Delivering an efficient and enjoyable interactive module using Microsoft OneNote’s “Class Notebook” feature – Dr Alex Agrotis

Microsoft OneNote is a free app designed for digital note-taking. All UCL members have unlimited access to its “Class Notebook” feature, which streamlines shared and private spaces for individual and collaborative group work, as well as providing feedback and task allocation tools. Using…

Embedded Answers (Cloze) Quiz Questions in Moodle for Biosciences

Introduction There are various Moodle quiz question types available. Here, we highlight the features of the embedded answers (cloze) question. Here, we first introduces the code behind ‘short answer’, ‘multiple choice’, and ‘numerical’ answers in cloze questions. We then provide biosciences-related examples to…

The power of video-based assessment at UCL

Dr Nazif Alic, Division of Biosciences and  Professor Samantha Rayner, Department of Information Studies share their approach to using video assessments . See the Digital assessment blog – The Power of Video-Based Assessment at UCL

Invitation to ‘Your experiences of teaching in the Life Sciences – sharing best practice’ event 

Click to register – Your experiences of teaching in the Life Sciences – sharing best practice  Paola Pederzani, Vice Dean Education (FLS), and the FLS Learning Technology User Group would like to invite staff within UCL Faculty of Life Sciences to our second…

Digital Education Updates w/c 01/01/24

Click for updates relating to teaching and learning as you prepare for Teaching in for Term 2.

Evidence-Based Feedback Practices – Dr Anna Newman-Griffis

Querying students’ feedback about their learning is one of the key elements of an excellent and constantly improving teaching practice. However, many of the ways in which we ask students for their opinions can be at best unhelpful for our practice, and at…

Enriching student learning by linking classrooms online across continents – Dr Richard Pearson

Online learning environments provide an opportunity to enrich student learning by linking classrooms around the world for joint activities. I will describe a collaborative learning experience between UCL Biosciences and higher education institutions in South Africa and India in which students at each…

Using group work to facilitate students’ interaction and to reach important course objectives – Dr Elvira Mambetisaeva:

In my teaching of 1st Year Biological Sciences and the MSc Genetics of Human Disease students, group work is aimed to develop students’ science communication and teamwork skills. 1st Year students attend the Frances Crick Institute where they meet a scientist allocated to…

Application of a Team based Learning Approach to Journal Club Sessions – Dr Eleni Makrinou

Team-based learning (TBL) is an active teaching approach, that allows students to apply conceptual knowledge through a sequence of activities that involve both individual learning and teamwork, with immediate feedback. We have used the model to run a series of journal club sessions…

Year 3 research project inquiry labs – Dr Renee Vancraenenbroeck

In year 3 of the UCL Biochemistry BSc / MSci degree, students carry out a 30-credit specialist research project using contemporary techniques in Biochemistry. They can choose between “Specialist Research Project in Protein Structure and Function (BIOC0029)” and “Specialist Research Project in Metagenomics…

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