Be a little bit creative. You'll be surprised how close you can get to the face to face experience online if you're prepared to just try some stuff.
Dr Jacqueline Dickson, a senior teaching fellow on the BSc in Medical Biosciences, reflects on her experience of co-teaching a revision session for Year 2 Cancer Biology students using breakout rooms in Zoom. Find out how the session went, some of the challenges the team faced and the key lessons learnt.
Reflections part 1
Watch the video below to learn about the set up of the session and some of the key challenges the team faced.
Questions covered in video 1:
What were the main components of the session?
What adaptations (if any) did you make to the session so that it would work online?
What were the main challenges?
Reflections part 2
In part 2 Jacqueline reflects on ways to improve the session and offers advice for anyone about to embark on their first online teaching experience.
Questions covered in video 2:
How many facilitators did you have and what roles did you perform?
What key lessons did you learn from the session? What would you do differently next time?
What advice would you offer someone about to deliver their first online session?