Transcript: Welcome all, please feel free to share this video with colleagues if you think they would find it of interest. Let’s talk today about building professional relationships. Teaching can be quite a lonely experience. Depends a little bit on
Guidance for Educators: Finding the Passion
Transcript: Welcome, all. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues, if you think it would be of value to them. I want to talk today about passion. It’s really important that your passion for your subject is conveyed
The student is at the centre of the educational process (Interview)
I have been rather busy of late, so this is a rather delayed post from an interview done in June 2020 with SRCE, the Croatian National e-Learning Centre. The Interview appears under the title “Student je središte obrazovnoga procesa”, which
Guiding and Motivating Students Online (6’15”)
This brief presentation (6’15”) introduces some themes around guiding and motivating students online. These different facets are mentioned; being clear in instructions, avoid confusion, modelling behaviours, motivating, congratulating, anticipating motivational hurdles. This presentation was the basis for online webinar
Peer Observation Online (9’33”)
As so many new faculty are being compelled to teach online for the first time, many heads of department, quality assurance colleagues and academic developers are unprepared for the support the needs of faculty. Developmental peer observation is a frequently
Preparing for Webinar Teaching (6’18”)
This six-minute video (6’18”) is entitled ‘Best Practices in Preparing Online Materials for Webinar facilitation.” It is essential guidance for novice webinar teachers. There are 8 tips for preparing your webinar so you do not end up asking questions into
Categories not Levels: HEA Fellowship
Whether the four categories of Fellowship, professional recognition from the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE), represent a progression framework appears to be one of those perennial discussions. At first glance, it is understandable that we might interpret it as though individuals
Learning & Teaching Activities (6/8-SLDF)
Designing Engaging Learning Opportunities Workshop aligned to UKPSF A1-A2, K1-K4, V1 The third element in a constructively aligned course design and stage six of the 8-SLDF is the learning activities that allow students to prepare for the assessment of their learning outcomes.
Coffee Notes: Personal Reflection and Evaluation (5’8″)
I thought I would share some cross-platform videos which reflect whatever is on my mind professionally each morning. Shot in portrait for IGTV and then annotated for YouTube, they represent unscripted notes on some aspect of learning design or educational enhancement.
Models of Distance and ‘Blended’ Learning
It is always a privilege to be listed with others whose work one admires. I was pointed recently to a page produced by Laura Heap at the London Metropolitan University in May 2014 on their eLearning Matrix pages. On a