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Using enrichment activities to bring students and staff together to diversify the curriculum: a case study from Security and Crime Science

Amy Thornton (Security and Crime Science) Asynchronous Submission Diversifying the curriculum is in and of itself a noble endeavour, but our aim was to do so in a way that brings students and staff together to discuss some of the big issues within society. Alongside showing them the wider value of their degree within thatContinue reading Using enrichment activities to bring students and staff together to diversify the curriculum: a case study from Security and Crime Science

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No Labs, no problem: Teaching genomics using cloud computing platforms with open datasets.

Toryn Poolman (contributions from Amanda Cain, Structural & Molecular Biology) Asynchronous Submission The final year of a biochemistry degree is usually a time to experience research. COVID19 made the format of final year research projects impossible. To overcome these problems we used open datasets to teach metagenomics to biochemistry undergraduates (with limited computing experience). WeContinue reading No Labs, no problem: Teaching genomics using cloud computing platforms with open datasets.

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Helping students help each other: Using Slack to build online community

Kate Roll (Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose) Asynchronous Submission For the last two years IIPP has used the online sharing platform, Slack, as an ‘virtual common room’ and informal meeting place for MPA students and faculty. It has emerged as a site for discussion on difficult topics, teamwork, and peer-to-peer support. In addition, theContinue reading Helping students help each other: Using Slack to build online community

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Student Engagement in a Virtual Setting: A Departmental Society’s Experience

Aditya Mori, Arshiya Sawhney; Yash Dewan; Shivam Gujral; Raed Altaf (contributions from Amy Gardner; George Hawthorne; Anastasia Skuratova; Ed Collins) (Economics Department) 10 minute talk In this presentation we, the Senior Committee of The Economist’s Society (the student society of UCL Economics), will reflect on the content and the format of events we have organised duringContinue reading Student Engagement in a Virtual Setting: A Departmental Society’s Experience

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Teaching practical classes during a pandemic: how do we support students remotely?

Asma Buanz, Maryam Parhizkar (contributions from Mrs Isabel Goncalves (Department of Pharmaceutics, UCL School of Pharmacy ) 10 minute talk An important aspect of Pharmacy degree is practical skills in Pharmaceutics. We deliver practical classes for Pharmaceutical Technology, where 2nd year students work in groups to develop a formulation of a fictitious new therapeutic agentContinue reading Teaching practical classes during a pandemic: how do we support students remotely?

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Modern Language Learning in times of the Pandemic

Ulrich Tiedau (SELCS) 5 minute talk In this presentation, Connected Learning Leads will present a selection of interesting case studies from across the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) and the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) and reflect on the lessons learned from the past year of remote learning for theContinue reading Modern Language Learning in times of the Pandemic

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Collaborative research with student interns during the covid-19 pandemic

Abbie King, Jesper Hansen (UCL Arena Centre); Gift Kalua (UG Student), Alex Drijver-Ludlam (PG student) Asynchronous Submission This presentation will draw on the reflections of two members of staff from the UCL Arena Centre and two students working with the team as interns on a research project to explore the experiences of staff and studentsContinue reading Collaborative research with student interns during the covid-19 pandemic

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In Search of Fun and Games

Ellie Bates, Janina Dewitz, David Perez-Suarez, Tom Olney (contributions from Kitty Ho) (cross-UCL collaboration) 45 minute discussion During this session we will present three case studies, showcasing serious games developed at UCL. Each game has been developed for a different teaching context and utilising different software. We will explore the issues that we encountered developing gamesContinue reading In Search of Fun and Games

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Automated, collaborative, receptive and interactive: a data generation exercise for teaching statistics

Dean Langan (Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) 10 minute talk Students find it easier to engage when presented with examples from a familiar subject area. However, when teaching students of varying professional backgrounds, finding relatable examples can be especially challenging. Data generation exercises offer a solution for training in statistics as all studentsContinue reading Automated, collaborative, receptive and interactive: a data generation exercise for teaching statistics

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Maximising student engagement through a novel interactive assessment

Mark Kristiansen (contributions from Paola Niola) (Genetics and Genomic Medicine, GOSICH) 5 minute talk This presentation will focus on how the use of a creative interactive assessment enhances student participation and engagement throughout the module and beyond. A major aim of this module is to equip students with critical key transferable skills that apply toContinue reading Maximising student engagement through a novel interactive assessment