This post is part of our series exploring the various new ways staff in Arts and Humanities have found to create a sense of “presence” in online and blended learning during the pandemic. Dave Mann, Senior Lecturer within the Nottingham Language Centre (NLC), has explored new ways to connect with students, and encourage them to connect with each other, to […]
As staff and students have been adapting to new and different ways of learning and teaching, finding solutions to the issues this involves is sometimes challenging. The case study of small group online collaboration using Teams and OneNote highlights how readily available tools and services can be combined to provide a genuinely collaborative online and real-time student experience which enables […]
This post is part of a series on how staff in the School of Arts and Humanities at NTU are finding new ways to bring presence into their blended and online learning and teaching. We hope that highlighting some of the different practices we’re seeing and supporting in the School might give others ideas that can be adapted and replicated […]
Sometimes feedback on an assessment works best in person, where time is put aside to go through the material in detail, and to give the clarity and context of verbal explanations. While that’s not always been possible even in pre-pandemic times, a sense of the instructors’ presence as part of the feedback process is valuable, and there are a range […]
There has been radio silence on the blog for a lot of this year as we (and everyone else in HE) have been busier than usual addressing the challenges that 2020 has brought. In the past few weeks we’ve finally found time for a breath and to think about posting again. We’ve been following the work of others who are […]
