a course team, we wanted to maintain consistency for our students in the delivery of each session we delivered online. The course leader provided the structure for Read more…
Author: Dr Megan Argo – Lecturer in Astrophysics For the last three years I have been teaching on AA1051 Introduction to Astronomy. This is a level 4 module which students take as a stand-alone Certificate course, or as part of Read more…
Author: Maria D Iglesias Mora, Lecturer in Hispanic and Foundation Studies At the start of this academic year, with having to deliver many of the activities during Welcome Week online, educators had to reinvent themselves and to find new ways Read more…
Author: Andrew Grice, Lecturer in International Business Communications. I lecture on the BA (Hons) in International Business Communications at the University Central Lancashire. My education philosophy stems from a belief that as educators, we can construct learning environments that can Read more…
Author: Amy Edwards-Smith – Lecturer, School of Community Health and Midwifery I have found that with learning switching to being solely online, students are missing out on dropping into the office to chat, which is crucial to developing rapport and Read more…
Author: Mike Smith – Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing I can remember all too well the sinking dread of being a student sat in a large lecture hall, watching a lecturer set up their 96 slides of mostly text for Read more…