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
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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.
How do you make assessment criteria more student-centred? Co-create it with the students…
The last time I set an assignment for students in my class, I did something different. Continue Reading
The writing’s on the … table?
We’ve been lucky enough to use a flexible new learning space on campus. How has it been working out?
Innovating to stem flooding: Sembula
Guest authors, Annie Cheung (2nd year undergraduate Medicine) and Shreya Basu (2nd year undergraduate Mechanical Engineering), write about their experience designing a flood barrier for Tamil Nadu in India, for the Engineers Without Borders UK design challenge. Continue Reading
To tableau or not to tableau
Guest authors Camilla Audia and James Porter share their reflections on a learning experiment inspired by our Active Learning Design case study. Continue Reading
Designing for authentic co-production
I recently had the pleasure of co-presenting a paper at the Change Agents Network annual conference ‘The Evolving Landscape of Staff-Student Partnership’ at the Open University with four undergraduate Change Makers students. Continue Reading