The TIPS Blog is a collection of short articles written by colleagues, sharing examples of their teaching practice. Each article outlines a teaching intervention, explains the design rationale, evaluates impact and suggests how these could be used and adapted by others.
Anyone involved in teaching at the University can share their examples of practice, click below to learn how to submit an article to the TIPS Blog.
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Post Categories: Student Experience | Tools for Teaching | Developing Others | Design for Delivery
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This example describes an approach used in a module for first-year undergraduates with reflections on the positive benefits for students and the impact on teaching practices. The online education approach adopted In our re-design, we have adopted a hybrid approach using Student Centred Active Learning and the ABC method. The module was split into units with clear learning...
This example describes how we can stay in touch and keep our staff-student community alive and vibrant online. It summarises how we have offered support to our final year undergraduate students during and beyond lockdown and graduation. The online education approach adopted: During the spring 2020 lockdown, I maintained frequent contact with students via email...
This example describes an approach used in two compulsory undergraduate modules – one with second years and one for finalists – with reflections on the positive benefits for students and impact on teaching practices. The online education approach adopted This approach provided a clear structure tied together with a weekly learning journey/narrative and sequential appearance...
This video demonstrates the use of some free open broadcasting software, Open Broadcasting Studio, to create recorded composite video lectures without editing. The software allows you to put together audio, video and image sources very simply and switch between several different formats live. The aim of this video is to encourage you to try to capture lectures...
Distance or hybrid learning can create a lack of group cohesion and a feeling of isolation in some learners. Here is one way we tried to overcome these issues in block taught apprenticeship programmes. What did you do? Why did you do it? At the start of each taught block, a Teams ‘Welcome Back’ meeting...
In July at LITE, we re-launched our popular Share, Adopt, Adapt workshops with a focus upon sharing experiences, techniques and strategies relevant for online teaching online. Run in conjunction with the TIPS Community, the sessions have not only played an important role in promoting best practice at the University but have promoted a sense of...
Alice Shepherd (Accounting and Finance) shares how she uses learning modules in Minerva: Instead of using folders within Minerva, I now use learning modules, in which items are presented sequentially to students. I did this because students found it easier to navigate for a ‘flipped classroom’ course and I think the same rationale will apply...