James Rutherford, University of London on Hybrid Teaching – Fight or Flight?

Link to InAVate magazine article Hybrid teaching is a relatively new pedagogic and technical methodology for live teaching simultaneously to students on campus and online. Although it has been in practice for some time within higher education in the USA, notably with the Hyflex model originating in 2006. There has been a significant uptake in…Continue Reading James Rutherford, University of London on Hybrid Teaching – Fight or Flight?

DALI+ an enhanced learning space for lecture capture live streaming

DALI+ enhanced learning spaces for Echo live streaming There are currently four rooms available with this specification, with the standard DALI technology enhanced for large group teaching by additional microphones to capture student questions. They may be more suitable for Echo lecture capture live streaming than standard DALI rooms, but do not provide the interactive elements…Continue Reading DALI+ an enhanced learning space for lecture capture live streaming

Learning & Teaching

This is a relatively new mode of teaching in any widespread context, there is little in the literature to show how effective this approach has been. Most reports are anecdotal and limited in scale, although a recent study by KCL has been produced by the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning. Empirical findings have only recently…Continue Reading Learning & Teaching

Background to ISLA

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Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities is the working title for the ISLA project at City, a new pedagogic and technical methodology for live teaching to students who are situated both on campus and online. These are some of the existing terms that the HE sector is using as a taxonomy for synchronous teaching with a significant…Continue Reading Background to ISLA

ISLA – Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities

Welcome to our brand new blog at City, University of London, where we are focussed on ISLA, a new acronym for Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities. ISLA is our term for hybrid, blended, multimodal, hyflex, or dual mode delivery, to name a few common terms for teaching live to an online audience as well as to…Continue Reading ISLA – Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities