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?

Reflections on Adaptable Education in Economics – Lessons Learned for In-person Teaching and Learning

Parama Chaudhury, Cloda Jenkins (Economics); Nadeer Hanfi – BSc Economics student; Tasnim Nodee – BSc Economics student . Pecha Kucha In summer 2020, we (2 Economics lecturers and 2 Connected Learning interns) worked together to completely redesign the way in which economics is taught and learned at UCL, with an eye towards making our education modelContinue reading Reflections on Adaptable Education in Economics – Lessons Learned for In-person Teaching and Learning

Creating and delivering accessible and affordable online professional development short courses

Jane Simmonds, Annette Coomer, Naomi Winfiled (GOS ICH) 10 minute talk Reaching the admissions requirements for post-graduate paediatric physiotherapy at UCL can be very challenging for individuals in developing countries or in countries where undergraduate degrees contain insufficient subject specific or research content. Furthermore, access to affordable online professional development education in paediatric physiotherapy is limited.Continue reading Creating and delivering accessible and affordable online professional development short courses

Supporting Chinese students at UCL Engineering: An exploration and first steps

Johanna Novales, Izzie Harvey (Engineering Faculty Office) Pecha Kucha Mainland Chinese students at UCL, including in UCL Engineering, face specific challenges with belonging and wellbeing that are often not visible to staff or even other students until the problems become severe. While Covid has exacerbated the problem, the issues pre-date the pandemic. Through surveys andContinue reading Supporting Chinese students at UCL Engineering: An exploration and first steps

Bringing Language Learners Closer (BLLC): A ChangeMakers Project on Social Interaction in the Modern Foreign Languages Classroom

Alejandro Bolaños-García-Escribano, Mazal Oaknín (SELCS), Marga Navarrete (SELCS/CMII) (contributions from PG Research Students: Lydia Hayes. UG Students: Nadia Massoud, Kat Pirnak, Clemency Connolly-Linden, Kieran Lewis, Ellen Cusack) (SELCS/CMII) 10 minute talk Scholarly inquiry on distance-learning practices in foreign language education is far from new and although in the past two decades many higher-education institutions hadContinue reading Bringing Language Learners Closer (BLLC): A ChangeMakers Project on Social Interaction in the Modern Foreign Languages Classroom

How UCL Economics Walk went virtual

Ramin Nassehi (Economics) 10 minute talk UCL Economics Walk is a walking tour of Bloomsbury, where the tour leader (i.e. lecturer) takes the audience through different locations in this area that have an economic story to tell. The project’s aim is to explain complex economic ideas in an accessible way to students and/or members ofContinue reading How UCL Economics Walk went virtual

Closing the feedback gap: a dual pronged approach

Jane Simmonds, Anne Peasey; Mike Rowson (GOS, ICH) 10 minute talk Feedback is inseparable from the learning process, and is integral to theories of learning. Feedback should help students to: understand their performance, perform to a higher standard on future assessments, aid confidence and the belief they have control over their success in higher education.Continue reading Closing the feedback gap: a dual pronged approach

Learning Together: Creating Student Online Community

Sinead Harmey, Amanda Ince, Bin Guo, Shira Salomon Lider (UCL IOE, Learning and Leadership) 45 minute discussion In this session we will provide participants with a brief overview our ongoing UCL Changemakers project from the perspective of both staff and students. This project aims to enhance students’ educational experience at UCL. The project team aspire toContinue reading Learning Together: Creating Student Online Community

Experience of supporting Personal Tutees remotely in 2020/21’

Peter Fitch (Arena), Pippa Bark-Williams (CHIME), Daniel Verscharen (Space and Climate Physics), Emma Kelley (Medical School), Katie Ballie (Medical School) 45 minute discussion We bring together a group personal tutors from different UCL faculties to share their experience of personal tutoring during the 2020-21 academic year. The discussion will focus on examples of remote personalContinue reading Experience of supporting Personal Tutees remotely in 2020/21’

Online and Hybrid Chemistry Workshops: Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving and Peer-to-Peer Learning

J. L. Kiappes (Chemistry) 10 minute talk From the perspectives of students, introductory courses, focusing on core concepts and problem-solving approaches, can feel disconnected from the global challenges and fundamental questions that inspired them to pursue science. Workshops were developed that serve a dual purpose of emphasizing the utility that first-year concepts have for contemporaryContinue reading Online and Hybrid Chemistry Workshops: Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving and Peer-to-Peer Learning