Dr Ruth Larsen, University of Derby This blog is based on a presentation at the EMC History Teaching in the ‘Age of Covid’ workshop which was held in January 2021. It was also posted as part of the History UK Pandemic Pedagogy series. For staff and students alike, one particularly enjoyable element of some modules is theContinue reading “Oh, the places we will go! Running virtual field trips”
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Compassion in the Classroom during COVID
Dr Emma Battell Lowman, University of Leicester This blog is based on a presentation at the EMC History Teaching in the ‘Age of Covid’ workshop which was held in January 2021. It was also posted as part of the History UK Pandemic Pedagogy series. I’m a big fan of Dr Theo Gilbert’s work on theContinue reading “Compassion in the Classroom during COVID”
History Teaching and Learning in the ‘Age of Covid’
Monday 11 January 2021 (10am to 1pm) via MS Teams The East Midlands Centre for History Teaching & Learning is a regional organisation bringing together historians from the nine East Midlands HEIs to develop, share, and investigate excellence in history teaching in higher education. Our teaching history workshop is a forum for colleagues from acrossContinue reading “History Teaching and Learning in the ‘Age of Covid’”
Innovations in Teaching Eighteenth-Century History
Online Workshop hosted by the University of Northampton, 25 June 2020 This online workshop brought together speakers and delegates to explore innovative approaches to teaching eighteenth-century History. Papers, which were pre-circulated, covered a range of different topics, including sensory history, material culture, using archival museum collections, and student engagement (see full list of papers below).
Undergraduate Dissertation Showcases
One of the great strengths of studying a history degree is the opportunity to develop strong research skills. As part of the work of the EMC we have been keen to celebrate the work of students as researchers and to encourage departments to think about a range of different ways that they can help studentsContinue reading “Undergraduate Dissertation Showcases”
The East Midlands Centre for History Learning and Teaching 