Many design-based STEM courses incorporate a practical project which requires students to design, build and test a product/artefact for the course assessment. Often, the assessment culminates in a live competition event which brings students together with staff to test and
Practice
Can open textbooks improve social justice outcomes for your students?
Do you want free, digital textbooks at no cost to your students? Do you want local content relevant to your students? Has Covid-19 encouraged you to use open digital textbooks? We want to know what you think. Please Take the
Solutions Lab 19: Working together – talking, listening and collaborating with students to improve the learning experience
Working together – talking, listening and collaborating with students to improve the learning experience Teaching and learning virtually is a new experience for most of us and getting feedback from students is crucial to ensuring that our courses are good
Supporting students
To support students throughout the semester there are many opportunities to engage with students. Announcements: You can plan out your announcements, introducing weekly topics, focusing on skills or resources require assessments or additional support or workshops at different times through
Lessons on Student Engagement from a Professional Learning Showcase
Not even the current crisis could stop 120 staff congregating in the same room – a virtual room, that is. Staged on Microsoft Teams, the School of Science Showcase saw nine academics from across multiple disciplines present course-related changes to
Solutions Lab 18: Being Human – the power of connecting with your students online
The emergent educational research into the Covid-19 crisis shows that the strength of connections between staff and students effects everything – from to levels of engagement to learning outcomes and student satisfaction. Leading commentators agree that it doesn’t matter how
Solutions Lab 17: Facilitating & Supporting Teamwork
Facilitating and supporting teamwork can be hard at the best of times, but many of the challenges are amplified in the online context. Encouraging students to engage with group projects, communicate with each other and produce collaborative artefacts is extremely
Sustainable Course design.
When developing resources for online delivery there are some strategies you can easily implement which improve the experience for your students. This include things like Not including dates on files Consider using version numbering rather than dates Keeping ‘in progress’
Designing a module in Canvas
Designing a module in Canvas We know the next semester of teaching will be online, in this article we will explore some of the key decisions which will influence your experience teaching and your students experience learning. What are your
