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Enabling Engaging Learning Experiences
How Warwick's technical experts create engaging hybrid teaching spaces.
What improvements is Warwick making?
The AV Team maintains and upgrades the university’s centralised teaching spaces and collaborates with individual departments to ensure their spaces hit a similar standard. They focus on both lecture capture and hybrid learning technologies that can transform the student learning experience.
AV and LDC Training Events/Sessions - Returning to the classroom and Hybrid Teaching Technologies
Audio Visual Services, in collaboration with Learning Design Consultancy, are running a series of workshops from the 20th September to the 23rd September specific to the on-site delivery of teaching. Topics will include Audio Visual Basics and Classroom Technology to Hybrid Teaching Techniques and Technologies.
Returning to the classroom – AV Basics (Online session via Teams): Find out more about the classroom technologies available. How they work and what you can do. The on-site session provides you with an in-person insight into the technologies available in the classroom and you can experience first-hand how they work and what potential there is for your teaching and learning.
Hybrid Teaching Design – ABC Mini Sprint: In this session we will be using the ABC ‘Sprint’ model of design based on Professor Diana Laurillard’s ‘Conversational Framework’ This model will help to structure thoughts and discussions around design in the Technology Enhanced Active Learning Space.
Using Hybrid Technology: This session focuses on the technology and what is possible with hybrid teaching and learning at Warwick. It will also highlight some of the challenges.
Dates, times and bookings via: https://warwick.ac.uk/ldcuevents
Staff IT Equipment - Returning to and working from Campus
IT equipment - if you have applied to work on campus, you can access some additional kit to help you manage hybrid working.
It is expected that meetings will still take place on MS Teams for the time being which means that you may need to ensure you have the right equipment in the office.
You will be able to request the following:
- Webcam - If you will be using a desktop computer on campus you will need a webcam for Teams meetings
- Headset - you will need to use a headset with microphone for all Teams calls to ensure privacy and to reduce noise pollution in an office
How can I get hold of the kit?
Place your order via Ask us a Question or email helpdesk@warwick.ac.uk You do not need to provide a cost code, however, we are limiting provision to one item per person only. You can collect these items from the IT Helpdesk at the Library on your return to campus. Opening hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays and customary holidays), closed for lunch 1 pm to 2 pm.
Advice for working in a shared office – All shared offices will have been allocated a maximum capacity, but if the office is large enough and suitably ventilated, you may still find you are sharing the space. As we are expecting meetings to remain on MS Teams for the current time, you will need to be be considerate to others and to ensure that noise levels are kept to a minimum. This means always using a headset for Teams meetings. You will also need to consider whether your meeting is likely to include a discussion of confidential information, in which case you might need to book a more private space for the meeting.
Perhaps consider if a committee room could be suitable for a private booking.
Need a little help and guidance?
The AV Services response to working from home (WFH) and Remote Lecturing
Off Campus Lecture Delivery
Please note that Universal Capture is the recommended method for delivering lectures at present due to the current remote working policy.
Remote Working Tools
Please note that for remote working, meetings and collaboration we recommend using Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, StarLeaf & BlackBoard Collaborate
For more information in relation to Zoom Video Conferencing
Working or learning from within China?
IT Services has created some guidance in relation to collaboration and virtual connections
We have updated our FAQs
Additionally we have created some new Best Practices, Hints and Tips guidance to help provide you with a smoother end user experience when using our Collaboration Tools during this period.
Gibbet Hill Teaching Space Upgrades - GLT 2 & GLT 3
GLT2 and GLT3 on the Gibbet Hill Campus have been completely refurbished during the lock down period. The AV Services department have been working closely with Estates, Space Management and sub contractors to completely transform the spaces prior to the start of term.
Further information about GLT 2 and GLT3 is available on our room information pages.
