The Connected Conference launched with a fantastic discussion between the BILT team and our keynote speakers Prof. Helen O’Sullivan (DVC and Provost at the University of Chester) and Dave White (Head of Digital Education and Academic Practice at the University … Continue reading...
Tag: online communities
Online Study Lounges: What they are, and how Study Skills have run them
by Dr Lewis Coyne, Study Skills Tutor for Social Sciences and Law
The past 10 months have brought about a minor revolution in the teaching and support offered at higher education institutions. The switch from in-person to online education hasn’t … Continue reading...
How can online communities enhance online learning?
It is no news that there has been a major change to the way curriculums are being delivered across the Education sector. There has been a distinctive rise of e-learning over the past couple of months, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely … Continue reading...
Top Tips for Building Inclusive Online Communities within Breakout Rooms
As the first post on the building inclusive online communities’ theme, I wished to clarify what the aims of this theme are to BILT. Building Inclusive Online Communities is about exploring how we can maintain our sense of social connectedness … Continue reading...
BILT Hackathon: 9 solutions to great asynchronous learning
The BILT Hackathon first involved us splitting into groups and discussing the main challenges that we as students are finding whilst participating in blended learning. Some challenges we discussed did not affect us all equally, for instance some students found … Continue reading...
Digital-only course design: lessons learned from Sustainable Futures
The EAUC, Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges, is an influential leader worldwide on all things sustainability and climate change. I’ve attended several annual EAUC conferences in person and this year online for the first time. It’s always a big affair with thousands of attendees and … Continue reading...