The iTeach Online Podcast

In the last episode of the current series we have something a little different for you. Dr Lisa Yon from the Vet School leads the Elephant Welfare International project and she chats with Simon about the project, its work on creating positive care for elephants both in wild and in captivity as well as the experience of final year veterinary students that choose to work with animals in zoos and the...

Students and tech. That age old conundrum. Are today's students digital natives or something else entirely?  First up, Simon is chatting with Dr Denise Sweeny from the School of Education about her recent research paper, “ Students’ experiences of educational technology use to facilitate university learning: factors influencing their mediation of learning ” and the different ways that students...

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode we are looking at two different types of media assessments.  First up, Simon talks with Dr Will Paterson about using podcasts as a group assessment, two years ago, Will moved from an individual poster assessment to a group podcast recording. Why use audio, what do the students think of this assessment and looking back, how has Will found the whole proce...

Welcome back to the pod! In this first episode of the new run we are starting our look at assessments. First up, Ben, Claire and Nicholas are joined in the studio by Dave Corbett, the Learning Technology Consultant for Medicine and Health Sciences. Dave has recently completed a secondment where he was looking at assessments across the university. Dave reflects on the secondment, highlighting some...

Welcome back to the podcast! In this latest episode, we are back with something a bit different.  In this live episode recorded at the University of Nottingham’s Teaching and Learning Conference in April 2025, Nigel Owen (Associate Director for Learning Technology) chairs a roundtable discussion that looks at the future of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs).  The discussion centered around sever...

Surprise! We are back with a bonus episode just before Christmas.  In the final episode of 2024, the podcast is looking Degree Apprenticeships. A relatively recent introduction to the Higher Education landscape but here at the University of Nottingham is a growing area of study and an area where the university recently won the Training Provider of the Year award at the Derbyshire & Nottinghams...

It’s the final episode of the series and we are leaving 2024 via the Virtual door.  Simon talks with Simon Harrison, the Digital Learning Director of the Faculty of Engineering, about the Virtual Reality Lab at Nottingham, how it was a world first, how the technology works and how teaching a class of 40 students who are potentially looking at something different can be conquered.  Have you ever th...

In this episode, Nigel Owen and John Horton delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education. They explore how AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot and others are reshaping the educational landscape by automating some tasks that traditionally required human intelligence while highlighting that students still need to use skills like critical thinking alongside th...

In this episode, Ben, Nicholas and Claire all back in the studio as the iTeach Online Podcast once again shines alight on Digital Accessibility.  Simon talks with Julian Tenney, the first returning guest on this run of the pod, getting an update on things since the Digital Accessibility Conference 2024. There’s talk about where next for Nottingham, the sector as a whole, as well as news about pote...

In the second episode of this run, the iTeach Online Podcast is shining a light on students and preparing them for work through schemes at the University.  Claire Storr sits down in the studio with Rebekah Thirlwall and Vidushi Rijuta to talk about a recent Student As Change Agents (SACA) project in the Faculty of Social Sciences . The project looked at the Digital Accessibility of some learning m...

Welcome back! Now that term has begun and teaching is well underway, the iTeach Online Podcast is back with five more episodes to take you to the end of 2024.  We are starting this run talking about teaching online, something that has become much more relevant to many people over the last few years.  However, we have two people at the University of Nottingham that have been involved in online teac...

We’re back! After a lengthy absence, the iTeach Online Podcast is back with new presenters and new interviews.  To celebrate the Digital Accessibility Conference 2024, we have a special episode that focuses on the digital accessibility and digital usability work here at the University of Nottingham.   The Learning Technology section within the Library at UoN have been working on creating more acce...

Sally Hanford from the Learning Technologies Team shares some insights on media assignments

Simon Paterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Music, talks to us about giving his students the opportunity to feedback on his teaching and  content of his course.

In this Episode, Sarah Grandage from the School of English, University of Nottingham, addresses the use of webcams in online teaching.

In this episode, Claire Storr and Paul Bryant outline the key differences between breakout rooms and channels in MS Teams.

Marilena Minoia, Melanie Bhend and Mikiko Kurose share their experience with using Talis Elevate for their language classes.

In this podcast Gaby Neher, Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Nottingham, describes how she uses technology to take first year students with her (virtually) on site visits. Gaby describes how she has adapted a practice from social media (gimbal tours) to stream high quality video to her students so that they can see and interact with objects, sites and spaces. She describes h...

Ewa Szypula, Lecturer in French Studies, gives recommendations for creating a sense of community in online teaching.

Tara Webster-Deakin, Widening Participation and Outreach Manager and Teaching Associate in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, gives practical tips for building a relationship with students taking an online course. 

Terry Willmer shares information and tips on the Automatic Speech Recognition feature in Echo 360.

Professor Helen Lovatt explore the combination of platforms like Padlet and Talis Elevate to support teaching and learning online. 

Claire Storr and Paul Bryant feature in this iTeach Online Podcast episode explaining recent changes to Microsoft Teams and how you can customise Meeting Options to meet your and your students’ needs.

Doug Ingram talks about his experience with MultiFlexing. He gives several good practical tips and addresses some of the challenges that MultiFlexing presents. If, after listening to Doug, you want to know more about MultiFlex Teaching, visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_25202

Welcome and brief introduction to the podcast