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Esther Barrett a subject specialist in Digital Practice Jisc recently hosted a Virtual Bridge Session talking about how you make your online sessions interactive and engaging. This session gives some quick tips and timely reminders to make sure the audience not only stays awake, but feels positively enthused by your online sessions. With the massive increase in remote teaching, and pressure of time in preparation, this session will help you deliver in a way which leaves everyone feeling good! Here are links to some of her blog posts that I thought would be very useful in helping to move your sessions online effectively. Teaching in Microsoft Teams Live online learning – is this the future? Webinars, online classes and meetings – from Yawn to Yay The video below is a short introduction to give you some simple ideas that you can introduce to your own sessions. From changing the font you use on your slides, to using annotation tools in teams. Have a watch, then maybe have a play with your colleagues - it might just alleviate any anxieties you may have doing it 'live' with your students. Enjoy! The Virtual Bridge Sessions have been recorded and are on the College development Networks YouTube channel.

How can you take your teaching online? Have a look at the free resources from the open university to help you move your teaching online including: Take your teaching online Creating open educational resources An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) Get started with Online Learning Accessibility of eLearning ...and more Click to find the links to all these courses and articles.

I attended the first day of the Jisc Connect More event today (details below) and found it very interesting finding out how other institutions have been achieving their learning and teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. A lot of talk on how they are going to proceed into the next academic session. There is still 2 days left and if you sign up now you will be able to get recordings of the sessions you have missed. Well worth the time to attend or watch the recordings in my opinion. Emma

Learning and Teaching Online - Advice for Practitioners This document, produced by Education Scotland, provides advice for practitioners for delivering learning and teaching online. It contains lots of useful information including links to: Digital Learning Interesting Links Online Learning – What we have learned in 30 years How have we redefined blended learning Lessons from China - Online Learning in a Pandemic Education Scotland Links Education Scotland Digital Skills Webinar Recordings Practitioner support for online remote learning DigiLearn.scot Glow Connect Additional Professional Learning Support Links Google Teacher Centre Microsoft Remote Learning Apple Education Learning Series Click above to download a copy of the PDF Click the image above to link to online version

Thursday 18th June, 2pm BST. Emotions trigger motivational, psychological, social, and cognitive impacts to learning. Emotions, whether positive or negative, lead to an increase in knowledge retention. So, it is critical that we as digital learning designers trigger emotional responses to our learning. Join this 30-minute webinar from omniplex to learn: The different types of knowledge emotions The impact emotions have on learning How to effectively evoke emotion in your digital learning content

Thursday 18th June from 10:00 – 15:00 The event will focus on sharing of best practice, adapting to what could become the ‘new normal’ of remote teaching delivery and how we can further build on the leaps we have taken forward in online and blended learning. Register here

Moodle Educator Certification - begins on June 1st! The eThink team is excited to offer the Moodle Educator Certification Program developed by Moodle HQ's Education Team. In the first "Foundation" course, participants will work through six different modules in order to demonstrate effectiveness with digital competencies using Moodle tools that go beyond your average "how to" training. This course is geared towards experienced Moodlers who are comfortable with key elements of Moodle. Register here Build a Better Moodle Course - begins on June 17th! This course proposes that building a Moodle course is like building a house. You want a strong foundation, sturdy walls, electric and plumbing that adheres to code, and a stylish interior design. At the end of this seven module course, participants will learn how to craft sturdy, functional, and attractive Moodle courses. Register here

Free OpenLearn Course Online learning has rapidly emerged and is now found in every area of education, from schools to skills training. More people than ever learn through online courses. Even where teaching is primarily ‘face to face’, online tools and interactions have become a key part of the learning experience. But teaching online is different. If you work in education or training at any level, you need to develop new skills and understanding in order to make the right decisions, make the most of the opportunities, and overcome common challenges. In Take your teaching online, you will hear about the experiences of real educators, be introduced to cutting edge research, and understand the ideas and tools that shape how we teach and learn online. You will also learn useful methods that will guide you to test out these new ideas in your own practice. The course includes educational theory, is free, and is suggested to take three hours a week for 8 weeks. Click on this link to register for the course.

Spaces are still available for CDN's free online sessions, which have been designed for college staff, managers and leaders. The first session - Working Remotely - will take place next Tuesday 5 May, and will be delivered by Dr. Sue Mitchell MAC MPSA, Director at Aeona and author of 'The Authority Guide to Engaging your People'. A range of other interactive sessions will be delivered throughout May, detailed below... Working Remotely Tuesday 5 May, 11am Gain insights and tips on how to manage yourself and manage your space, time and energy to be as effective as you can be. This Zoom session will include lots of opportunity for interaction, including chat text and breakout rooms so you can share with your colleagues what is working well in a college context. Delivered by Dr. Sue Mitchell MAC MPSA, Director at Aeona, and author of 'The Authority Guide to Engaging your People' Register here Mindfulness for Leaders - An Experiential Introduction Wednesday 13 May, 10am This session is for those who want to explore the concept of mindfulness and the evidence base. Understand the benefits of mindfulness as a way towards personal mastery and the relevance of this for leaders living and working in an 'attention economy'. Delivered by Sandy MacLean, CDN Lead for Curriculum and Teaching Register here Managing Remotely Thursday 14 May, 11am How can you manage effectively when you don’t meet your people and no longer work together in the same way? This session explores tips to manage your team remotely, keep everyone engaged and clear on expectations, including the often overlooked aspects of how you enhance the ‘human’ elements when we interact via technology. Delivered by Dr. Sue Mitchell MAC MPSA, Director at Aeona, and author of 'The Authority Guide to Engaging your People” Register here Leading Remotely in a Crisis Monday 18 May, 11am Find out how you can lead the college community and the organisation as a whole to help them thrive during and after this crisis. What do you need to consider for communications and how you create and maintain a positive culture across the organisation when staff are not coming into the workplace and are dispersed so widely? What can you do for looking over the horizon and bringing people with you? Delivered by Dr. Sue Mitchell MAC MPSA, Director at Aeona, and author of 'The Authority Guide to Engaging your People Register here Mindfulness for Leaders - An Experiential Introduction Tuesday 26 May, 10am This session is for those who want to explore the concept of mindfulness and the evidence base. Understand the benefits of mindfulness as a way towards personal mastery and the relevance of this for leaders living and working in an 'attention economy'. Delivered by Sandy MacLean, CDN Lead for Curriculum and Teaching Register here

What do Beatles pop songs and experimental music by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band have to do with remote teaching? Tune in to listen to four lecturers talk about their remote teaching experiences as a result of #COVID19, from the University of Liverpool: 1. Blog post link to Podcast 1/2 on remote teaching – How do your academic and emotional responses to the Coronavirus chime with those of our guests? 2. Blog post link to Podcast 2/2 on remote teaching – The conversation continues to touch on student engagement, technological comfort zones, students' wellbeing & learning; the pros and cons of a/synchronous interactions and rethinking pedagogy.