Working online brings plenty of obstacles to active learning, communication and engagement – but can they be overcome?
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Does working online have any advantages?
Working online has been a brand new experience. And we put a lot of thought and effort into how to make it work in the ways that we – as teachers – thought would provide the most supportive and engaging student experience. But has it worked? Continue Reading
(More Than A) Handbook
To align with our complete transformation to online learning, we decided to completely re-write and re-imagine our student handbook. Continue Reading
The Check In
Initially conceived as a way to monitor attendance (a requirement for Change Makers and Imperial Horizons modules) and to some extent welfare (students not completing the Check In could be followed up and offered support for any difficulty they might be experiencing), the Check In has been a hugely successful part of our new learning design. Continue Reading
The 24hr Rolling Class
One of the biggest challenges that we were faced with was to accommodate students learning both synchronously and asynchronously – with us in the live class and catching up at a later date. Continue Reading
Inclusivity and Hospitality
One thing that we were really concerned about as we planned how we might work with students online was how we would make them feel comfortable, engaged and welcome in our online space. Continue Reading
The Virtual Classroom
The very first step in our design process for the big move to online was to begin madly researching different platforms for online collaboration. Continue Reading
The Change Makers lockdown learning experience (so far)
Explore this series of posts to find out how we have transformed our Change Makers modules to make them pandemic-proof. Continue Reading
Inclusivity and Belonging in the Online Classroom
In our planning for the delivery of all Change Makers teaching online for the next academic year, we’ve been having some great discussions about how to create our virtual classroom.
Student Artwork Featured at National Event
We are delighted that our student artwork was displayed at a national event recently.