Revision session with Zoom breakout rooms
Zoom breakout rooms
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?