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Guest post – DigiLearn: A double portion of ‘TLC’: Teacher Learner Connectivity and Tender Loving Care

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 3 months3 months ago

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Guest post – DigiLearn: Building relationships in an online setting

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 3 months3 months ago

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Practice Makes Perfect

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 4 months4 months ago

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Guest post – DigiLearn: Is jumping straight in the best way to learn?

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 5 months5 months ago

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Guest post – DigiLearn: Using the Bookings app for online meetings

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 6 months6 months ago

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Guest post: DigiLearn – Private channels in Teams enhances student engagement with group work.

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 9 months9 months ago

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Guest post – DigiLearn: Utilising the Microsoft Educator Center (MEC)

Author: Steven Seymour – Service User and Carer Involvement Facilitator/Associate Lecturer in the School of Social Work, Care & Community at UCLan. Microsoft offers a wide range of information, courses and even certificates around digital learning and innovation. The platform allows you to utilise all it has to offer on Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 9 months9 months ago

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Microsoft Teams: Getting to grips with Meetings

Author: Caroline Carlin – TELT In our next two Teams blogs, we’re moving onto meetings. Teams meetings have a range of features which are increasingly making it the tool of choice to host online meetings, lectures and seminars. This week lays the foundations with tips to get you up and Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 11 months11 months ago

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Microsoft Teams: Channels, chat and conversations.

Author: Caroline Carlin – TELT Last time we focused on notifications, this week it’s all about how we organise and communicate with Teams. Channels Teams creates a central hub, pulling a wide variety of content together in one place – whether files, conversations, applications or websites. Before you get all Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 12 months11 months ago

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Microsoft Teams: Time to focus!

Author: Caroline Carlin – TELT Teams is a big application. With conversations, files, meetings, video conferencing and app integration it can do so much that it can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. So, over the next few weeks in our Tuesday Tutorial slot we’re going to tackle Teams head on Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 12 months11 months ago