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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network
Drop in sessions: E-learning tools
- We would like to offer staff members at the University the opportunity to join us for our drop-in sessions on using e-learning tools (Blackboard, Panopto, Turnitin and MS Teams) for learning and teaching activities. These will offer an informal opportunity to speak with our Online Learning Specialists and to address any problems or queries you may ...more
How to make asynchronous recordings engaging and interactive
- Pre-recorded asynchronous content has become a key factor in delivering courses and enabling the best learning experience for students at Aberystwyth University. There are several strategies that lecturers can use to make these recordings both engaging and interactive. The benefits of asynchronous pre-recorded lectures are manifold, and most students – as the so-called YouTube generation – ...more
Tasks function in Blackboard – easy way to allow students to track their progress!
- We have been recently approached by a member of staff seeking advice on the use of checklists in Blackboard. They brought our attention to a useful tool called Tasks. We have previously blogged about ways of tracking student progress in Blackboard by using the review and adaptive release, functionalities allowing you to create interactive, learning ...more
Support for teaching online – here we go again!
- As we have once again found ourselves in online teaching scenario, we wanted to revisit some of the resources and support available to you. The best place to start would be visiting the Supporting your Teaching webpages which includes resources such as: Teaching Online? How to make Blackboard Activities more interactive with Adaptive Release Blackboard ...more
Tips for teaching with Breakout Rooms
- In case you didn’t see our previous blogpost, breakout rooms are now available in Microsoft Teams. In preparation for semester 2 teaching and for increased online teaching, we’re going to give you some design tips on how best to make use of Breakout Rooms. They can be used to great effect to help support and ...more
How can I check for understanding whilst teaching online?
- Checking for understanding (CFU) plays a crucial role in the learning and teaching process and can verify to the lecturer what is being learnt but also provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their own learning. CFU is one of the biggest challenges in teaching and having to do so within the virtual classroom ...more
Good practice for Group Work online: 7 practical tips
- Group work provides students with a valuable opportunity to foster important transferable skills in communication, leadership, group dynamics and reinforces learning and understanding. With limited face-to-face interaction, online group work can provide students with an opportunity to both learn and form relationships with their peers. Although students can gain a lot from group work, some ...more
Quick Guide to Students Success
- To support students in this particularly challenging year, we created a Quick Guide to Students Success with tips on time management, most effective study practices and staying motivated. Please share this interactive version of the guide with your students (which is also compatible with screen readers). Effective Self-organisation You might have heard this advice many times - ...more
Advice on managing face-to-face and HyFlex teaching successfully
- Advice on managing face-to-face teaching successfully: All staff should strive to maximise the amount of time that students are working back to back or side to side, wherever possible. However, where this is not possible, students may turn to one another, for example for seminar discussion, provided other mitigating practices remain in place (ventilation, masks, social ...more
Content Organisation in Blackboard
- As we are using more and more functionality in Blackboard modules, how they are organised has become increasingly important. We receive quite a number of queries from students struggling to locate various items or submission points in Blackboard. To assist with navigation, we’ve pulled together our top tips on content organisation. If you’ve got any questions about ...more
Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber - Ionawr 20201
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OA Repository Newsletter – January 20201
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OA Repository Newsletter – December 2020
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Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Rhagfyr 2020
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Bell v Tavistock: a quick explainer
- This blog post is intended as a quick explainer on Bell v Tavistock. It is not intended to be a full analysis nor nearly as comprehensive as a finished article would be. It is just here to help avoid misunderstandings or misinformation in the interim. First of all: a pet peeve of mine is when people ...more
Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Tachwedd 2020
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OA Repository Newsletter – November 2020
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I ddathlu #DyddIauTraethodau Wythnos Mynediad Agored 2020
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To celebrate Open Access Week’s #ThesisThursday 2020
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Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Hydref 2020
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OA Repository Newsletter – October 2020
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WELCOME
- Welcome to the blog of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, Wales’ first law school and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. This is a relatively informal space for members of the Department’s academic staff to post brief articles on law and criminology. From time to time we will include ...more