Using MIRO to facilitate a studio culture in Architectural Education while teaching online

Posted on 19th January 202127th August 2025 by ndl93

Emily Scullion, Smajo Beso and Jen Naden, Teacher in Architecture INTO Newcastle University What did you do? We set up an online student community using Miro in an attempt to replicate the studio culture that would be otherwise missing from architectural education when teaching online. Miro is an online platform that “provides an engaging, intuitive, Read more about Using MIRO to facilitate a studio culture in Architectural Education while teaching online[…]

Business School Student Voice

Posted on 8th January 202116th July 2025 by nsf102

Careful recruitment of student reps, providing a framework and consistency across the Business School for student voice. Enabling students to have structure to what they are trying to achieve and how the Business School would expect them to operate.

Rebuilding and redesigning courses

Posted on 18th December 202020th August 2021 by nsf102

Weekly online activities were produced for students to support their learning and skill development. Being aware of what the students might have been experiencing, as well as trying to support their learning through accessible and manageable content was key.

Using an iPad as a Visualiser

Posted on 17th December 202016th July 2025 by nsf102

Used an iPad connected directly to a computer in order to handwrite solutions for both lecture material and problems classes. For a recorded lecture, the program OBS Studio is used. Prompts were made throughout to check all students could see the material and could follow along with the learning.

Weekly Nutrition Research Seminars

Posted on 9th December 202016th July 2025 by ndl93

Tom Hill, Professor of Nutrition in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, invited students to research based seminars to help them feel part of the overall nutrition research community.

The Politics of Happiness

Posted on 9th December 202016th July 2025 by nkv15

David Walker in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology has placed student wellbeing at the centre of his module Politics of Happiness. Find out how weekly assignments posted to Canvas on mindfulness, meditation, exercise, and unplugging your devices, have helped improve student engagement…

Using OneNote Class Notebooks as a Digital Logbook

Posted on 9th December 202016th July 2025 by Terry Charlton

Professional engineers use physical logbooks to document and record their work, from thoughts, design ideas, calculations and sketches, through to literature readings and lab results. For ENG1002, Sustainable Design Creativity and Professionalism, we created an electronic version of this logbook using a Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook.

Employability Events and Town Hall meetings

Posted on 9th December 202016th July 2025 by ndl93

The School of Computing have been running sessions with employers from industry to give students the opportunity to see the connection between what they are learning now and their future working environments.

Photo of Dr Heather Sudgen, Dr Sara Marsham and Dr Ben Wigham

Virtual Fieldwork Teaching

Posted on 8th December 202016th July 2025 by nsf102

Colleagues in SNES are using ThingLink to create 360 degree virtual environments to replace traditional fieldwork activities. Feedback so far has been excellent with high levels of synchronous and non-synchronous student engagement. Read on to find out more…

Weekly quizzes to engage students with learning

Posted on 30th November 202016th July 2025 by Claire Burnham

With high engagement rates and positive student feedback, weekly Canvas quizzes are proving to be an effective tool to help students check their understanding. Find out how these quizzes were introduced in the School of Arts and Cultures.