Author: Chris Melia, TELT It’s been just over two years since the release of Microsoft’s collaborative workspace – Microsoft Teams, so what better time to share some advice and tips around how you can obtain and increase learner engagement with the platform. Organising your Team Appropriately title the Team to Read more…
Author: Megan Blease – Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) I wanted to reflect on my journey so far within the DigiLearn Recognition Programme. I was added to the Teams space whilst returning to do some keep in touch days during my maternity leave. I must admit my first Read more…
Author: Alice Thompson – Senior Lecturer (School of Health Sciences) In my role, I have the opportunity to meet some amazing people. Not least are the experienced healthcare professionals returning to Higher Education for under or post graduate study. I feel privileged to support these adult learners. I say privileged Read more…
Author: Colette Fuller, TELT Did you know that there are multiple versions of OneNote? It’s quite likely you will be using the ‘desktop’ version of OneNote as this includes the most features, but there is a new/alternative option that you might like to try. This blog post aims to make Read more…
Author: Sabina Gerrard – Senior Lecturer (School of Nursing) After taking a year out from the teaching and learning environment, I returned to an overwhelming sense of change in digital technology. In just a year, I was hearing new terms like Microsoft Teams and Relay and was not sure what Read more…
Author: Bryan Jones – Principal Lecturer (School of Sport and Wellbeing) The landscape of learning is changing, and we are at the centre of a learning revolution. The learner has a very different set of skills, needs, preferences and aspirations to those of students who attended University only 5 years Read more…
Author: Neesha Ridley – Senior Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) As a course leader for the undergraduate direct entry midwifery course, I was aware of the potential that Microsoft Teams could have for the students and staff working on the course. I heard about colleagues that they were Read more…
Author: Jean Duckworth – Senior Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) In 2005 I started my personal journey teaching online postgraduate courses. Over that time technology has undergone vast changes and these changes have enabled the course team to take advantage of these developments to enhance the student experience. Read more…
Author: Chris Melia, TELT Setting the scene At the University of Central Lancashire there are many institutional challenges that we face. One of the core themes of our Learning and Teaching Strategy, is to ensure that we provide inspiring learning environments for our students. Though we often focus on the Read more…
Author: Val Lawrenson, SFHEA Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching valawreson@uclan.ac.uk Since returning after the summer I had been getting along quite successfully dodging TEAMS. To be honest I thought it was just another intrusion. After all, did we really need another internal communication method? Teams seemed to have a Read more…