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Supporting student learning through synchronous and asynchronous tools

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In this article, I suggest supporting students through a variety of digital technologies to help achieve the main learning outcome of the module: application of key enterprise processes to the development of a new enterprise proposal.  To achieve this learning outcome, students were asked to generate a business idea that they could develop into a new enterprise proposal for...

A Module Fully Integrated into TopHat: Active, Engaging, and Versatile

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This is an example of how to integrate a module fully into a hybrid or online setting using TopHat. Using TopHat, combined with Blackboard and MyMediasite, emphasised active learning and constant student engagement. During the semester, students watched over 200 days of videos and submitted over 100,000 answers to questions.  What did you do? Why did you do...

Generating constructive peer feedback in breakout rooms

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This article suggests a method for improving student engagement and criticality through generating paired peer feedback in breakout rooms.  What did you do? Why did you do it?    This activity made use of Flipgrid, a video recording software which is an office 365 app and available as an optional tab on Teams.  Prior to the live...

“Yes, and…”: encouraging interaction & engagement in collaborative spaces

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This blog article shows you how to facilitate engaging and equitable group work by naming and explaining some principles, or ‘moves’ from spontaneous improvisation. These mechanise and demystify the experience of exploratory talk, giving everyone the same conversational tools regardless of perceived shyness or other such challenges.    What did you do? Why did you do it?  ...

Highlights from Engagement week #2: How do we make breakout rooms successful? 

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For its second round of Engagement Week events in February, the TIPS Community’s posed this question to the teaching community at Leeds:  How can we make breakout rooms successful: what tips and tricks are there to keep learners engaged and create a positive experience? We focused on exploring learners' experiences of breakout spaces and held...

Highlights from Engagement Week #1: Engaging and interactive learning

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How can we make our asynchronous and synchronous teaching more interactive? In December 2020, the TIPS Community celebrated its first Student Engagement Week with events and activities around engaging and interactive teaching and learning. In this post, we have highlighted top tips and tricks shared by colleagues on this week's asynchronous discussion board and during...