Author: Sam Pywell – Digital Development Coach, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, and Principal Lecturer: Social Prescribing Unit Coordinator at the University of Central Lancashire January 2022 involved the planning and delivery of UCLan’s first off-site hybrid conference. As part of the planning process, the following considerations were discussed: Off-site WiFi Read more…
Author: Neil Cook, Lecturer – School of Dentistry This is not what I intended to write a blog post about. At all. Reflection is one of those things that I have always struggled with. Not so much the thinking, but the production. There is something about sitting down and trying Read more…
Author: Tony Broad – Senior Lecturer in Computer Aided Engineering A few years ago I decided that I needed to work smarter, not harder. Technology such as Microsoft Teams helped me with this, and to be honest, with minimum effort…. because I let the students create their own Teams. A Read more…
Connecting ThingLink to Microsoft Teams for synchronous content options in online simulation Authors: Sam Pywell – Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Central Lancashire Dr Abhi Jones – Phase 2 Evidence Informed Practice of Medicine Theme Lead and Clinical Lead for Interprofessional Education, University of Central Lancashire Thanks to colleagues Read more…
Author: Louise Speakman – Lecturer in Midwifery I joined UCLan the day the UK entered lockdown. This was the same day that a new cohort of student midwives commenced their midwifery programme of study; and we quickly (and affectionally), established ourselves as the covid-cohort and covid-lecturer. As the world adjusted to this unprecedented reality, one phrase I often Read more…
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, working together on assignments in the library, drinks at the 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 change. What do I really need to know? Who can 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 from home may have been a more abrupt and forced 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 creating a supportive learning community. I wanted to make myself Read more…
Author: Claire Mellor, Lecturer in Cell Biology Teams, set-up & channels With Microsoft Teams now becoming the new go-to place for teaching at UCLan, many staff members are starting to think about the setup of their Module Teams. When it comes to group work (for example on one of my Read more…