Corinna Peniston-Bird from the Department of History at Lancaster University reflects upon how she and her colleague Mark Hurst from the History Department rapidly moved a postgraduate taught student conference to be delivered remotely.

Corinna's reflections provide some insights into good practices and considerations for running remote conferences no matter the subject or discipline.

Steps were taken in order to ensure access and inclusivity so as to ensure the programme's learning outcomes were met in a sound way while creating a positive experience for students despite the sudden shift to online caused by coronavirus Covid19.

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In this episode, Amanda Rasmussen, an assistant professor and plant ecophysiologist in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Nottingham, talks about how she used hybrid online, in-person teaching strategies to create a more resilient educational experience.

Part of this hybrid approach involved students using a modern collaboration system for group work and producing creative assessments relevant to their subject that also served as a departure from traditionally writing-heavy assignments.

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In this episode, Helen Meek, a Senior Teaching Fellow the Department of Marketing at the Lancaster University Management School, reflects on how she integrated in Microsoft Teams in the autumn of 2019 onto a 3rd year marketing consultancy project module.

Helen provides some insight into the lessons learned from implementing MS Teams in autumn 2019 and on how using a collaboration tool helped both her students and staff as the Covid19 pandemic started to shut down society across the UK.

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In this episode, a colleague from the US, Tara Chavez, joins us to talk about reflections on the importance of the human connection component of digital learning and why it is important to keep this in mind. Tara also touches upon being aware of compassion fatigue during times of crisis and how this is relevant to all colleagues in the age of a pandemic.

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By reflecting upon their past and recent experiences of blended and fully online education within the context of developing an academic program, Lancaster Executive MBA Programme Director and Senior Teaching Fellow Emma Watton and Senior Teaching Fellow Randall Zindler share their thoughts on some of the hopes, fears and opportunities that blended and digital education can present to learners and educators.

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Staff might want to provide feedback that goes beyond the written text alone. Sascha Stollhans talks about the reasons he has used audiovisual feedback over the past few years, how students and staff engage with this type of feedback and how he does this. Sascha is a Senior Teaching Associate in German Studies in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University.

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In this two-part episode, Sandra Nolte and Steven Young from the Accounting & Finance Department of the Lancaster University Management School talk through the steps that they took to shift exams designed for face-to-face delivery for delivery online while ensuring students' access and welfare. In the Part 2, to be aired at a later date, Sandra and Steven will talk about teaching materials for dissertations.

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In episode 2, Brian Gregory talks about a few ways he has used over the last few weeks to diversify and maintain engagement with first year students, one of which was a fireside chat style of conversation. Brian teaches entrepreneurship and strategy at the Lancaster University Management School.

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In this episode, senior research associate Jonathan Menary, talks about how he and his team had to transform in-person workshops into virtual workshops at short notice through quick and open thinking.

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In this initial episode, I set out why I am launching the Digital Education Practices: What works? podcast. I talk briefly about the inspiration for this podcast, its purpose and give a few resources and tips for moving to digital education quickly.

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