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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

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Taking the First Year Challenge online – Community Building with 800 Students Across the World

Parama Chaudhury, Cloda Jenkins (Economics); Jingyan Sun – BSc Economics student; Shama Riddhi – BSc Economics student (Economics) Asynchronous Submission The First Year Challenge, a multimedia group project which introduces first years to UCL, the study of economics and their peers during induction week is a cornerstone of the Economics department BSc programmes and hasContinue reading Taking the First Year Challenge online – Community Building with 800 Students Across the World

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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

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Our tips for teaching: collaborate, connect and get creative

Gemma Moore, Marina Chang, Community Partner (Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering) 10 minute talk This is a story of one online session, but behind it lies years of collaboration. One of our collaborations is a lecture about open space and food systems for the MSc module Health and Wellbeing in Cities. This lecture isContinue reading Our tips for teaching: collaborate, connect and get creative

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Moving 4th-Year M.Sci. Symposia Online: Challenges and Opportunities

Stephen E. Potts (contributions from Mike Kelly, Jadranka Butorac; Chemistry) Asynchronous Submission A key point in fourth-year chemistry calendar is the Symposium for Advanced Research Projects in Chemistry (SARPIC), which takes place annually in May. SARPIC typically comprises up to two days of seminars in which the final-year students present their work from the pastContinue reading Moving 4th-Year M.Sci. Symposia Online: Challenges and Opportunities

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Creative interactive learning tasks for live teaching

Eva Krumhuber (Experimental Psychology) 5 minute talk When teaching synchronous sessions, students have typically been asked to discuss a piece of research (e.g., journal article, book chapter). With the emergence of new learning platforms and software to engage students online, a range of interactive learning tasks has become available. Those go beyond the mere acquisitionContinue reading Creative interactive learning tasks for live teaching

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The experience of a UCL international PGR student as she navigated Covid-19, lockdown, pregnancy and maternity leave, racial abuse, repatriation and quarantine: reflections and recommendations.

Sally Zou with Caroline Selai (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) 10 minute talk The lead author reflects with her primary supervisor on (i) how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted her PGR studies (ii) the first lockdown in London (iii) learning of her pregnancy (iv) experiences of racial abuse when wearing a mask in public inContinue reading The experience of a UCL international PGR student as she navigated Covid-19, lockdown, pregnancy and maternity leave, racial abuse, repatriation and quarantine: reflections and recommendations.

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Teaching and facilitating learning during the Covid pandemic, academic year (2019/20): UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

Lianna Bamberg, Steward C. Lee, David Blundred, Masuda Khanom, Sarah Lawson, Michael Moutoussis, Caroline Selai 10 minute talk Background: Given the timing of the first lockdown in the UK (March 2020), many of our Taught Masters students (2019/20) had to modify significantly their main research or switch to a different project altogether. Students were invitedContinue reading Teaching and facilitating learning during the Covid pandemic, academic year (2019/20): UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

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Student Wellbeing Questionnaires – a proactive approach to supporting students

Stefanie Anyadi, Kathryn Ball (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences) 10 minute talk We will report on two different versions of student wellbeing questionnaires, which were piloted in Biosciences and in Psychology and Language Sciences during the 2020/21 session with undergraduate and Masters students. We will give an overview of the questionnaire design, messaging andContinue reading Student Wellbeing Questionnaires – a proactive approach to supporting students

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Research projects from home: what skills do students acquire outside the labs?

Anne Vanhoestenberghe (Division of Surgery and Interventional Science), Michael Thomas (Biochemistry), Sara Ghoreishizadeh (Division of Surgery and Interventional Science) 45 minute discussion The panel will share their experience of leading project modules in undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes in the faculties of Engineering and Medical Sciences. Our approach is not to offer ready made “solutions”Continue reading Research projects from home: what skills do students acquire outside the labs?