Category: Teaching Practice
Discussions around teaching practice.
Spotlight on practice: How I teach now – Zara Bending
Zara Bending (Law) talks about the opportunities provided by the move to online learning and how she uses her communication 'superpower'!
Zara Bending’s top tools for online learning and teaching
Zara’s pick of the most useful resources she found in the move to all-online learning.
Three ways to enhance academic integrity in your unit
The rapid move to online learning has left many students increasingly vulnerable to contract cheating companies. Here are three ways to deal with it.
The science demo: an experience going virtual
Fun, messy science demos in classrooms. What do you do when you and your audience need to connect via the Internet instead?
Spotlight on practice: Keeping students on track and motivated – Nathan Hart
Nathan Hart (Biology) shares his intensive approach to student communication this year and his own learnings about iLearn – in-between filming experiments on crickets on his kitchen table.
Spotlight on practice – The essentials of online learning: flexibility, genuine care … and a cat – Phil Chappell
Phil Chappell (Linguistics) tells of the importance of showing genuine concern for students and how he redesigned his unit to handle any situation!
Blended synchronous learning – an example from professional practice
This post shares a few techniques the MQBS Co-op team, the students and I are using to retain interactive discussions and activities in the blended synchronous environment.
Spotlight on practice: Beating the COVID blues and teaching online – John Knox
His students consider him a 'knowledge master' when it comes to helping them learn online. Here, John Knox (Linguistics) shares his thoughts on what works for him when teaching online.
Focus in the Zoom Room
The English Language Centre developed guidelines to promote connection and community when using Zoom with their international students.