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Some points from our 2nd ‘Planning for coronavirus’ online briefing

Monday 23rd March saw the second online briefing on preparing for Coronavirus.  Based on feedback, comments and answers to the questions we asked in the first briefing, we have tailored the topics to try and answer the most common points. How does an organisation take steps to ensure that they are moving in the right […]

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Tales of a reluctant online educator

It’s easy for those of us who are more experienced at online delivery to forget how daunting it can be to do it for the first time. I’ve been delivering online courses now for 10 years, but I remember how I felt when I was first told that I had to deliver an established face-to-face […]

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Student Experience and Wellbeing Teaching and Learning

A snapshot of our first planning for coronavirus online briefing

This Monday Jisc held the first of a series of online briefings to help members with the challenges ahead. A full recording of the first briefing is available on our website, but for convenience’s sake we have included short videos of two of the key themes below.

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Student Experience and Wellbeing Teaching and Learning

Home studying – finding out what works best for you

There are no rights or wrongs to how to study at home. And the chances are that every person you ask would come up with a different set of answers. And that’s the point. It’s about finding out what works best for you – not what other people think or say you should be doing. […]

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Teaching and Learning

School’s out! What this means for the #onlinepivot

With the schools closing over the whole UK from Monday 23rd March there are some impacts we should be planning for when moving teaching and learning online; managing bandwidth and thinking about the learners’ context.

Online meeting survival guide

Because of Coronavirus, lots of us are experiencing online meetings for the first time. If you’ve never chaired or attended an online meeting before it can be a pretty weird experience. Done well, they’re a great way of getting people together from a wide area or at a moment’s notice and can make you much […]

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Student Experience and Wellbeing Teaching and Learning

Are your staff digitally ready to communicate with learners online?

Kellie and Scott explore how a transition to online delivery at scale impacts on both staff and student wellbeing. How digitally ready are your staff? Top tips and useful resources included.