Research in Distance Education (RIDE) conference 2023

As part of a continuing journey to improve my hybrid teaching, I paid a visit to London to attend (and present at) the Research in Distance Education (RIDE) conference. I was particularly interested in team working, peer learning and community, so my notes reflect that.

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TBLC Annual Meeting 2023

Some notes on the Team Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) Annual Meeting 2023 – mostly of interest to the TBL community.

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Hyflex and Team Based Learning – in practice

Back in August, I blogged about my plans to combine Hyflex with Team Based Learning. Well, I’v now done this for a semester and here I report on my experiences – the good, the bad and the ugly! If you are time pressed, just jump to the ‘lessons’ where I provide some hints and tips based on my experiences.

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Hyflex and Team Based Learning

The 2020-21 academic year has been a year of challenge, but also opportunity; to try new teaching approaches that combine the best of in-person and online modalities. In this blog I report on my thoughts about how to continue this journey of innovation, with the ultimate aim of delivering authentic Team Based Learning in a fully Hyflex mode.

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From here to there… reflections on a semester of the #bathblend

Along with the rest of the UK educational community, I have ensured that my courses @UniOfBath are Covid-ready. This means designing them according to the Bath Blend which includes independent (self paced) learning, Live Online Interactive Learning (LOIL) and In Person Time (IPT). In this blog I reflect on what has worked well (and less well) and what I would like to keep in the ‘new normal’. In short, my thoughts on how to design the blended experience in a social and inclusive way, while sharing best practice.  I hope this might be of use to other educators and I’d be keen to hear about your experiences too (leave a comment or pingback to your own blog).

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@UniOfBath students solve #brexit … again

Last year, I published a blog called, somewhat tongue in cheek, Team Based Learning solves Brexit This year, as the #brexit negotiations go the wire, I took the (last?) opportunity to use Brexit as a case study in #gametheory.

Caveat – I do not claim any special insights on Brexit, nor indeed Game Theory. This is blog is not intended to be political, or partisan. It’s chiefly about the application of #teambasedlearning in an online context. If that interests you, read on..

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Team Based Learning online – some reflections

Like many of those in Higher Education, I have moved my teaching online. Since my sessions involve highly interactive team work and very little ‘lecturing’ this had proved a challenge. In this blog I present some reflections and learnings from my experience, in the hope it might be useful to others. My reflections cover; using the technology, team teaching, facilitating the session – and my key learning it takes longer than you think!

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What does Net Zero mean?

Last week I went to see Owen Hewlett from Gold Standard talking about what Net Zero actually means using a base of science based targets.

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Concerned about TBL…

On 5 December, I hosted a Team Based Learning (TBL) ‘masterclass’ @UniOfBath. We had a useful discussion of concerns about TBL and how to address them. If you are potentially interested in applying TBL or other active learning approach, you may find the following useful…  

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Team Based Learning Solves Brexit

Well, sort of.

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