{"id":108,"date":"2017-05-10T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T16:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/?p=108"},"modified":"2017-05-15T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T09:56:54","slug":"feeling-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/2017\/05\/10\/feeling-connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Connected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/lecturemontage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/lecturemontage.jpg\" alt=\"lecturemontage\" width=\"741\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/lecturemontage.jpg 741w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/lecturemontage-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LTDS hosted the first of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/about\/training\/feelingconnected\/\">Feeling Connected<\/a> events this week. \u00a0The series is all about\u00a0how to\u00a0help to engage large students cohorts in the classroom and beyond. In this initial session we considered how to engage students in the lecture.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Chapman-Wilson brought an actors perspective on how to get the best out of, and look after our vices. \u00a0He had us humming, thinking about our diaphragms and tripping over tongue twisters.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Gill spoke about Powerpoint as an <strong>aid<\/strong>; we presented feedback from the recent TEA awards from NUSU on what student appreciate; heard top tips from colleagues via podcasts and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/about\/athena-swan\/contact\/staffprofiles\/alisongraham.html#background\">Dr Alison Graham<\/a> rounded the session off with real\u00a0examples and insights from her\u00a0use of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/elearning\/sps-tp\/\">OMBEA student response system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Handouts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony&#8217;s handout: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/The-Voice-Handout.pdf\">The Voice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slides used in the session: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/files\/2017\/05\/Feeling_Connected_1.pdf\">combined slide-set<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Podcasts<\/h3>\n<p>We interviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/nuls\/staff\/profile\/sylviade-mars.html#background\">Dr Sylvia de-Mars<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/chemistry\/staff\/profile\/julianknight.html#background\">Dr Julian Knight<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/staff\/profile\/keithbrewster.html#background\">Dr Keith Brewster<\/a>\u00a0and shared their insights in the session.<\/p>\n<p>The links below take you to the recordings on ReCap.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=1f39a9c2-5d5f-4e37-a361-cef7d45e824b\" target=\"_blank\">approach planning a session<\/a>? (03:49)<\/li>\n<li>How do you <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=451b30b0-8ef4-4d5e-a74c-d1f12f19dc03\" target=\"_blank\">make connections and be confident<\/a>? (03:06)<\/li>\n<li>How do you <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=8ce9d558-65ae-4eb6-8be3-8dbdd93862a8\" target=\"_blank\">maintain attention and keep students involved<\/a>? (04:46)<\/li>\n<li>What do <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=200d28c0-bad6-4889-9a8b-c9f37ea2e7d2\" target=\"_blank\">students appreciate<\/a>? (02:40)<\/li>\n<li>What <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=4c433397-1d39-48bd-b738-e4c5d9f0febd\" target=\"_blank\">advice would you give<\/a>? (02:53)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to all who attended\u00a0and contributed to a lively session, and to and to colleagues who gave up their time to contribute before and after.<\/p>\n<h3>Next in the series&#8230;staying connected<\/h3>\n<p>Our next Feeling Connected event will focus on how to stay connected between lectures. \u00a0It will take place on Tuesday 19 September in the Herschel Learning Lab and have a hands-on feel. \u00a0You can book via our web-page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/about\/training\/feelingconnected\/\">http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/about\/training\/feelingconnected\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTDS hosted the first of our Feeling Connected events this week. \u00a0The series is all about\u00a0how to\u00a0help to engage large students cohorts in the classroom and beyond. In this initial session we considered how to engage students in the lecture. Tony Chapman-Wilson brought an actors perspective on how to get the best out of, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/2017\/05\/10\/feeling-connected\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Feeling Connected&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}