How Covid-19 Changed Assessment: Podcast (13 min) + Video (2 min)

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this podcast, Prof. Judy Hardy, Dean of Teaching and Learning in the College of Science and Engineering and Dr. Neil Lent Lecturer in Learning and Teaching at the Institute for Academic Development, explain the changes that staff have made to assessment as a result of Covid-19 and discuss the …

‘Working together on the COVID-19 indoor transmission review and publication’ – A joint blog by UNCOVER student volunteers

Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post, four Masters in Public Health alumni and one PhD student from the Usher Institute share their experience as student volunteers on the UNCOVER project, which is a network of researchers and information specialists from the University of Edinburgh dedicated to providing up to date evidence review on COVID-19. They …

Teaching Mechanical Engineering in a Pandemic at MIT

Reading Time: < 1 minute This article and video showcases faculty and teaching staff at MIT piloting new methods of teaching hands-on, project-based classes this semester. As students return for a semester with mostly remote learning, instructors in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering introduce new methods of teaching hands-on classes that may inform educational best-practices …