Did you know that there are a variety of different online courses that you can access to help you move to online teaching? Epigeum are making two of their courses free to access: Teaching Online and Blended Learning…
Due to the current circumstances, you may be beginning to record your lectures using ReView, or host live sessions using Microsoft Teams. Many academics are becoming concerned about setting up a remote learning workspace that is effective for recording. The following are a few tips which can help you achieve a productive space…
With the sudden shift to online learning during the Covid-19 crisis, students are having to become increasingly more active in their learning. Students now need to think much more carefully about where they are now, where they are going and how to get there. However, this contrasts with students being predominantly consumers of knowledge in a campus-based setting…
When creating any learning resources within PowerPoint it is essential to ensure that the information contain within it can be accessed by all your students. Whilst remote teaching you won’t be present to clarify your slides, the following tips can help to ensure your slides are accessible…
We’ve revised and created additional guidance around making alternative online assessment arrangements. It is important that we keep in mind that the overall aim remains facilitating and capturing student learning through equitable and appropriate methods, aligned to course learning outcomes. When seeking to make such alternative online assessment arrangements we need to ensure we are preparing them in a robust way to ensure the quality and equity of the assessment…
Problem based learning does not have to stop whilst your students are temporarily out of the classroom. There are several different tools that you can utilise to ensure that your students can still participate in group work whilst working at home. Discussion Boards, Microsoft Teams, Padlet and Sway…
ReView is Teesside University’s lecture capture solution. It gives a straight forward approach to recording lectures that students can then consume in their own time. It can also be used for personal capture – such as monologues, walk-throughs, even short pep-talks. Whilst the University is undergoing such disruption, these videos will become invaluable aids for your students who cannot be on campus…
Today we’re releasing a page of resources for you with guidance on how to use the StREAM system, accompanied by helpful videos. The resources will enable staff to continue effective personal tutoring whilst working remotely. For advice on remote personal tutoring itself (rather than the system we us), please refer to the guidance already available…
What are the Teams Live Events? Teams Live Events provides an excellent way to stream live video and digital content to your students, enabling enhanced engagement. Events can be used for webinars and ‘live learning and teaching’ demonstrations when delivering Learning and Teaching remotely. Additional features include: Live Q&A, Post-event video downloads, Attendee engagement reports, Live captions and translation and Transcripts…
Apple have compiled resources to help you make the most of technology whilst supporting remote learning. The Apple Teacher Learning Center is always a great place to find tips and inspiration for your teaching….
