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By Sheena Bahra

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Presentation Topic

The qualities a lecturer needs to ensure student engagement and maximise student outcomes of students from non- traditional backgrounds.

Key Take Aways

1. CPD excellence.
2. Chuck learning/ experiential learning.
3. Engage in student feedback.

Student Outcomes

Non- Traditional Backgrounds

• Academic assessment support in the sessions.
• Use simple and easily understood words.
• Give live examples relevant to the learning.
• Provide learning resources each week to support the learning.
• Collaborate with learning support channels like English team etc.
• Tutorial sessions.
• Formative feedback.

• Use learning outcome for each session.
• Review weekly content.
• Regular review modules.
• Engage in student feedback.

Student Engagement

• Use of learning technologies in virtual synchronous session.
• Break out spaces for peer and group tasks.
• Using a chuck learning approach in virtual teaching.
• Using experiential learning for synchronous and asynchronous learning.

Qualities of Lecturer

• Subject knowledge / currency.
• Digital skills for virtual teaching.
• Academic support skills.
• Approachable and student friendly.
• Content creation.
• Assessment design and currency.
• Ethics in teaching and learning.
• Flexibility.
• CPD excellence.