Considerations For Transferring Face-To-Face Activities Online
How to do you modify tried and tested face-to-face activities for the online environment? Dr. Kim Wilson shares her experience.
Feedback Literacies In A Minute: What and How
Receiving critical feedback hurts. How can we turn the feedback experience from a negative to a positive one?
Most Online Students Are NOT Satisfied – And 3 Practical Ideas on How to Improve This
Delivering units to external students online shouldn't mean just taking face-to-face content or activities and putting them online. Here are 3 ideas to improve the online experience for external students.
5 Practical Ideas To Prevent Ghostwriting
In response to Rebecca's great article on Contract Cheating and this week's Academic Integrity workshops, I reflect on why students are drawn to ghostwriting and, most importantly, what we can do about it.
What Is The Best Way To Allocate Groups?
Is random allocation or allowing students to pick their own groups best? Or do you use a different method? It's important to understand, and make clear to students, what you are actually trying to achieve with groupwork.
A New Way To Hand-le Reflection 😃
Consider using the ‘body parts’ exercise for reflection – allowing students to see an experience from a different perspective.
‘Groupwork’ Benefits WITHOUT Doing ‘Groupwork’
Take a look at these 6 collaborative activities that hone cooperation and communication skills without actually formalising it as 'groupwork'.
An ‘In-Built’ Urge That Hinders Teaching… And An Easy Way To Fix It
An average person can tolerate only 0.6 seconds of silence mid-sentence. What does that mean for teaching? It's important to allow students enough time to answer questions.
5 Ways To Make Lectures More Engaging
Try out these 5 tips for including engaging interactive activities in your lectures.