Episode 9 - Creativity in the sciences: using hybrid online-in person teaching strategies for resilient education
In this episode, Amanda Rasmussen, an assistant professor and plant ecophysiologist in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Nottingham, talks about how she used hybrid online, in-person teaching strategies to create a more resilient educational experience.
Part of this hybrid approach involved students using a modern collaboration system (MS Teams) for group work and producing creative assessments (a video and a poster) relevant to their subject that also served as a departure from traditionally writing-heavy assignments.
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Some of the rationales for this hybrid approach:
reduced assessment levels and reduced marking overall
development of a range of employability competences
critical thinking
communication
collaboration/group work
media and digital literacies
The creative assessments
a group-produced video of 10-15 minutes
consisted of a storyboard produced by students
students worked in groups of 4-5
a poster presentation that referred explicitly to the science
Resources
Teaching Teams - teaching, training resources and Amanda's reflections