Authors: Jessica Cooper (Nurse Educator, University of Central Lancashire) and Emma Chambers (Adult Nursing Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire) We’re both relatively new to the University and our academic journeys. Having come from nursing backgrounds, we’re already used to system crashes and frozen screens, and using machinery that incessantly beeps Read more…
Author: Laura Ward, Senior eLearning Developer, UCLan Academic SME: Bob Gallagher, School of Natural Sciences (Forensics) As with many eLearning projects it starts with a teaching and learning challenge. In this case two sides of the same situation: I class legacy resources as the resources handed down from one tutor Read more…
Author: Matthew Clarke – PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) Co-ordinator, University of Central Lancashire The ways in which tutors can engage students in their learning, are changing. Chris Headleand (2021) defines student engagement as ‘involving students in learning’. However, to involve all students in their learning, tutors have had to Read more…
Author: Simon Hawkesworth – Educational Developer, Centre for Collaborative Learning, University of Central Lancashire For over two decades, there have been discussions and legislative initiatives concerning how we might make the digital world more inclusive and accessible. A series of UK parliamentary Acts, from the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) to Read more…
Author: Nick Treuherz, Lecturer in French, School of Humanities, Language & Global Studies As teaching practitioners getting into technology-enabled approaches and tools, we are always looking to new tools and advanced methods to enable our students to learn and make progress. I think many of us have all at one Read more…
Author: Philip Longwell, Study Skills Tutor, Centre for Collaborative Learning, UCLan Introduction Giving effective feedback to learners is important in many areas of higher education. Academic staff are commonly and acutely aware of the need for feedback to be timely, considered and detailed. Feedback can be both summative, such as Read more…
Author: Beverley McCormick – Educator and Advisor, ClickView Delivering lessons online has become an integral part of teaching, and it doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. As with any teaching, it is important that we take time to stop and reflect on our practice. We need to Read more…
Author: Beverley McCormick – Advisor, ClickView During the last two years, the consumption of video as a valid means for supporting learning has skyrocketed. As the nation downloaded video on a scale never seen before, the quest to seek out and use higher quality digital media content also grew. Many teachers demonstrated their digital prowess by Read more…
Authors: By Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy, Abhi Jones @AbhilashaJones, Gemma Spencer @gemmawhite84 and Julia Robinson @JuliaRobbo73 (UCLan) What? Did you know that escape rooms are a growing phenomenon? They usually involve a group of people locked in a physical or virtual room, often based around a chosen theme. The overall aim is to escape from the room, but to achieve this they must work Read more…
Author: Laura Ridings, eLearning Developer, Centre for Collaborative Learning In my previous life as a secondary school teacher, there were certain rules that I had in my classroom for anyone designing for print or screen 1. No comic sans font 2. No fluffy bunnies or cartoon flowers 3. Nothing unnecessary Read more…