Resources

Teaching at a Distance: Methods that Work

This set of help sheets is designed for people who are trying out distance and online education for the first time, and for teachers who have already taught at a distance and want to try something new. Each help sheet outlines one approach to learning at a distance and provides guidance on how to put this into practice. All the help sheets are based on approaches covered in past Innovating Pedagogy reports and take into account that students may have only limited access to technology and the Internet. (Source: Innovating Pedagogy)

• Flipped learning
• Teachback
• Learning to learn
• Evaluating information
• Making thinking visible
• Personal inquiry learning
• Science in remote labs
• MOOCs to support language learning
• Maker culture

Supporting people with learning disabilities to use techology

Throughout the pandemic, people spoke of the challenges they faced supporting people with learning disabilities to use everyday technologies. The Open University and SeeAbility have worked together to produce a free toolkit. 

• Supporting people with learning disabilities to use techology - Overview
• Supporting people with learning disabilities to use techology - A toolkit for managers
• Supporting people with learning disabilities to use techology - A toolkit for supporters
• Supporting people with learning disabilities to use techology - A toolkit for people with learning disabilities 
• A framework for thinking about the practice of supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology

Case Study: Dynamic Progress Reporting

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, all lessons within The Community Schools Trust, have been delivered online, live, using a combination of Dynamic Progress Reporting System and Google Meet. 

The Community Schools Trust share their approach in dynamic progress reporting: Dynamic Progress Reporting. 

Technology Integration Model 

There are several useful models of technology integration. 

Our project classifies the different levels of strategic planning for online education via an adapted version of Puntedura's (2010) SAMR model. 

Find out more about the SAMR model. 

The power of quiet leadership

Should society re-examine the way it views effective leadership?

With extroverts over-represented in senior positions, is it time we looked at a different type of leadership?

Dr Jacqueline Baxter makes the case for a quieter approach: The power of quiet leadership video on BBC Ideas.