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Mastering the lightboard: Transforming complex ideas into clear, visual lessons

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 9 April 20259 April 2025

Using a lightboard can transform video lectures. This practical guide shares expert tips from academics and videographers to help you plan, present, and engage with confidence.

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Formulae for success: Improving maths videos with student feedback 

  • by Sue Venables
  • Posted on 15 January 202516 January 2025

Our video team tested new ways to present mathematical formulae in videos and asked students what they thought. Students’ favourite? Read on to find out!

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  • Digital education reading group

Short-form video: Game-changer or gimmick? An example from careers education

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 21 October 202421 October 2024

We’re exploring the value of short-form video in online education using a specific example from Careers education.  There is much already written and believed about short-form video, so we’ll explore new and insightful perspectives from careers education.

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  • Digital education reading group

Decoding educational videos: Balancing quality and appeal for the best learning 

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 10 May 202415 May 2024

What makes a good educational video? Does this align with what students like? What does this tell us? We will explore this in more detail in this month’s digital education reading group.

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Behind the scenes: How we film for online learning

  • by Oliver Hodgkins
  • Posted on 20 August 202326 September 2023

A behind the scenes look at our filming and post production process.

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Lessons from the studio: how to use a lightboard

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 2 November 202227 July 2023

In this interview with Daniel Bennet, videographer, we discuss how to get the best results from a lightboard. Dan has been producing videos for our new MSc Cyber Security, with Dr Konstantinos Mersinas from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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You decide! Exploring good practice with comparative judgement

  • by Vicky Devaney
  • Posted on 15 August 202227 July 2023

How we used an assessment technique called adaptive comparative judgement to help learners distinguish between good and bad interview practice, and how we used a novel animation technique to create video on a budget.

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How we used motion graphics to present potentially distressing content

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 19 July 202227 July 2023

Here we share how we taught sensitive subjects online by developing an animated forensic psychology case study which uses stylised illustrations, narrated by a voice emulator.

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How we used podcasts to bring theory to life

  • by Vicky Devaney
  • Posted on 29 June 202227 July 2023

Here, we discuss how using podcasts in an online programme allowed students to hear real life stories from the world of international business.

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Learning glass and self-recording booths: Covid-19’s unexpected benefits

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 24 June 202227 July 2023

In online learning we’re aware it’s important to convey an academic presence as it helps…

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