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Supporting Emotional Well-being for Hybrid Learning Students

Supporting Emotional Well-being for Hybrid Learning Students

There are some very important considerations to take into account when supporting the emotional wellbeing of hybrid learning students. The recent rapid move from traditional campus-based learning to hybrid learning has given rise to enormous challenges. The ‘fast e-learning switch’

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Organising Tasks Using Microsoft Office 365

Organising Tasks Using Microsoft Office 365

As many of us continue to work, teach and learn remotely, keeping on top of all our meetings, actions, things to do remains a major challenge. Quite timely then that Microsoft have introduced some significant changes to how you can

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Accessibility Help Guides

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We now have a comprehensive set of accessibility guidelines to help you meet accessibility requirements.  Today we introduce new guidance on creating accessible visual data.  These step by step guides will help everyone meet the requirements of the new accessibility

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Providing Meaningful Feedback

Providing Meaningful Feedback

Lack of meaningful feedback is one of the biggest challenges learners face on a hybrid learning programme. Coupled with this, many students can feel intimidated because of the isolated nature that often comes with the online component of hybrid learning.

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Accessibility Help Guides: Accessible Media Part 2 – Captions

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The following guides give practice advice on how to enable and edit captions with University video platforms. Captions in ReView (Panopto) Captions in Microsoft Teams Live Captions in Blackboard Collaborate Previously we shared guidance on creating accessible video and what

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Top Tips for Using Video as a Teaching Resource

Top Tips for Using Video as a Teaching Resource

Video is an essential part of education when transitioning to a hybrid learning format, as it stimulates cognitive processing, thinking, reasoning and problem-solving. In this blog, we will cover some useful tips on using video as a teaching resource. Place

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Induction Activities – Promoting a Sense of Belonging and Engagement

Induction Activities – Promoting a Sense of Belonging and Engagement

Student engagement can have a positive impact on enhancing the student experience and has a critical role to play in improving student retention and achievement.  Teesside University is committed to student engagement, retention and success evidenced through its Vision, Mission

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Accessibility Help Guides – Accessible Media Part 1

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Today we are publishing the next set of accessibility help guides with overview guidance on accessible media.  The guides provide advice on: Making images accessible, Making video and audio accessible, Video captions and transcripts. Later this week in part 2 we will

Emma August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 LTE Blog No Comments Read more

Ways to simplify your online teaching approach

Ways to simplify your online teaching approach

Hybrid learning aims to provide students with helpful information and not to bombard them with irrelevant and unnecessary pieces of content. Applying the principle of simplicity in hybrid learning means conveying information in the simplest way possible. Less information will

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New Accessibility Help Guides PDF and PowerPoint

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Continuing with our series of Help Guides for Accessibility, today’s Help Guides feature advice on how to ensure your PDFs and PowerPoints are accessible: How to make your PDFs accessible How to make your PowerPoints accessible In addition to today’s

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