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Resources and advice for academics and students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths

By miranda.prynne, 16 March, 2021

Five simple ways to recreate the practical sides of teaching online

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Five steps to moving practical learning online

It can be a challenge to shift physical elements of teaching online. Eoin Coakley shares five approaches to recreating the experience of in-person learning for remote students

By miranda.prynne, 16 February, 2021

How a flipped classroom model improves learning in online STEM courses

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Lessons from research into the flipped classroom model online

STEM courses can be challenging to master online, but research by Atef Abuhmaid and Tao Tang shows a flipped classroom model improves outcomes. Here they outline the key lessons from their study

By miranda.prynne, 20 January, 2021

Innovative approaches to moving practical learning online

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Approaches to moving practical courses to more remote learning

A major challenge of the move to remote learning has been how to teach practical subjects. Here, Lesley Saunders and Lucy Kirkham discuss how they adopted a combination of online, blended and socially distanced teaching for a large nursing course

By stefan.gagov, 25 August, 2020

Remote vs virtual labs

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The move to online teaching has led to a huge rise in the use of both remote and virtual laboratories. Here Dr Yeung explains how each works and outlines their strengths and weaknesses

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