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Dr Vanessa Honson
The importance of student support cannot be underestimated for learning and personal growth . With the second lockdown in as many years , students were fatigued , more anxious
Dr Vanessa Honson
As an Education Focussed Lecturer at the School of Optometry and Vision Science , Vanessa Honson currently lectures into several courses , convenes 2 undergraduate courses and co-ordinates the Colour Vision Clinic , overseeing this strand component of the Masters Optometry students .
Poster Authors and less enamored with the chat function to ask questions during online sessions .
This poster hopes to share methods used to promote familiarity and trust between peers , breaking down some of the barriers that comes with joining online sessions and being confronted with a ‘ sea of grey faces ’ in the virtual classroom . These include an initial ‘ speed dating ’ communications prac , followed up by breakout rooms on entry to following practical sessions , a welcoming whiteboard feature as the ‘ waiting room ’ for lectures to start with , annotations throughout synchronous lectures to replace the online polling features , teaming MS Forms with breakout sessions and the use of the Moodle student quiz to help collaborative skills outside of a group project . It is hoped that these methods help to translate to real bonds for when they return to campus .
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