Having spent many hours in quarantine fighting enemies in online games, I sat down at my computer last Wednesday to do battle with my greatest nemesis – Adobe graphic design programs. A long time later, I emerged from my room, … Continue reading...
Tag: digital education
Learning from the experience of higher education in China
Chinese higher education institutions are ahead of the rest of the world in adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic, testing new approaches and technologies to identify the best ways to help their students. AdvanceHE welcomed staff and students to a live … Continue reading...
Six ways to engage your audience online (regardless of bandwidth or timezone!)
1. Start with an activity.
Engage students from the beginning by asking them to write a question they’d like to be answered during the session, drawing a picture of their initial impressions of the topic or even take a selfie … Continue reading...
‘Daily Digital’ with PVC-Education, Tansy Jessop
From Thursday 19th March Professor Tansy Jessop, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education, will host a short “daily digital” on a range of themes relating to online learning and teaching. Tansy will be joined by a number of colleagues, including from … Continue reading...
#Digifest19: The technology conference encouraging more human interactions
The following post was written by Amy Palmer, BILT Digital Resources Officer.
This year’s Digifest explored the theme ‘Shaping education for a hyper-connected world’, in which ideas around the digital challenges we are facing were shared and discussed. I attended … Continue reading...
‘Using Games in Teaching’ – 26/10/2018
The first ‘Using Games in Teaching’ event, organised by Chrysanthi Tseloudi and Suzi Wells from the Digital Education Office, saw 25 colleagues from across the University come together to discuss their experiences, hopes and ideas for gamifying learning. A wide range … Continue reading...
Exploring Microsoft Office 365 for Teaching and Learning
The ‘Exploring Microsoft Office 365 for Teaching and Learning’ event took place on Monday 10th September in Great George Street, and aimed to answer four questions:
- How would tools for education improve learning, teaching, and experience of students?
- What
e-marking as a tool for teachers and learners: evaluation of a GradeMark trial
Author: Andy Wakefield
School/ Centre: School of Biological Sciences
Provision of timely, detailed feedback is important for student learning (1), yet can be challenging to achieve in practice. Technology may hold the solution, say Dr Andy Wakefield.
The tech bit… Continue reading...
YouTube goes maths!
Author: Sven Friedemann
School/ Centre: School of Physics
Sven Friedemann tells us about the videos he developed for his 4th Year Physics students to help them understand complex mathematical derivations.
Teaching maths-heavy courses requires going over derivations step-by-step. Feedback from … Continue reading...