Good Practice Library
Here you will find case studies, video recordings from workshops, and other tips & tricks from Humanities staff.
Use the Categories menu on the right hand side of this page, to find examples of good practice on a range of areas.
Virtual Field Trips using Google Earth/Maps
Abi Stone (SEED) describes her use of Google Earth and Google Maps to create virtual field trips.
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.
Authentic immersive reading with social annotations
Ana Niño (SALC) describes how she enhances immersive reading and reading comprehension with Hypothes.is – the social annotation tool.
Using Padlet to drive student engagement and contributions during online seminars
Matt Varco (SEED) uses Padlet together with Zoom breakout rooms to maintain momentum during online sessions. Here he breaks down the steps he takes before, during and after the sessions and explains how he uses Padlet ability to embed multimedia to make sessions more engaging, replicating online the immediacy of in-person discussions.
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.
Student Perspectives on the Move to Online
Humanities students share their unfiltered perspectives on the move to online learning.
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.
Using Padlet to provide a clear course structure and guide students through an online module
Heather Cockayne (SEED) describes using Padlet for online collaborative tasks and building a repository of student work.
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.
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