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 and Charles have extensive experience of delivering Hyflex teaching to Health Science students based on… Continue reading
A mix of established trends in the HE sector notably widening participation and internationalisation combined with the more recent introduction of a teaching quality audit in the form of the Teaching Excellence Framework has heightened focus on the factors that may underpin retention and attainment gaps between different groups of… Continue reading
I decided to experiment with breakout rooms in Teams some weeks ago, in mid-October 2020. It was clear that large group tutorials would not be the right forum for the activity we planned – short, individual presentations. The official Teams release of breakout rooms was not available yet, so we… Continue reading
“In all of my work in education, there has never been a more motivating or driving force than student voice.” Andrew Marcinek (Educator) Note: These five easy steps are based on my own personal learning experiences as a Programme Leader and Portfolio Lead on the BA Education Studies and Childhood… Continue reading
Two-year degrees, often referred to as ‘accelerated degrees’, are intensive degree programmes that offer increased flexibility in Higher Education (HE) with the traditional three years of study condensed into a two-year period. Accelerated degrees are becoming a more appealing option for many students seeking HE study (Baty, 2017; Cabral and… Continue reading
A review of recent literature on the use of quizzes clearly associates them with positive learning outcomes, including increased student achievement, attendance, engagement, confidence and improved student learning experience. Furthermore, the use of quizzes in teaching and learning has a long tradition in all stages of education. Most of us will have grown up being quizzed,… Continue reading
Almost two years have passed since our first meeting with Flipped classroom enthusiasts at the University of Greenwich. Since then the number of enthusiasts has grown significantly, and since then we have seen some fantastic work from across the faculties. Our Community of Practice for Flipped Classroom reached 140 members… Continue reading
We’ve been working closely with academic staff in the Natural Resources Institute over the past few months, as they prepare to launch their new fully online MSc in Food Safety and Quality Management. In addition to facilitating bespoke curriculum development workshops for online distance learning, we have been helping the programme… Continue reading
Recently John Couperthwaite, our PebblePad representative, came to visit us at the University. We reviewed the work that has been done so far to introduce the system to colleagues at the University of Greenwich, and met with representatives from around the institution.
There are some significant improvements coming to the e-portfolio software later this year, which should help to solve existing problems… Continue reading
At this year’s APT conference we made recordings of as many of the presentations as possible; these are now available on the EDU Vimeo site, at https://vimeo.com/channels/apt2015 They can also be seen on the conference site, embedded within each presentation page. Thanks to the presenters for agreeing to share their… Continue reading