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Tag Archives: highereducation
The Experience of Teaching during a Pandemic
By Hilary Collins Back in January I published research on the academic experience of teaching and working online. Right now it feels rather timely. In our paper we discussed the precarity of a digital academic life, and examined how this … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, covid19, e-learning, e-teaching, feelings, General, HE, motivation, Online teaching, onlinestudent, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, Open University, SCiLAB, students
Tagged blog, business, Covid-19, Faculty of business and law, highered, highereducation, Hilary Collins, online teaching, Open University, Teaching and Learning, time management
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From Experience to Theory (Part One)
By Haider Ali In the first article of a series, we will look at one of the methods we have used with a course presented on the FutureLearn platform in order to address the twin challenges of making management education … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, General, HE, Key Academic Skills, Online teaching, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, onlinetips, Open University, SCiLAB, Uncategorised
Tagged blog, e-learning, Faculty of business and law, Haider Ali, highered, highereducation, learningdesign, online teaching, onlinelearning
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Does co tutoring improve online teaching practice?
By Jim Lusted and Claire Maguire Introduction Tutors are increasingly being asked to teach together with a colleague – often called ‘co-tutoring’ – delivering both face-to-face and online tutorials as a pair. But what are tutors’ experiences of co-tutoring and … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, General, HE, Online teaching, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, Open University, SCiLAB, Skills online, students, Uncategorised
Tagged blog, Claire Maguire, co-tutoring, Faculty of business and law, highered, highereducation, Jim Lusted, learning experience, online teaching
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Exploring engagement with online interactivities: An introduction to our project
By Sarah Henderson and Ben Melluish A recent conversation with a colleague centred around that age-old question of how to get her son to eat his vegetables; a dilemma we are sure many parents will be familiar with. The young … Continue reading
Posted in e-learning, e-teaching, HE, motivation, Online teaching, onlinestudent, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, Open University, SCiLAB, students, Uncategorised
Tagged blog, Faculty of business and law, highered, highereducation, interactivity, learningdesign, online learning, online teaching, Open University
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Academics are from Mars and practitioners are from Venus – some thoughts on how to create a successful union based on value orientated collaboration.
By Richard Harding It can often feel like academics and practitioners are from different universes, let alone planets. The perspective from the lofty heights of academia’s ivory towers can make the world of practice seem remote. Conversely from a practice … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, General, HE, Online teaching, Open University, research, SCiLAB, Uncategorised
Tagged academic-practitioner divide, blog, collaboration, Faculty of business and law, highered, highereducation, Open University, pedagogy, Richard Harding
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How do I solve the world’s problems from my desk?
By Jessica Giles In the face of some of the world’s seemingly intractable global problems, it can be easy to feel disempowered and disengaged. Even identifying or prioritising a particular global crisis to engage with can be a challenge. We … Continue reading
Posted in General, HE, Law School, Open University, research, SCiLAB, Uncategorised
Tagged e-learning, highered, highereducation, interdisciplinarity, Jessica Giles, law
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I want my weekend back!
By Haider Ali Face to face residential schools are core to a number of Open University modules, but this does involve sacrifices: One of them being a complete loss of a weekend, while they go away to a residential school, … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, HE, Online teaching, onlinestudent, onlineteacher, onlineteaching, onlinetips, Open University, SCiLAB, Skills online, Uncategorised
Tagged e-learning, Faculty of business and law, Haider Ali, highereducation, learningdesign, online learning, online school, online teaching, onlinelearning, Open University, pedagogy, synchronous school
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Creating Emergency Remote Learning Environments in Response to COVID-19
By Michael Ngoasong The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is a nightmare for universities and businesses world-wide. Universities are turning to online remote teaching (Jack. A. and Moules, J. 2020) and requiring staff to work from home. Some of us … Continue reading
How to write a blog
By Dr Jacqueline Baxter Ever fancied yourself as a blog writer? Do you have something interesting to share? These simple, top tips will enable you to turn your idea into an eye-catching blog in no time. Throughout the writing process, … Continue reading
Can we teach skills online?
By Lin Smith As lecturers we can lecture, can’t we? Have our online students acquired key skills for success? We design the assessment, so we think we assess what we have taught and what we expect them to have acquired. … Continue reading
Posted in Business School, e-learning, e-teaching, Key Academic Skills, Online teaching, onlinestudent, Open University, research, SCiLAB, Skills online
Tagged business, e-learning, highered, highereducation, learning, learningdesign, lecturer competences, lecturer development, MBA, online learning, online teaching, Open University, pedagogy, reflective practice, Skills Acquisition
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