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<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs we head towards the end of 2020, I keep looking back and thinking, wow what a hell of a ride it\u2019s been! The experiences many of us have had, particularly with teaching online, has made many of us realise how important it is that we support and help each other to get through this, so that we can provide the best online learning experience for our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that vein of hope, Sage (a publishing company that specialise in research methods) asked me to share my experiences of online teaching our large intro statistics course, for an online event they were planning, for tertiary academics from the UK and USA.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a link to the event: https:\/\/conferences.sagepub.com\/supercharging-your-quantitative-online-teaching<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the academic year tends to follow the seasons across the planet, the northern hemisphere have had a long break in the middle, whereas places like NZ have been teaching right through (with the end in sight!). Speaking to academics in the UK and USA, it was clear that many of them were nervous and unsure as to how they would deliver their courses, but more importantly, keep students\u2019 engagement in an online environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n My talk was aimed to provide advice on exactly this topic, and is at the core of several other blogs I have made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n