Teaching IL029 (presentation for the Design Research Society)
Part 1 explores the challenges: And part 2, with some solutions: And here’s the house we built together in Tilt Brush. It’s got a palm tree...
October 27, 2020
Preparing for (mostly) remote teaching in 2020-2021 – how Design Thinkers do it Part 1
I teach 2 interdisciplinary modules at Warwick University with Dr Bo Kelestyn: Introduction to Design Thinking (undergrad) and the new Design Thinking for Social Impact (postgrad)....
September 17, 2020
Should we use anonymous discussion and messaging channels?
There are very good reasons for wanting to allow anonymous student participation in discussion forums and messaging channels. Students can feel less inhibited, more open to...
June 25, 2020
6 key dimensions for choosing collaboration options when teaching online
Medium, synchronicity, scale, lifecycle, control, and flexibility – the six key dimensions, defined and explained in this article. For successful online teaching, choose the options that...
May 26, 2020
When should we choose to teach live rather than asynchronously?
In an earlier article, I dissected a sophisticated learning design for live online active learning, with responsive teaching, peer-learning and group work in breakout rooms. As...
May 22, 2020
Two (virtual) heads are better than one for online lectures
Bo Kelestyn and I were asked to do an online version of our Introduction to Design Thinking lecture for the Humanitarian Engineering MSc at Warwick University....
May 21, 2020
Peer learning and breakout groups in live online lectures
Using Microsoft Teams and the Vevox PRS In many cases we advise teachers not to do live online lectures. They are complicated, prone to technical problems,...
May 20, 2020
5 key types of (digital, online) collaboration
This is an excerpt from the unit I created for the Warwick Online Learning Certificate, a course completed by thousands of undergraduates at Warwick University. It...
May 14, 2020
Advice for teaching online
Yesterday (18/3/2020), Bo Kelestyn and I (leaders of Warwick’s Design Thinking courses), participated in a Design Research Society Pedagogy SIG webinar on moving design teaching online....
March 19, 2020