Practical learning

Reflection and advice for hands-on university teaching practice – from online lab work to work placements and real-world experience.

By miranda.prynne, 20 January, 2021
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 miranda.prynne, 18 November, 2020
Being outdoors can offer students and teachers dozens of benefits, from improved learning outcomes to better mental health. Aimée Little talks about taking online classes outside
By miranda.prynne, 14 October, 2020
Using 360-degree video can help create a more immersive digital learning experience, making practical aspects of online classes more realistic. Here Jane Frost draws on her experience of training nurses to explain how it can be used
By stefan.gagov, 25 August, 2020
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