Category: Hybrid learning

Need to know more about ISLA?

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Hybrid Teaching at City St. George’s, University of London The options for teaching delivery   https://city-uk-ett.libguides.com/staff/isla/considerations Face to face physically. This can provide the best interactive teaching and help community building, but timetabling slots are not always ideal and travel can be time-consuming and expensive. Face to face synchronously online, using Microsoft teams or Zoom. https://city-uk-ett.libguides.com/staff/live-online-teaching…Continue Reading Need to know more about ISLA?

ISLA Paper Published by Taylor and Francis

ISLA, Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities, aims to encourage and support active and inclusive hybrid learning & teaching. During the summer of 2022, research was undertaken to evaluate ISLA and make recommendations for the future direction of hybrid learning at City. The research team were Professor Rachael-Anne Knight [now at the University of Essex], Dr. Rebecca…Continue Reading ISLA Paper Published by Taylor and Francis

Active Learning for ISLA, hybrid teaching pedagogic approaches

Before highlighting some proven effective strategies for large group teaching in hybrid modalities, it is imperative to talk through the experiences of your students as learners and try to understand their concerns or questions, and then address those areas as key components of adopting a student-centred approach to teaching. As you and your students adjust…Continue Reading Active Learning for ISLA, hybrid teaching pedagogic approaches

Hybrid teaching research – 2024 Update

A new article has been published by Springer, and based on this study, funded by Edinburgh Napier University’s Department of Learning and Teaching. Being in Two Places at the Same Time: a Future for Hybrid Learning Based on Student Preferences “Students acknowledged that hybrid formats provided fewer opportunities to collaborate and that they felt more…Continue Reading Hybrid teaching research – 2024 Update

New ISLA learning spaces for City Law School

Newly modified ISLA spaces at Whiskin Street for Master of Law programme “The LLM programme at City Law School has undergone a transformative evolution in its student delivery methods. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative pedagogy, we have transitioned to a fully hybrid model, enabling us to cater to students both on campus and online, synchronously…Continue Reading New ISLA learning spaces for City Law School

Teaching Here and There, new crowd-sourced Podcast episode

Welcome to this special extended episode of the podcast series, ‘Teaching Here and There’ Presented by Dom Pates, James Rutherford of City, University of London, and Dr Ivan Sikora, University of West London. This episode features crowd-sourced content, with the hosts introducing the contributions of 12 guests from across the globe, each of whom has…Continue Reading Teaching Here and There, new crowd-sourced Podcast episode

Teaching Here and There – A podcast resource for learning more about hybrid teaching

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In recent years, the higher education industry has seen a rise in the popularity of hybrid teaching, also known as blended, multimodal, blended synchronous, Hyflex, and equitable model, which is a method of delivering education to students who are both on campus and online. It has become increasingly popular in the higher education sector since…Continue Reading Teaching Here and There – A podcast resource for learning more about hybrid teaching

Share your views on ISLA – hybrid teaching

Share your views on hybrid teaching Have you heard of Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities (ISLA) at City? Have you used, or thought about using hybrid/dual-delivery teaching? We’re keen to understand how this new mode of teaching, where some students are physically in the classroom and others are online at the same time, has been experienced…Continue Reading Share your views on ISLA – hybrid teaching