A COOL Approach to Developing your Online Teaching and Student Support
Length of Session: Two hours workshop plus online preparation.
Explore how Collaborative Observation of On-Line practice (COOL) can help you develop your skills and confidence for online teaching.
The workshop can be adapted for particular team needs, so let us know if you would like to arrange this as a Team Workshop.
What staff need(s) will the workshop meet?
I’d like to pick up new ideas from watching others teach using online technologies and tools.
I’d like some help to develop my own online teaching approach, and to help with some of the challenges I have faced.
I’ve got peer observation coming up – how can I get the most benefit from the experience?
Through this you will...
• explore good observation practice as reflected in the literature
• discuss practicalities of undertaking observation in online contexts
• identify your own development interests and needs and prepare to take part in COOL
• consider how the observation through COOLmight form the basis for Action Plans for change.
Who would benefit from this workshop
All Learning and Teaching staff (Programme and Module Leaders, lecturers, Academic Librarians).
Please book yourself a place via U4BW
From the U4BW course catalogue, type ‘ilt’ in to the course box to see all C@N-DO workshops.
If you experience any problems booking a place, email marie.graham@northampton.ac.uk.
Specific skills
| A5 | Collaborative Observation of On-Line practice (COOL) is approached as a strategy for professional development. You exploreyour own development interests & plan approaches to peer observation to meet them. |
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Core Knowledge
| K2 | The workshop & associated live observation provides the opportunity to focus on the implementation of particular online learning & teaching methods & deepen your understanding of those approaches. |
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| K3 | You explore how to plan the approach to peer observation through COOL so as to ensure it is a developmental experience for both observer and observee. |
Professional Values
| V3 | Engaging in peer observation and the associated dialogue with colleagues helps you to develop a sound evidence base for your learning & teaching practice. |
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Supporting HEA fellowship
| D1 - Associate Fellow of the HEA | Staff with at least 1 year teaching/support experience. Typically these are staff who do some teaching/student support but not as the main element of their role, such as
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| D2 - Fellow of the HEA |
Staff for whom teaching or learning support is a significant element of their role such as staff with experience as
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| D3 - Senior Fellow of the HEA |
Experienced HE teaching staff able to demonstrate sustained impact & influence on the L&T practice of others over a number of years, through
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