technology-enhanced practice

How our participants used technology

Many interviewees suggested that participating in verbal discussions was no longer the only way to conceptualise engagement, and used technology to facilitate alternative approaches. I find the tactics, and the pedagogy is exactly the same. You know, you have to create structures by which students will talk to each other, and actually engage with stuffContinueContinue reading “How our participants used technology”

Using Wikipedia as a teaching and learning tool

Caroline Ball c.ball@derby.ac.uk Context: Library and research skills Students: Mostly undergraduate, largely European and Chinese students Class size: 10-20 Format: Workshop (i.e. group or individual tasks led by tutor) Pedagogy used: I’m a firm believer in using Wikipedia as a teaching and learning tool, and I love to get students editing, creating and translating articlesContinueContinue reading “Using Wikipedia as a teaching and learning tool”

‘Show and tell’ icebreaker for online seminar

Jenny Lewin-Jones j.lewin-jones@worc.ac.uk Context: BA Sociology (this is for a first year online lockdown seminar) Students: This seminar cohort has 12 students, 3 of whom are international and in lockdown back in their home countries Class size: This seminar only has 12, more typical would be 25 Format: Seminar (i.e. whole group discussion of 10ContinueContinue reading “‘Show and tell’ icebreaker for online seminar”

Bringing students together synchronously on campus and in Teams: The silver lining to my Covid-19 cloud

Lia Blaj-Ward Nottingham Trent University As a UK-based higher education professional in a learning and teaching role focused primarily on academic literacy and communication, one of my key sources of positive energy during these challenging times has been a small group of European Project Semester students at Nottingham Trent University. Patiently and persistently, over aContinueContinue reading “Bringing students together synchronously on campus and in Teams: The silver lining to my Covid-19 cloud”

Flipping learning for large groups

Nicki Newman University of Birmingham n.l.newman@bham.ac.uk Before the pandemic and the move to blended or hybrid teaching I had used flipped teaching on large modules, 300 students. Even with that number, I could still do small group work, even in a large lecture theater with a lot of students. I used some high technological solutions,ContinueContinue reading “Flipping learning for large groups”