Because of the pandemic, the blended learning model with a mix of online and on campus provision was adopted as the main teaching and learning approach for the first term in Sept 2020 in the …
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Recap: Link, Learn and Like
How learners learn and how to optimise that learning process are issues of interest to both learners and educators. According to the model of learning process of students introduced by Yang et al. (2019), the learning process …
Continue readingUsing films in teaching business subjects to GenZ: A case study from Vietnam
Recently when I joined academia to teach business subjects in Vietnam, I faced challenges in explaining complex theories or concepts in disciplines such as change management and organizational behaviour to undergraduate students with a lack …
Continue readingA Case study on the use of a Student Focus Group to Enhance the Student Learning Experience
In this blog, I share how I organised a student focus group to enhance the learning experience for a second-year module on quantitative methods. This was a compulsory module for Undergraduate Economics students that ran for a double term with a …
Continue readingPreparing teachers for teaching in hybrid virtual classrooms
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic challenged Higher Education Institutions to offer innovative educational practices. Within a HEI in the east of The Netherlands, approximately 70% of the part-time bachelor students articulated the need for onsite education …
Continue readingA reflection on using different pedagogical approaches to teaching practical marketing experiences online
Imagine every class you have ever taught was in person and you had never taught online. You had no idea what to expect with blended learning let alone completely online teaching. You wanted to create an …
Continue readingEnhancing Employability: A Student-led Project using LinkedIn
Why ViewPoints? April 2020 was a time when the whole world was still trying to deal with the shock of a global pandemic. The lives of everyone were turned upside down and university students were …
Continue readingHyflex Teaching Experiences at the University of Greenwich
This blog will share an interview I had with two colleagues from the Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences: Lee Jagodzinski (Academic Lead for Simulation) and Charles Everard (Clinical Skills/Technical Learning Resources Manager). Both Lee …
Continue readingUsing Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio as a virtual webcam – a basic setup tutorial to overcome technical restrictions in MS Teams and Panopto
This software will be of interest to teaching staff who are already confident users of MS Teams and Panopto. A full list of the University’s essential, supported and approved tools is available here. Moving our …
Continue readingMentimeter: Empowering presenters and students in online teaching
We have recently seen the number of users of Mentimeter breach the 1,000 mark. That the numbers of colleagues (and students) creating presentations is still increasing is testament, we believe, to the flexibility of Mentimeter …
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