Student Discourse on Current Bioscience Research Topics: Findings from face to face and online activities

Stephen R Price, Ralph Levinson, Ruth Wheeldon (contributions from Thiago Costa Caetano, Newton de Figueiredo Filho, Adhimar Flávio Oliveira, Luciano Fernandes Silva, Institute of Physics and Chemistry Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil) (Division of Biosciences) 5 minute talk Authentic experiences in Science are crucial to facilitating participation of marginalised groups in advanced science education. WeContinue reading Student Discourse on Current Bioscience Research Topics: Findings from face to face and online activities

Driving change through Staff-Student dialogue: The first 5 years of the UCL Student Reviewers of Teaching Practice.

Sandra Lusk, Sophie Keresztes, Tim Young (contributions from Abbie King, (UCL Arena Centre) 10 minute talk The Student Reviewers of Teaching Practice programme brings staff and students together in reflective dialogue about the staff member’s teaching practice. UCL has run Student Reviewers of Teaching Practice every academic year since 2016/17, leading to staff-student dialogue andContinue reading Driving change through Staff-Student dialogue: The first 5 years of the UCL Student Reviewers of Teaching Practice.

Discover UCL Summer School for year 11 and 12 deaf students: Lessons from 2020

Manjula Patrick, Natasha Wilcock, On Ki Choi, Amy York/Jennifer Whitney (DCAL) 45 minute discussion In 2020, a 3-day residential event transformed to a remote experience. Asynchronous content delivered as a self-directed ‘short course’, with live sessions for discussion and Q&A. Challenges included: -Multiple presenters, creating accessible asynchronous content, and using this to create an engaging short course.Continue reading Discover UCL Summer School for year 11 and 12 deaf students: Lessons from 2020

Moving the face-to-face workshops of the SELCS Brazilian Translation Club online

Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva (SELCS) 10 minute talk The SELCS Brazilian Translation Cub is a series of workshops in which students, translators, and enthusiasts of Brazilian literature meet to discuss the translation of a selected contemporary Brazilian short story. We offered 15 workshops from January 2019 to November 2020: 10 workshops at UCL andContinue reading Moving the face-to-face workshops of the SELCS Brazilian Translation Club online

“I can’t see students’ reactions”: The experiences of UCL academics in the move to online teaching during lockdown

Allison Littlejohn, Eileen Kennedy, Martin Oliver (contributions from Lesley Gourlay, Tim Neumann, Kit Logan, Jennifer A. Rode, John Potter; UCL IOE Culture, Communication and Media) 10 minute talk In this presentation we examine the challenges posed by the technological mediation of student-teacher and student-student interaction while teaching online during Covid19. The UCL Moving to Online TeachingContinue reading “I can’t see students’ reactions”: The experiences of UCL academics in the move to online teaching during lockdown

COVID19 : Online not distant – student’s feedback on a blended approach of teaching MSc medical statistics to UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

Saiful Islam, Yasna Palmeiro, Alexender Cozzi-Lepri, Saiam Ahmed, Mifuyu Akasaki, Rosamund Greiner, Carlos Valencia, Masuda Khanom, David Blundred (Institute of Neurology) 10 minute talk COVID-19 has challenged learning and teaching (L&T) activities worldwide. During Term 1 (Sept-Dec) 2020-2021, we ran the “Research Methods and Introduction to Statistics” module online, facing challenges related to lecture deliveryContinue reading COVID19 : Online not distant – student’s feedback on a blended approach of teaching MSc medical statistics to UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

Online Assessments at UCL Medical School

Gil Myers, Alison Sturrock, Victoria Clausen-Thue, Paula Raftery, Taylor Bennie: (UCL Medical School) 10 minute talk Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in academic year 19/20, we were unable to run practical assessments and could only hold remote online assessments. This meant that we needed to replace our assessments, which combine assessments of applied knowledge with observedContinue reading Online Assessments at UCL Medical School

Connected Learning Internships – involving students in moving teaching online during the pandemic

Fiona Wilkie, Nick Grindle, Argyris Karapitsanis (contributions from Abbie King; UCL Arena Centre) 10 minute talk This presentation will share how Connected Learning Internships were created to address two major challenges as a result of the pandemic: summer internship cancellations for students, and a huge workload for staff faced with moving their teaching online, including inductionContinue reading Connected Learning Internships – involving students in moving teaching online during the pandemic

Science documentaries as a tool to ‘decolonise’ science education.

W Jacob (contributions from No) (UCL Cancer Institute) 5 minute talk Decolonisation in higher education refers to the movement to highlight and mitigate inequalities resulting from colonial attitudes and racism. The objective of this work is offer a platform to address topics regarding inclusivity and encourage active learning. I have used an award winning BBCContinue reading Science documentaries as a tool to ‘decolonise’ science education.

Moving Teaching Online: what worked, what didn’t work and what to do next

Fjorda Kazazi, Chris Evans (UCLIC) 5 minute talk In February 2021, the Department of Computer Science evaluated the impact on students of its move to online learning. This session will present the results of a survey of undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as focus groups and interviews. There are important lessons to be learnedContinue reading Moving Teaching Online: what worked, what didn’t work and what to do next