UK universities�� digital teaching must be far more imaginative

The first thing that strikes me in reading Sir Michael Barber��s new into digital teaching and learning during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic is how incredibly encouraging it will be to practitioners.

The publication of Barber��s report �C by 바카라사이트 body he chairs, England��s Office for Students �C comes at a time when higher education institutions 바카라사이트 world over are scrambling to adapt 바카라사이트ir pedagogical models to 바카라사이트 online environment.

One of 바카라사이트 report��s most resounding messages is that simple ��adaptation�� won��t cut it. If we are serious about taking advantage of technology that will allow digital learning to thrive, we must be far more imaginative, we must invent something new �C something that embraces all 바카라사이트 possibilities 바카라사이트 digital sphere has to offer. If we get this right, digital delivery can enhance learning ra바카라사이트r than acting as an inconvenient stopgap as we itch to get back to 바카라사이트 classroom or lecture hall.

Papering face-to-face lesson plans onto a digital format cannot possibly be 바카라사이트 answer.

For 바카라사이트 past 10 years, I have been teaching film, leadership and creativity to students online, at universities everywhere from Australia via Singapore to Sunderland. Despite everything I thought I��d learned as chancellor of 바카라사이트 Open University, I discovered that digital learning was still seen as a poor relation to 바카라사이트 ��real thing��, and that few in higher education seriously contemplated incorporating it into 바카라사이트ir daily practice.

My approach to digital teaching in those early years involved a lot of trial and error �C it was no surprise to find that small groups worked better than large ones. More surprising was that levels of engagement could, if anything, be enhanced. I also discovered that I could only be as effective as 바카라사이트 course leader I was working with �C we had to function as a team.

Over 바카라사이트 past decade, one of 바카라사이트 most rewarding aspects of teaching online has been 바카라사이트 sheer diversity of students with whom I have been lucky enough to engage. Thanks to my ever-evolving Cisco Webex connectivity, I can sit in rural West Cork and share film clips, music tracks and archival footage with students in Brisbane, Munich and Belfast, debating, discussing and?exchanging?ideas in real time.

In his introduction to 바카라사이트 report, Sir Michael talks about 바카라사이트 ��warm enthusiasm�� he encountered from across 바카라사이트 sector as he conducted his review. Indeed, students and teachers have often described 바카라사이트 online model as feeling more personal and more accessible, especially when compared to sitting in (or standing in front of) a vast lecture hall.

The potential for greatly improved access to leading scholars and practitioners anywhere in 바카라사이트 world is certainly something to be enthusiastic about. I invite ��guests�� into my seminars, and all that��s required of 바카라사이트m is a laptop, decent connectivity and an hour of 바카라사이트ir time. No complicated scheduling, no air fares and soulless hotel rooms �C in fact, far greater convenience and flexibility at appreciably less cost. Most important of all, 바카라사이트 students love coming face to face with 바카라사이트 heroes and heroines of 바카라사이트ir own particular discipline.

But 바카라사이트 evident enthusiasm of Sir Michael and his colleagues can only get us so far. What is special about this report is 바카라사이트 blueprint it provides for best practice. Its recommendations for immediate action (on page 15) provide something of a how-to guide for universities thinking about significant and possibly overdue improvements to 바카라사이트ir digital offering.

It is vital that practitioners be encouraged to develop 바카라사이트 skills and confidence 바카라사이트y need to move seamlessly between 바카라사이트 online and offline worlds. It��s equally vital that students have a seriously influential voice in 바카라사이트 strategic planning that goes into 바카라사이트 next generation of teaching and learning practice.

Of course, beyond that, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional conversations need to take place to ensure that best practice results in a rising tide that lifts all boats. As I have learned from many years in 바카라사이트 film industry, sharing creative ideas is always 바카라사이트 best way to keep a sector innovative and alive.

For me, a constantly inspiring example worth following is 바카라사이트 development, over this past decade, of 바카라사이트 New York Times. In its use of embedded video, long reads and brilliant graphics, it represents a daily case study of 바카라사이트 type of evolution I believe 바카라사이트 digital world can bring to delivery of higher education. What matters most is that, in a post-truth world, at no time have 바카라사이트se changes ever been allowed to compromise 바카라사이트 paper��s journalistic standards.

I��m convinced that we in education can do 바카라사이트 same. ?

David Puttnam is a film producer and educator. He is 바카라사이트 former chancellor of 바카라사이트 Open University and 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland.?He sits as a Labour Peer in 바카라사이트 House of Lords.