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Supporting Language Teaching with H5P

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Loiana Leal Pavlichenko – Lecturer in Portuguese School of Modern Languages  Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Loiana has been using H5P to create formative exercises for students studying Portuguese at a range of levels in the School of Modern Languages. Using H5P Loiana has authored resources to support reading, writing, grammar, listening and pronunciation. Loiana uses H5P to present new material and to give students short activities to self-evaluate, Read more about Supporting Language Teaching with H5P[…]

‘Advancing the SDG’s Together’: a US/UK Student Symposium

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Students worked together in this online event to share experiences and develop ideas to advance selected Sustainable Development Goals.

Implementing a novel approach to the delivery of Chemistry labs in response to the COVID pandemic

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Rapid changes to the practical delivery of Chemistry courses as a consequence of the unexpected Covid-19 restrictions whilst trying to maximise students’ experience by using a great variety of learning tools.

Equitable Assessment Framework for today’s Digital Learners

Posted on by Claire Burnham

This collaborative project supported instructor’s adoption of the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework to help structure and communicate their assessments.

Assessing students innovatively via peer-reviewed small group video presentations

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Dr Jessica Komes assessed students through a pre-recorded oral group presentation. As well as assessing the student’s ability to orally articulate the intended knowledge and skill outcomes, this approach helped students engage with each other and provided an opportunity for peer feedback.

Embedding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within first year biosciences skills teaching

Posted on by Claire Burnham

The School of Natural and Environmental Sciences have utilised the Sustainable Development Goals as a platform to develop students’ global awareness and essential graduate attributes. Find out more from Dr Sara Marsham.

Using Quizzes to Boost Student Confidence with Abstract Concepts

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Quizzes can be used in a wide range of circumstances, providing an opportunity for students to check their knowledge and understanding. Rosalind Beaumont shares how she successfully incorporated quizzes into the PG Cert for Research Training.

Weekly quizzes to engage students with learning

Posted on 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.

Flipping time and space: Switching a mixed theoretical-practical course to online using the flipped classroom approach.

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Moving teaching online called for a radical rethink and Dr Ahmed Kharrufa shares his approach to getting the most out of synchronous and non-synchronous delivery. Some nice examples of using Teams, Quizzes and ways of gathering informal and formal feedback from students.

Test-enhanced learning with Canvas Quizzes

Posted on by Claire Burnham

Canvas quizzes can encourage students to keep up with the pace of the course and engage with the learning material. Hear from Dr Nick Riches who shares how he successfully embedded quizzes in his module.