REF:66-2102-7467322 - Taking part in online sessions

Your comment: since Christmas i have noticed that other students have been contributing less in online sessions, i feel like it unfair as i contribute as much as i can be i don't want to be relied on to contribute all the time and it does not help that students are not interacting with the blackboard content which sometimes slows down the teaching. also, i feel that some modules in live sessions they just talk at us instaed of creating discussion as we should of already watched the blackboard content

Our response:

Thank you for your comment as this enables us within the School to review pedagogy and learning strategies to best serve our student groups. A recent communication was sent to all ABS staff outlining the need to ensure that pre-recorded lectures are up on BlackBoard before the commencement of lectures. This I am confident is already in place. However, the School will discuss with staff the issue of tutorial design and how we can best engage the students and encourage greater contributions from the student groups while we are still operating a fully online provision. Tutorials are designed to engage with the pre-recorded lectures rather than repeat Lecture content. We will undertake a review of tutorial provision to ensure this is being undertaken.