for the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
The FBMH eLearning team have been hard at work preparing for the start of semester one teaching. Given the new challenges that we’re all facing, it can sometimes be hard to keep up with the important updates, so we’ve summarised a number of our key updates for you below.
Our colleague, Dr Jill Barber from the Centre for Applied Pharmokinetic Research, has made a 3-minute video to share her tips and tricks for efficient marking of Exam/Assessment Questions when using Blackboard Tests. This video will help anyone who is
Narrated presentations are often used as a substitute for face-to-face or live online lectures. This is commonly done using PowerPoint or other similar presentation software. In order to bring in elements of face-to-face lectures and increase student engagement, online lecture
News and important information.
Important updates on preparing your courses for online delivery.
Jennifer Kennedy and Tim Walton, Teaching Fellows from the Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, have developed an online resource (using Softchalk) to provide divisional colleagues with a resource bank of ideas for various aspects of online and blended
ABC Learning Design is a curriculum design workshop developed by Clive Young and Nataša Perović in 2014 at University College London. The methods align closely to the well-renowned research by Prof Diana Laurillard on how students learn in “Conversational Frameworks”
Dr Iliada Eleftheriou, Lecturer in Health Data Sciences at the University of Manchester presents a talk on her experiences with Blended Learning focusing on delivering interactive teaching online. Examples presented are derived from the “AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague?”
The Clinical Bioinformatics Teaching Team recently created a video welcoming new students to their course. The team used a simple pre-agreed script which they presented via Zoom while recording. If you are interested in doing something similar, take a look
Iliada Eleftheriou, Lecturer in Health Data Sciences at The University of Manchester and Andy Brass, Professor of Bioinformatics at the University of Manchester discuss models for delivering group work online.