Clear guidelines, expectations and boundaries I think it is important to make it clear to students what is contact time and when I/we are available. So I would tell them when my office hours are (real time, synchronous), I might cycle them every week if there are different time zones. I would also emphasise that […]

Contact time: defining for online purpose. ‘Contact time generally refers to the tutor-mediated time allocated to teaching or providing guidance and feedback to students. Online contact time can be synchronous using real-time environments (such as Collaborate, Teams) or asynchronous (using tools such as moderated discussion forums, blogs, Padlet, and more). Online contact time is characterised by personalised tutor presence […]

I work in the field of Translation Studies and when we think of creativity in this context it is always in relation to original writings as translation is generally thought of as a derivative activity. We even have a course called Translation and creativity in which we teach students how to conceived of translation as a creative activity. – […]

I like the ideas of introducing myself in a recording as part of staff introduction or ‘a warm bio with a picture’ but I think I prefer the video format. Then for all the courses I teach, I would be happy to do a short video to introduce the course and what it means to […]

Teaching presence is crucial. As I won’t be physically there I need to think about ways of still being present. If I teach synchronously then I’m there in real time, but at other times I won’t be present . I agree with the idea of  lightweight teaching presence with emphasis on the fact that students work […]

Main points from introduction: Strategic plan (2016): ‘Every core service is digital, Every educator is a digital educator, Every student is a digital student’. First thoughts: I’m not sure this is what I want. Balance is good. Create openings by making distance visible. Methods for Engaged Online Teaching (EOT) Digital traces. What kind of times exist. autonomy, […]

We have never taught online so it’s all unknown to me! 1) how to deal with diverse cohort of students (different learning backgrounds). We had to think about this in face-to-face teaching but now that the students will not be there it seems more difficult. And there are timezones to consider.  Michael has already suggested […]