There is a clear growing demand and need for learning that fits around people’s personal commitments and everyday lives, that is less ‘time demanding’, and ultimately, more flexible. We know our learning needs to be accessible and inclusive and we want to ensure our...
Category: Teaching
Chris Taylor: Grasping the opportunities of AI
Chris Taylor explores how we can fully leverage the power of AI across teaching and learning, research, innovation, and service delivery at the University.
April McMahon: Replacing Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure
Our University has started on its journey to replace Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure as our central learning environment to improve teaching and learning experiences.
Miriam Firth: Why do we need Flexible Assessment?
Dr Miriam Firth, Academic Lead for Assessment within our Flexible Learning Programme, explores why we need Flexible Assessment.
April Mcmahon: The hype and reality of ChatGPT: Exploring its impact on teaching and learning
There is a lot of noise, perhaps even a little bit of hysteria, around ChatGPT. AI tools of this sort are becoming more mainstream; and alongside the challenges they may present for some aspects of our teaching and assessment, they also bring opportunities. ChatGPT is...
Danielle George: What’s next for Flexible Learning?
The past year has been a real whirlwind for us all. With your help we shifted our direction of travel for teaching and learning at The University of Manchester towards a future blended and flexible model with the ‘First steps to flexible learning’ paper. From there we...