Teaching Here and There

Welcome to this special hybrid episode of a podcast series called 'Teaching Here and There'

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

Together for the first time, Dom, James and Ivan take an informal but empirical look at the ISLA project at City, captured in a learning space that has been especially designed and equipped for hybrid teaching. This episode was recorded on Zoom direct from a seminar room and a computer lab on the main campus at City, to try and illustrate how the technology and the space allows academics and students to effectively engage in a live hybrid teaching session.

We hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode.

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This is episode 8, featuring three university technology managers from the United States. Julie Johnston, Director of Learning Spaces at Indiana University, Don Merritt, PhD, who is the Director of Instructional Resources at the University of Central Florida and Mark McCallister, Director of Academic Technology at the University of Florida.

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. 

Some key quotes to listen out for:

"I believe that when people come together, they can accomplish just about anything...the collaboration across all the groups was so strong during this crisis where we all had the same goals"

"You could think of it as a re-privileging of the classroom, as the space where learning happens, and more that teaching and learning is really becoming ubiquitous to all of our technologies across the board"

"In order for this to be successful, it has to be learner centred...we can't let the technology to drive some of our decisions, we need to let our needs drive the technology decisions"

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 episode 7, featuring Dr Nigel Oseland, a workplace strategist, change manager, environmental psychologist, researcher, international speaker and published author. In conversation with Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, he talked about his take on all things hybrid from a psychological perspective.  With a mix of experience from the corporate sector as well as education, Nigel gave his scientific insights into what should be considered for more effective and successful hybrid teaching. 

The discussion ranged from etiquette to physiology, body language on screen, how to show non-verbal language, the importance of student screens, and opportunities for social interaction which are a key part of any discussion or class. His closing comments focussed on how to make the university campus more appealing to students, how does hybrid teaching add value and what makes students want to come back for more, whether its face to face on online. We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast.

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This is episode 6, featuring two fascinating speakers, Dr Cecilia Goria, Associate Professor and Digital Learning Director, Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham and Rachelle O'Brien, Senior Digital Learning Designer at the University of Durham's Centre for Academic Development.

In a wide ranging conversation, Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, asked their guests to talk about their experiences and reflections of establishing communities of practice and supporting hybrid and dual mode delivery. Cecilia and Rachelle were genuinely and refreshingly positive about hybrid teaching. They talked about the need for adaptability, resilience, getting the technology right, as well as sharing their thoughts on what is important in different contexts, allowing for pedagogic experimentation and sharing the live multi-modal teaching experience and development with colleagues, but especially with students.

We hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode.

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Welcome to episode 5, featuring Amy Sampson who is Head of Digital Learning Falmouth University and Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, Consultant in Arts Psychotherapies and Professor of Practice at Brunel University London. In conversation with Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, they discussed their experiences and challenges of supporting arts learning and practice and the research of NHS psychotherapeutic hybrid teaching. Key issues were the impact of arts teaching from an enforced hybrid online delivery model, with the absence of tacit and contextual experiences, such a touch, smell and lighting. Tangibility was also talked about as a key factor in making learning authentic specifically in an arts and an NHS healthcare teaching environment. Opportunities were seen from greater use of new sophisticated digital tools to enhance collaboration, and that these could be applied in the future and cross-disciplinary work across curriculum and institutions. 

We hope you enjoy listening to this first episode of 2022.

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This is episode 4, featuring two esteemed guests, Alexandra Mihai, Assistant Professor of Innovation in Higher Education from the University of Maastricht and Maha Bali, Associate Professor of Practice at the Centre for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo. In a free flowing and wide ranging conversation, Dom Pates, James Rutherford and Dr. Ivan Sikora, invited Alexandra and Maha to talk about their views and experiences of supporting teaching in a live hybrid dual delivery mode. They discussed the importance of equity, listening to students all along the way, the need for support in class to manage both audiences, how hybrid teaching works in a problem-based learning modality, the many challenges of hybrid teaching and how to overcome some of them, the need to focus on the teaching practice and the experience of students rather than the technology, the value of co-ordinated support from stakeholders both pedagogical and technical, and how vital is to have a plan B at all times.

We hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

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This episode of our podcast series features a conversation with Dr. Ashley Garlick is a Senior Lecturer specialising in event management at the University of West London and Eoin O' Sullivan, Associate Lecturer, University of St. Andrews. In a wide ranging discussion, our guests discuss their experiences of hybrid teaching pre and post pandemic. It is a fascinating conversation that covers the challenges and realities for students, how hybrid teaching should be approached as well as the impact on the timetable, students' well-being and the importance of being on campus.

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This episode sees the team discuss hybrid teaching with international learning environment consultant, Professor Peter Jamieson. Peter Jamieson is an Educator with extensive experience across the School and Higher Education sectors working in classrooms and also distance education. He has led the design of innovative learning environments for 25 years, working in more than a dozen countries including the U.K. Most recently he led the design of a major learning facility at Australia’s leading agricultural college and the creation of a new P-12 school in Costa Rica. He is currently involved in multiple projects with a network of schools in Spain.

Peter talked passionately about how important it is to bring the students into the hybrid teaching session, so that their voice can be heard and that they are seen as a vital part of the learning experience. In a hybrid context academics need to think how to gain the benefit of having students in a class that may be being conducted in such a way by other students. Student engagement is key so they need to see the value of their participation in this class.

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In episode 1, Dom Pates, James Rutherford & Dr. Ivan Sikora are in conversation with two academics from City, University of London. Both are practising lecturers and have been using digital technology in a variety of online delivery modes.

Dr. Rebecca Wells has experience of teaching on a live multi modal course on Food Policy with 6 other UK universities, before the term hybrid was widely adopted. Dr. Jane Secker teaches on Masters course for academics and has adopted virtual classroom tools for online blended delivery.

Our conversation covered their research into hybrid teaching and in particular, their insights from a recent literature review and first hand experience as lecturers. What seems to be key is the need for group work and interaction amongst all participants as well as the need for academics to embrace new technology and carry that extra load in making the hybrid sessions effective for students.

Dr. Rebecca Wells mentioned her work on the IFSTAL module, link here to her City profile. Dr. Jane Secker is also involved in Digital Literacies and Open Practice, link here to her web site.

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Welcome to this pilot episode of a podcast series called 'Teaching Here and There'

Presented by Dom Pates, James Rutherford & Dr Ivan Sikora, this podcast will begin with our personal introductions and a conversation around our individual connections to hybrid teaching.

We will look at the aims and objectives of the podcast series, how often it should be available and how listeners can get in touch to contribute.

We do hope you enjoy listening and we would be delighted if you would like to comment or send us a message and become involved as the series develops. This pilot episode lasts 30 minutes.

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

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