Winter 2020/2021
Digital technology in education Keeping pace with innovation Research Intelligence issue 145 Just as practitioners are struggling to keep up with the onslaught of new technologies entering the...
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Meeting the needs of students with mental health challenges in online learning environments
Distance learning might seem to offer an ideal opportunity for students with mental health challenges to study for a degree, as it is flexible and can be done from home with the student...
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How the BJET Fellowship helped shape my research
The 2019 BJET Fellowship was awarded to Sharon Smith (University of Chester) for her research proposal: “The use of online data collection methods to explore student perspectives on...
Evaluation of an immersive virtual learning environment for operator training in mechanical and plant engineering using video analysis
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) refers to computer-generated real-time, three-dimensional and interactive environments. Their use is associated with diverse potentials, such as spatially and...
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Digital equity: Learning in lockdown for the autistic student
Many of us in the higher education sector are frantically working to place our modules online. This digital transformation at pace can result in short-term decisions, so it is imperative that at...
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Opportunity for UK science teachers to participate in fellowship-winning research project
Opportunity for UK science teachers teaching electricity to participate in fellowship-winning research project. ‘Development and evaluation of a web application to promote student...
Reflections on building rapport with university students in an online context
As with other educators, the rapid shift to online delivery during lockdown has led to self-reflection on my teaching skills, how they transfer online, and my ability to use online tools...
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Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty
This collection of blogs, guest-edited by Gabriella Buttarazzi, explores how we can adopt responsive and creative approaches to teaching, learning and research in higher education during times of...
Building on Covid-19 experiences for future organisational improvisations
This recent period of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic has been particularly unexpected and required a very rapid response by everyone across university systems. The use of online delivery as...
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Flipping the course curriculum: Digital engagement for active learning
Digital engagement has steadily become an important part of an educator’s pedagogic repertoire since universities started offering courses online in the early 2000s. In light of the Covid-19...
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Empathy and engagement from a distance: Three learning delivery options in an uncharted terrain
My understanding of the uncharted terrain that ensued from January 2020 in China and March 2020 the world over is that human in-person mobility and interaction outside homes has been completely...
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Editorial: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty
For higher education, Covid-19 has presented a particular challenge: having had to convert our classrooms to online platforms, higher education practitioners have faced the task of teaching and...
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