The Innovation Podcast Series (TIPS)

This is a series of informal interviews with academic staff from across the University of Glasgow who have worked with the LISU on a variety of development and upskilling projects.

The purpose of these conversations is to get staff to share their experiences and to reflect on what they have learned and put into practice.

Dr Sally Tuckett - Creating A Mooc In Partnership With Historic Royal Palaces

Dr Sally Tuckett talks about her experience of working in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces to create 'A History of Royal fashion' online course.

Dr Sally Tuckett - Creating A Mooc In Partnership With Historic Royal Palaces

Sally Tuckett - Creating A Mooc In Partnership With Historic Royal Palaces (MP3 audio download)

Audio Transcript - Dr Sally Tuckett

Dr Craig Gurney, Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences (Urban Studies)

With a variety of online tools available for e-learning, it can be challenging to identify which tool best supports student engagement. In this podcast (18 mins), we interview Craig Gurney, a lecturer in Housing Studies and an experienced user of Mentimeter, which is an interactive presentation software supported by the University of Glasgow. Among the content included, listeners can learn how incorporating Mentimeter into lectures can increase student engagement, discover how to get started, and receive top tips from a Mentimeter pro.

Craig talks about using Mentimeter

Craig talks about using Mentimeter (MP3)

Audio Transcript - Dr Craig Gurney on Mentimeter

Matt Offord, lecturer in the Adam Smith Business School

In this podcast (22mins) we speak to Matt Offord, lecturer in the Adam Smith Business School to hear of Matt's experiences of designing an online MicroCredential. Matt provides insights into the design process undertaken for his course, Data-Driven Leadership Skills, and we explore his approach to online content design in general.

Matt Offord talks about creating a Microcredential course

Matt Offord talks about creating a Microcredential course (MP3 audio download)

Audio Transcript - Matt Offord, lecturer in the Adam Smith Business School