Abi Stone (SEED) describes her use of Google Earth and Google Maps to create virtual field trips.
Category: Enhancing Learning with Technology
Interactivity via Whiteboards
In this brief review Ross Jones (SEED) explains how he successfully uses Whiteboard features in live online lectures to encourage student participation and engagement in class.
Workflows for better Zooming and lecture recording
Alex Gunz (AMBS) rereports on how he uses Open Broadcast Software (OBS) to build and deliver presentations asynchronously that integrate multiple applications in a fluid and articulate manner.
Capturing and reflecting on individual learning journeys through a photographic competition
SEED academics Loretta Anthony-Okeke, Heather Cockayne, Susan Dawson and Zhuo Min Huang describe a student experience event in which MA students in MIE were asked to reflect on their learning journey throughout the year and choose a photo they had taken to represent those reflections accompanied by a written commentary.
Group activities in breakout rooms and interactive online teaching
Following great student feedback, Razieh Zandieh shares the synchronous and asynchronous activities which helped to enhance social interaction amongst students, and shape groups for group assignments.
Using an Online Interactive Textbook for Content Delivery
In this case study, Ralf Becker (SoSS) describes his use of an online textbook-type resource (incorporating Mobius) which was used in a large Mathematics for Economists unit.
Delivering interactive lectures for large student cohorts using Adobe Spark (now Adobe Express)
Nicole Martin and Rosalind Shorrocks (SoSS) show us how they used Adobe Spark to create asynchronous but interactive lectures for a large compulsory level 1 Politics unit.
Recording short pre-lecture video clips to introduce lectures and key themes
Ian Mell (SEED) explains how he produced weekly screencasts and video to introduce students to topics being debated in lectures.
Delivering Teaching Materials with Adobe Spark (now Adobe CCE)
Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo (AMBS) shares her experience of using Adobe Spark to deliver teaching materials.
Using VoiceThread to provide accessible weekly introductions to key course content
Juup Stelma and Nahielly Palacios (SEED) show us how PowerPoints in Voicethread with short videos provide ‘snappy’ and accessible weekly introductions to key course content.