Month: October 2021

Peer Partners

Today I watched a session from day 3 of the ALT 2021 conference that I had watched before, a couple of weeks ago. The session entitled “Promoting Connectedness – the importance of peer mentors in an intra-curricular online learning space” caught my attention. The speakers were Peter Bryant, Juliette Overland, Danielle Eden, and Natasha Arthars. […]
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Professional Development at The Open University

Today was the first metagenomics lab session. It was a lot of fun… though also a long session. Tonight we watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “The show must go on: reflecting on transitioning a programme of face-to-face staff development events online.” The presenters, Charlotte Stevens and Karen Hamilton, are part of the instructor development […]
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Maths, Software, and Badges

After a busy and fun weekend, we settled down and watched a couple of sessions from ALT 2021. The first one Amada and I watched was on math! Entitled “Numeracy skills training for all with Elevate My Maths. Preparing students for Success in Higher Education and Beyond” and presented by James Howell and Ovidiu Bagdasar, […]
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The HyFlex Experience at King’s College

I have watched a couple of sessions by different speakers on what their institutions did during the transition to remote online teaching. I find the variety of approaches and “lessons learned” fascinating. Tonight, I watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “Reflections on hybrid flexible learning” by Michael Detyna from King’s College London. Detyna talked about […]
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Facilitating Professionalism in Teaching and Learning

It was a rainy day, and we mostly stayed at home. As we wind down, I found an ALT 2021 talk with a title that caught my attention: “Sharing experiences of an online HEA Fellowship scheme and its impact on learning and teaching” presented by Carina Bossu, Nashwa Ismail, Julia Sargent, and Jane Wilson. Bossu […]
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Identifying and Addressing Inequities in the Digital World

Tonight we watched an ALT 2021 conference session entitled “Addressing structural inequities in an expanding digital world” by Femi Nzegwu, Joanna Wild, and Fiona Khandoker. Wild talked about the Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (TESCEA) program. Technology was used to enhance the workshops and provide virtual mentoring. Wild mentioned that since the […]
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Ungrading and Embracing Flexibility

Today’s FALCoN session was entitled “Ungrading: Alternatives to Traditional Grading” and led by Dr. Jenni Momsen, North Dakota State University. Momsen started by asking why we grade and what feelings grading creates. The participants shared in the chat reasons, including grades being required and grades to motivate or share feedback. In breakout rooms, we talked […]
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