Teaching Here and There

This is episode 18 of our podcast series which has been running for two years. Our summer special features four esteemed guests from the Edinburgh Futures Institute, as they talk about their particular approach to hybrid teaching and learning. The aim of the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is to pursue knowledge and understanding that supports the navigation of complex futures. EFI’s distinctiveness stems from their approach to research, education and engagement, a method that combines multi-disciplinarity with co-production.

Dom, Ivan and James are joined by Professor Sian Bayne, Director, Centre for Research in Digital Education and Director of Education, Edinburgh Futures Institute. Alongside her is Emma McAllister, EFI Learning Technology & Design Lead, The University of Edinburgh, Dr James Lamb, the Joint programme director of the MSc in Education Futures also at Edinburgh University and Martin Hawksey, who previously worked at the EFI and now Creator, Content Producer and Community Advocate.

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Welcome to this special extended episode of the podcast series, 'Teaching Here and There'

Presented by Dom Pates, James Rutherford & Dr Ivan Sikora, this episode features crowd-sourced content, with the hosts introducing the contributions of 12 guests from across the globe, each of whom has sent in their answers to 3 questions that were posed in the last episode. Their responses are enlightening, affirming, questioning, challenging, but also cautiously hopeful for the future of hybrid teaching. This feature length episode does have some handy pause points if you need to take a break or two while listening.

The hosts would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the following contributors; Sian Bayne, Scott Doyle, Jorge Freire, Sonia Hetzner, Ori Igwe, Banan Al Kafri, John Lee, Lawal Muhammad, Tim Neumann, Santanu Vasant, Puiyin Wong and Zac Woolfit.

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Welcome to this retrospective episode of the podcast series, 'Teaching Here and There'

Presented by Dom Pates, James Rutherford & Dr Ivan Sikora, this podcast was recorded in a hybrid space at City, University of London.

Sitting around a table again, Dom, James and Ivan take a look back over the past 18 months of Teaching Here and There episodes. They pick out some key highlights from conversations with their guests and we get to hear from those who people who joined the podcast, since the series began in July 2021. This episode also features the voices of two callers who sent in a voice message, here on Anchor FM.

We do hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode, and would be delighted if you would participate in the next podcast, you can send in a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/teachinghereandthere/message. If you prefer, do please email us at [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter @THAThybridpod. 

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This is episode 15 of our podcast series features a European-centred conversation with Paraskevi Dilaveri, or Evi as we know her, the Coordinator of the Bachelors Writing Program at The American College of Greece in Athens, where she also teaches academic writing and research skills. Our second guest is Jelle Scheurleer is the course director radiotherapy modules of the master program in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology at Inholland University of Applied Sciences, in Haarlem, NL.

Our guests discuss their experiences of hybrid teaching before, during and since the pandemic. Evi and Jelle talk about their challenges and the realities for students, how hybrid teaching should be approached, as well as the impact of hybrid on their students' sense of inclusivity and the practical implications for two different but hands-on courses, as well as the importance of the campus experience.

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This is episode 14, featuring our renowned and distinguished guest, Dr. Brian Beatty. He is Associate Professor of Instructional Technologies in the Department of Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University. At SFSU, Brian pioneered the development and evaluation of the HyFlex course design model for blended learning environments, implementing a “student-directed-hybrid” approach to better support student learning.

In this in-depth conversation, Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, heard from Brian about his early experiences and development of hybrid teaching as well as his views on the future of teaching in a live hybrid or Hyflex mode. 

We do hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

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Welcome back to Teaching Here and There, episode 13.

We continue with our two-parter and our student panel discussion on hybrid teaching. We were delighted to host two students from the University of West London and three from City, University of London last month. Bringing together their reflections and shared but varied experiences, we continue our conversation with Forough Jonghani and Marko Halla from UWL and Keti Khukhunashvili, Urika Rikhi and Rob Kidd from City.

Welcome back to Teaching Here and There, episode 12, series 3. 

We open with a two-parter and our student panel discussion on hybrid teaching. We are delighted to host two students from the University of West London and three from City, University of London. Bringing together their reflections and shared but varied experiences, we introduce Forough Jonghani and Marko Halla from UWL and Keti Khukhunashvili, Urika Rikhi and Rob Kidd from City.

Stay tuned for episode 13 and part 2 due out next month.

This is episode 11, with Dr. Sarah Montano from the University of Birmingham and Dr. Steve Rowett from UCL. This is also the anniversary of our podcast series, launched at the APT Conference in 2021. This annual conference, co-hosted by UCL, LSE and Imperial College London, will return to ‘in person’ mode on July 1st 2022, but with online elements. The THAT crew will present 'A Return to Teaching Here And There: Discussions on Hybrid Teaching' a presentation to complement this new episode.

In an fascinating discussion, Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, invite their guests Sarah and Steve, to talk about their different experiences, reflections and thoughts on the future of hybrid teaching at their respective and large scale institutions.

Our guests talked about their early forays into this simultaneous multi-modal delivery, how they support colleagues and provide informed advice on best practice, along with key reflections about what works and what doesn't. 

We hope you enjoy listening to this last episode of the current season.

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This is episode 10, featuring university technology and learning enhancement managers from Essex and Dublin. Tessa Rogowski is the Director of IT Customer Experience at the University of Essex and Mark Glynn is the Head of Teaching Enhancement Unit at Dublin City University.

In an absorbing and insightful discussion, Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, invited their guests to talk about their experiences, reflections and plans for the design and development of technologies and support for hybrid teaching at their respective institutions.

Our guests give a comprehensive and intriguing insight into how their respective institutions coped with a pivot to online learning and in particular how they supported the live multi-modal practice as known at DCU as Hyflex and at Essex as hybrid teaching. They said that the hybrid classroom is not the end of the classroom from an HE perspective, but it's perhaps an evolution of it. As it has been reinforced before in our podcasts, it's so much more than just the technology that enables hybrid to be effective. Both Mark and Tessa agreed how we really need to be listening more to the students' voice and hear what their experiences are, ultimately, this is all for their benefit and their learning.

We hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode.

If you would like to participate in a future podcast or just want to contact us, please email us at [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter @THAThybridpod. You can also send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachinghereandthere/message

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Welcome to this special episode all about 'TEALfest' hosted by Warwick University in March 2022, part of podcast series 'Teaching Here and There'

Presented by Dom Pates, James Rutherford & Dr Ivan Sikora, this special edition features Dr Robert O'Toole, Director of Student Experience in the Arts Faculty and Jess Humphreys, Assistant Professor in Academic Development, both at the University of Warwick. TEALfest is an online festival for sharing technology enhanced active learning practice, research, ideas and experiences and we spoke to Robert and Jess about the festival and how it relates to hybrid teaching.

We hope you enjoy listening to this extra episode.

If you would like to participate in a future podcast or just want to contact us, please email us at [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter @THAThybridpod. You can also send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachinghereandthere/message

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