Category: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
From the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.
Using a flipped approach with dialogic learning: Fostering collaboration and knowledge construction
Melissa Reed and Philip Chappell (Linguistics) explain their strategy for encouraging deep learning in a flipped classroom.
Managing a large teaching team? Here’s my hard-won advice.
Jo Paparo (Psychological Sciences) shares lessons learned in managing a large teaching team (now that she's over the shock).
Seven habits for being a more effective hybrid lecturer
Dr Josephine Chau (Health Sciences) researched possible solutions to the challenge of teaching synchronously in-person and online. Here are her findings.
Celebrating award-winning teaching: Josh Fitzgerald
It's Josh Fitzgerald's 'infectious' enthusiasm, care for his students, and (in his words) bad jokes, that are at the base of his commitment to transformative learning for Chiropractic students.
Celebrating award-winning teaching: Anina Rich
According to her students, it's Professor Anina Rich's research into attention and information processing, combined with her passion for teaching that have made her a 'brilliant convenor and lecturer'.
When sharing isn’t caring
How Linguistics is educating students about the perils of document-sharing sites.
Spotlight on practice: Filling condoms with frozen peas … and other ideas for learning – Kelly Gray
Kelly Gray (Health Sciences) has invested hours experimenting with synchronous and asynchronous activities to find out what works for her students' learning.
How to turn student oral presentations into video assignment submissions
This article shares two different examples of oral presentations converted into video submissions from the Linguistics Department, FMHHS.
Mindful Mentoring
Mentoring is as much about counseling as it is transferring knowledge and leadership skills. Mem Mahmut's peer nominations for a Faculty 'Mentor Award' are evidence of his status as a positive role model to improve the confidence and capability of...