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Embedding technology in teaching - WMS MB ChB

Embedding effective teaching practice

Beyond Blended

Exploring four aspects of learning that can be ‘blended’:

  1. Time, pace and timing (synchronous and asynchronous).
  2. Space (place and platform).
  3. Learning materials: tools, facilities, learning media and other resources (digital, print-based or material).
  4. Groups, roles and relationships (teacher-led and peer learning, varieties of learning group).

JISC Beyond Blended Report (2023)

Advance HE Beyond Flexible Learning - Modes of learning: a practice guide (2022)

Many ways...

What areas of educational practice would you like to explore? 

We’ve seen how technology can connect isolated individuals and support the building of strong communities. We continue to utilise our physical and virtual learning spaces for synchronous delivery where this is appropriate. Asynchronous delivery requires the kind of flexible curriculum that could include more learners. We are looking to enable personalised learning experiences and independent study, allowing for formative assessment and self-paced learning.

Where to start?

Start conversations and ask questions!

MB ChB Academic Technology Support

Cath Fenn
Senior Academic Technologist

Hannah Thein
Senior Academic Technologist

Schedule online meeting with a member of the AcTech Team

AcTech updates

Newsletters are published bi-monthly via the MB ChB Education Team MS Teams space.

What tools should I use?

These are some of the tools students become familiar with during first year. Getting to know them and how to use them early on will pay dividends for your teaching. University core tools should meet all your needs and guides are available on the Academic Technology help & support pages.Link opens in a new window

Moodle - this is your digital learning platform.

Moodle - this is the MB ChB digital learning platform. It is a common experience for new users to feel initially uncomfortable navigating the MB ChB Phase Moodle spaces. Note, students do tell us that once they become familiar with the structure it does work for them. All MB ChB learning resources can be accessed via MoodleLink opens in a new window. If you are enrolled on the Phase Moodle spaces the Moodle announcements forums will send notifications of the messages posted to your @warwick.ac.uk email address.

What can Moodle do?

Sign in and check out our MedEd Moodle features demo spaceLink opens in a new window for ideas and case studies on ways to use Moodle to engage and support students.

For beginners or as a refresher you could also try out the self-paced Moodle coursesLink opens in a new window which are available for all Warwick staff.

Echo360 lecture capture - this is where recordings of all teaching sessions are hosted.

Echo360 lecture capture - this is where recordings of teaching sessions are hosted. Echo360 lecture capture recordings are made available to students via Moodle. Access is either via the phase Echo360 block, and/or recordings are embedded on Moodle pages within the context of other related learning activities.

Vevox - this is tool to support responsive teaching, peer learning and active learning.

Polls, quizzes Q&As and surveys. Each session has a unique identifier code to connect to a session. The Vevox app is available on the student mini iPads. The Vevox interface can also be connected to a Teams channel, chat or meeting. Vevox may also be embedded into a PowerPoint presentation.

Padlet - this tool enables the creation of "online boards" for sharing and co-creating.

Padlet is a flexible tool that enables you to share and collaborate in a variety of different ways. Padlet provides a variety of board types including wall, shelf, canvas, stream, timeline, backchannel, map and grid. To get started at warwick.padlet.orgLink opens in a new window visit the Warwick online guides.Link opens in a new window

Microsoft 365 - 365 includes your email, SharePoint and MS Teams.

Office 365 is a set of web-based tools that you can use to create, edit, manage and share documents, and communicate. It is provided by Microsoft. Office365 includes Outlook, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

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