Virtual Teaching

Effective and engaging teaching in an online or blended environment requires an understanding of effective pedagogies for online and hybrid teaching. Even experienced teachers can find this challenging.

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6 and 13 October 2021

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Enhance your teaching practices

Advance HE has designed Virtual Teaching, aimed at nurturing and developing contemporary professional learning, with a particular focus on online pedagogies and digital delivery within fully virtual or hybrid teaching spaces. The programme models approaches and activities which can be taken into HE teaching, positioning the participant as a learner in online spaces and inviting them to reflect critically on the experiences in order to enhance their own teaching practices.

Who is Virtual Teaching for?

Virtual Teaching is a course aimed specifically at those who have experience teaching in HE but are new to delivering courses via online platforms.

Virtual Teaching focuses on four critical areas of practice for effectively engaging students, with the thread of online and digital learning running throughout the programme:

How do I design and plan active online learning?
What digital tools can I use to engage students in and beyond live sessions?
What digital assessment and feedback tools can I use to promote meaningful learning?
How can I make teaching inclusive of all students?

"Virtual Teaching will improve your confidence to successfully deliver effective courses in a safe and nurturing environment. Many of our participants stay in touch with one another once the formal course has come to an end, and so it will provide opportunities to meet other teachers and build a lasting community of practice." Tim Hinchcliffe, Programme Lead, Advance HE

The course is excellent, informative and motivational in exploring how best to implement the tools available. The added benefit of working with colleagues throughout the country/world, made the experience even more exceptional.

David Douglas, Head of Programme Delivery, Nelson College London.

How is the programme delivered?

This is an online programme with synchronous and asynchronous activities which consist of a mixture of whole cohort, collaborative and individual activities. The online format provides added flexibility, acknowledging the time pressures faced by teaching staff.

The programme is divided into two learning blocks over two weeks, requiring roughly 3-4 hours of study each week; a two-hour live interactive session and approximately 1-2 hours of directed study. Each live session will be recorded and the resources will be made available to participants for an additional month after the formal end of the course on Advance HE’s virtual learning environment.

Programme structure

Week 1

6 October 2021 10:00 - 11.30 BST
Effective approaches to online or virtual teaching

Week 2

13 October 2021 10:00 - 11:30 BST
The Tech Clinic, a showcase of tools and Reflective Practice and Action Planning

What are the programme outcomes?

After attending the webinars and completing formative tasks, participants will be able to:

Create effective learning plans for study in an online and hybrid environment;
Select and use appropriate formative and summative assessment and feedback tools that support learning in an online environment;
Use digital tools creatively and ethically to enhance learning opportunities for all students;
Work effectively and collaboratively online;
Reflect on the learning experience in order to enhance future teaching practices.

Next steps

To download our Virtual Teaching information sheet or if you have any questions about the programme please complete the form below.