The iTeach Online Podcast

In this episode of the iTeach Online Podcast we are looking at Hyflex teaching which is a flexible course design that allows students to choose how, when, and where they participate in learning, combining in-person, synchronous online, and asynchronous online modes.

Hosts  

Ben Atkinson and Claire Storr  

Guests  

Stephanie McDonald and Cecilia Goria and Joseph Kenney

Running Order  

00:00 Welcome back 

01:28 Stephanie McDonald and Cecilia Goria interview 

15:47 Joseph Kenney interview 

35:33 Wrap Up  

Links  

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠⁠our blog⁠⁠. 

Visit our ⁠⁠SharePoint site⁠⁠ (University of Nottingham only)  

Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠⁠Music Radio Creative⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠. 

As term has started we thought this was a good time to release some new podcasts.

Ben and Claire are in the studio while Nicholas talks with Joe Bell. Joe has been leading on a project looking at the use of video in teaching and learning, and in this episode he shares some of the project's findings and how video can be added to your assessment options.

00:00 Welcome back

00:51 Nicholas talks with Joe

48:24 Wrap up

You can read the Digital Education Service's blog and find some ideas to help improve your own teaching.

Find out more about the Digital Education Service on our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham listeners only).

In the last episode of the current series we have something a little different for you. Dr Lisa Yon from the Vet School leads the Elephant Welfare International project and she chats with Simon about the project, its work on creating positive care for elephants both in wild and in captivity as well as the experience of final year veterinary students that choose to work with animals in zoos and the wildlife.

Claire then sits down with Dr Sobia Qazi from the Faculty of Engineering to discuss how Mahara is helping students studying degree apprenticeships and foundation degrees with their ongoing learning and recording their own competencies.

Hosts  

Ben Atkinson, Nicholas Cameron, Claire Storr and Simon Barnett  

Guests  

Lisa Yon and Sobia Qazi

Running Order  

00:00 Welcome back 

00:56 Lisa Yon interview 

26:14 Sobia Qazi interview 

44:05 Wrap Up  

Links  

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠our blog⁠. 

Visit our ⁠SharePoint site⁠ (University of Nottingham only)  

We'll be back in 2026 with more episodes, bringing you more stories of teaching and research is intersecting with technology here at the University of Nottingham.

Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠Music Radio Creative⁠ and ⁠Pixabay⁠. 

Students and tech. That age old conundrum. Are today's students digital natives or something else entirely? 

First up, Simon is chatting with Dr Denise Sweeny from the School of Education about her recent research paper, “Students’ experiences of educational technology use to facilitate university learning: factors influencing their mediation of learning” and the different ways that students can be observed with technology in their pursuit of knowledge. 

Then David McMahon and Steven Galloway from the School of Life Sciences, join Simon to discuss their unique way of facilitating group work when it comes to creating a digital magazine with their students. 

Hosts   

Ben Atkinson, Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr   

Guests   

Denise Sweeney, David McMahon and Steven Galloway 

Running Order   

00:00 Welcome back  

01:02 Denise Sweeney discussion  

20:17 Thoughts on what Denise had to say  

23:32 David McMahon and Steven Galloway chat with Simon  

46:38 Wrap Up   

Links   

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠⁠our blog⁠⁠  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly.  

Visit our ⁠⁠SharePoint site⁠⁠ (University of Nottingham only)   

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.   

Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠⁠Music Radio Creative⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.  

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode we are looking at two different types of media assessments. 

First up, Simon talks with Dr Will Paterson about using podcasts as a group assessment, two years ago, Will moved from an individual poster assessment to a group podcast recording.

Why use audio, what do the students think of this assessment and looking back, how has Will found the whole process?

In the second half of the episode, Simon chats with Dr Niamh O'Sullivan from the university Business School about a rather unique module.

Niamh explains how Masters students are given a real world simulation where they need to pitch a new business plan to a Board of Directors made up of practicing business professionals all while dealing with a simulated media crisis and a press conference with journalists.

Thanks to the work on this module, Niamh was invited to the United Nations in New York earlier this year to receive an award from UN Prime, you can find out more information about the awards and read an interview with Niamh.

Hosts  

Nicholas Cameron, Claire Storr and Simon Barnett  

Guests  

Will Paterson and Niamh O'Sullivan  

Running Order  

00:00 Welcome back 

0:53 Will Paterson interview

26:13 Nicholas and Claire reflect on Will's interview 

28:24 Niamh O'Sullivan interview 

52:342 Wrap Up  and congratulations to Niamh

Links  

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠our blog⁠  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly. 

Visit our ⁠SharePoint site⁠ (University of Nottingham only)  

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.  

Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠Music Radio Creative⁠ and ⁠Pixabay⁠. 

Welcome back to the pod! In this first episode of the new run we are starting our look at assessments.

First up, Ben, Claire and Nicholas are joined in the studio by Dave Corbett, the Learning Technology Consultant for Medicine and Health Sciences.

Dave has recently completed a secondment where he was looking at assessments across the university.

Dave reflects on the secondment, highlighting some of the work that is already underway as well as looking ahead to what might be coming.

Ben then sits down with Keith Benedict, Deputy Head of School of Physics and Astronomy and Teaching Assistant Chris Briggs to talk about the School's pilot of using Graide.

Graide is a piece of AI software that helps improve marking for academics while aiming to improve feedback for students.

Hosts 

Ben Atkinson, Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr 

Guests 

Dave Corbett, Keith Benedict and Chris Briggs 

Running Order 

00:00 Welcome back

01:03 Dave Corbett discussion

24:33 Graide pilot discussion

49:23 Wrap Up 

Links 

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly.

Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) 

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time. 

Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay. 

Welcome back to the podcast! In this latest episode, we are back with something a bit different. 

In this live episode recorded at the University of Nottingham’s Teaching and Learning Conference in April 2025, Nigel Owen (Associate Director for Learning Technology) chairs a roundtable discussion that looks at the future of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). 

The discussion centered around several questions: Where do we expect platforms to be in five years, and what will students want from their VLE experience?”  

The panel, consisted of Professor Peter Stockwell from the School of English, Scarlett Zhang, the Student Union Education Officer for 2024/25 and the podcasts own Ben Atkinson, a Learning Technology Consultant. 

Hosts 

Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr 

Guests 

Nigel Owen, Peter Stockwell, Scarlett Zhang and Ben Atkinson 

Running Order 

00:00 Welcome back 

02:01Round Table Discussion 

38:35 Nicholas and Claire reflect on the live discussion share their own thoughts. 

49:23 Wrap Up 

Links 

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog 

Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) 

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time. 

Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay. 

Surprise! We are back with a bonus episode just before Christmas. 

In the final episode of 2024, the podcast is looking Degree Apprenticeships. A relatively recent introduction to the Higher Education landscape but here at the University of Nottingham is a growing area of study and an area where the university recently won the Training Provider of the Year award at the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024. 

Simon chats with Elizabeth Bishop from the Department of Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences about the inner workings of the Degree Apprenticeship Programme while Ben visits Experian to talk to Luca Smith who won the award for Technology and Digital Apprentice of the Year at the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024. 

While at Experian, Ben also caught up with Taniqua Wint and Early Careers Trainer to hear about the benefits of the Progamme for an employer before finally talking to Dr Ria Symonds, the Programme Lead for the Data Science Degree Apprenticeship Programme at the University. 

Hosts 

Ben Atkinson, Claire Storr, Nicholas Cameron, Simon Barnett 

Guests 

Elizabeth Bishop, Luca Smith, Taniqua Wint and Ria Symonds 

Running Order 

00:00 Welcome back 

01:10 Elizabeth Bishop 

17:38 Ben is off to Experian 

18:50 Luca Smith & Taniqua Wint 

27:08 Ria Symonds 

30:50 Wrap Up 

Links 

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog 

Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) 

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we’ve got more episodes coming in 2025. 

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It’s the final episode of the series and we are leaving 2024 via the Virtual door. 

Simon talks with Simon Harrison, the Digital Learning Director of the Faculty of Engineering, about the Virtual Reality Lab at Nottingham, how it was a world first, how the technology works and how teaching a class of 40 students who are potentially looking at something different can be conquered. 

Have you ever thought about using Roblox as a vehicle for teaching? Stefan van der Vyver from Learning Technology has been creating worlds in the Roblox multiverse for different audiences as part of his role as a Developer in Learning Technology. What could this type of platform do to help scale up teaching?  

Hosts 

Ben Atkinson, Claire Storr, Nicholas Cameron, Simon Barnett 

Guests 

Simon Harrison and Stefan van der Vyver 

Running Order 

00:00 Welcome back 

01:38 Simon Harrison 

19:12 Ben Nicholas and Claire think about Virtual Reality 

23:17 Stefan van der Vyver 

49:21 Wrap Up 

Links 

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog 

Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) 

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we’ve got more episodes coming in 2025. 

Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay. 

In this episode, Nigel Owen and John Horton delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education. They explore how AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot and others are reshaping the educational landscape by automating some tasks that traditionally required human intelligence while highlighting that students still need to use skills like critical thinking alongside the use of technology. 

Then Sally talks with Kristina, Noemi and Shialing from the university’s Language Centre about the benefits of using AI within their teaching and how it can help students to learn a language. 

Hosts 

Ben Atkinson, Claire Storr, Nicholas Cameron, Simon Barnett and Sally Hanford 

Guests 

Nigel Owen, John Horton, Kristina Nothoff, Noemi Cedillo and Shialing Kwa 

Running Order 

00:00 Welcome back 

02:01Nigel Owen and John Horton 

27:31 Ben, Nicholas and Claire share their own experiences of AI 

31:29 Kristina Nothoff, Noemi Cedillo and Shialing Kwa 

48:25 Wrap Up 

Links 

Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog 

Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) 

Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time. 

Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay.