You have been put into pre-determined groups. Throughout this module you will only interact with those group members in the discussion forums and to complete this task. You can use the discussion forum below to introduce yourself and begin the task. You are then encouraged to identify a communication channel that suits your group and […]

(notes – I wish something had come of this, but no one else in my group joined in! I have kept the notes in case I get a chance to give it some more thought later – erhaps when my boss gets to this point in the course). The Brief:   Encouraging the development of […]

Consider how ideas of community, particularly in higher education, are fueled by a shared set of values. Do these particular values of empathy, wonder, and openness resonate with your communities? With your discipline? With your teaching practices? Thinking through the communities I identified in my previous post, I think I share the most values with […]

Better work on that then… This module will be about the roles of community in learning. The successful development of learning communities plays a significant role in student engagement and overall success. We need to consider how to develop and foster that sense of community as a key part of the educational design process. Given […]

In this section, we are thinking about learning and teaching spaces from the point of view of the student. The first task was to make a list of places where students might engage with learning, and here is what I came up with.

Stanley Treshansky in ‘Act of Repair’, a play about surveillance capitalism by Scottish Youth Theatre’s 2019 National Ensemble The Near Future Teaching Project Information about the Near Future Teaching Project can be found here: https://www.nearfutureteaching.ed.ac.uk/ Some very interesting issues were raised for discussion in the Near Future Teaching Project, relating to the roles played by […]

This is how the original authors described the Manifesto for Teaching Online: Although there are many ways of reading the manifesto, one intention is that it be seen as productive in thinking through the design of online education and assessment – something that teachers might find useful and generative. It is intended to stimulate ideas […]

Hey, that’s my old phone they’ve buried in a sandpit…! …in the Manifesto for Teaching Online… …and look at the caption… …the irony!

The Edinburgh Online Model The Edinburgh Online Model provides a foundation for those new to teaching online to quickly and meaningfully engage with the key areas that are essential to creating and sustaining engaged online education.

This is my desk at work. Most people who know me would be amazed by how tidy it is! Teaching Spaces I’m not a teacher, but I do make use of online courses at work. Most of them are video courses and I work in a shared office, so I wear headphones for this.