Quite a few people have been asking about how to keep connected with students and how to set something up in an emergency or at short notice. This post tries to cover a few things to help organise your thinking – as always, it’s a good idea to talk to other people to find outContinue reading “Staying connected”
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Questions from a design lecturer
In this post we try to respond to a few real questions asked by a (real!) faculty member having to (really quite urgently) move to distance and online methods. I’ll be holding online office hours in 1 hour. Not sure how to do that… Have a look at our post on staying connected. Your emergencyContinue reading “Questions from a design lecturer”
Distance and online design education – a (not so) quick introduction
This is a cross-post from http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/design/distance-and-online-design-education-a-not-so-quick-introduction/ This is a quick post after a few online discussions and question around how to start with distance (and online) design education – thanks to @ZhenpingLiow, @_p_antonio and others). It’s a quick summary of a few key concepts and ideas for any design teachers or tutors needing to thinkContinue reading “Distance and online design education – a (not so) quick introduction”
Starting a new blog
This blog began in response to a very common issue in EdTech and distance education – technology not working! Rather than try to get an old thing fixed, we decided to create a new resource, simply because it was needed, quickly, and we knew we could do it. So that’s lesson #1: Welcome to theContinue reading “Starting a new blog”
