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Getting started: Multimode teaching from teaching spaces - Staff Guide

Educator teaching a class of students in a multimode teaching room.Multimode teaching describes the delivery of content in a teaching room to both in-room and remote students simultaneously whilst supporting full interaction between all participants. In-room and remote students are able to see and hear each other and interact through standard collaborative methods (e.g. chat and polls).

The University currently has a number of teaching rooms on-campus that support multimode.

 

Why you might use multimode teaching

Multimode teaching can provide benefits to you and your students by:

  • Enabling students who are unable to attend campus to participate in your teaching sessions.
  • Offering students who are unable to attend campus the ability to interact and collaborate during your teaching sessions with students who are are on campus.
  • Enabling the involvement of remote speakers (including international) in interactive teaching sessions.
  • Increasing the numbers of students participating in your teaching sessions above on-campus room capacity reducing the need to repeat teach.

Multimode rooms differ to rooms with Live Streaming functionality. Live streaming does not support interaction between the in-room and remote students, it is better suited to one-way teaching delivery to both in-room and remote students simultaneously.


UKVI Student Visa Requirements

Hybrid (multimode) teaching is classed as remote delivery for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) purposes because students have the option to participate online. The University must ensure that students studying on a Student visa do not exceed 20% of timetabled teaching delivered remotely.

Before introducing or increasing the use of hybrid delivery, staff should review the University's guidance on remote delivery for students on a Student visa and consider the potential impact on the proportion of teaching delivered remotely. For further information and guidance, please contact your Portfolio Manager.

How will I be supported in delivering multimode learning in a multimode room?

For teaching activities

Support for multimode has recently changed. Please contact your Faculty Digital Education Enhancement Team for more information.

For non-teaching events

Please contact the Facilities Team via [email protected] to discuss support options.

Which teaching rooms are multimode?

Currently, four rooms have multimode capability, the first two can be booked for general teaching or multimode:

  • Mechanical Engineering LT B
  • Worsley SR 9.57

These two rooms are exclusively for multimode delivery:

  • Michael Sadler SR LG.15
  • Michael Sadler SR LG.19

During the multimode pilot a larger subset of rooms were included, feedback from users of these rooms allowed us to identify which rooms worked well for multimode delivery. We also considered frequency of use. Following the pilot analysis, the above rooms were identified as being the most suited to multimode delivery.

Will I need to change my teaching methods?

It is likely that changes to pedagogy will need to be made to maximise the benefit of multimode teaching. Colleagues from the Digital Education Enhancement team will work with you to tailor your content to the delivery.

Can anyone use the multimode teaching rooms?

Yes, we encourage academic staff to get involved, and priority is given during the annual room allocation process to teaching. Once teaching starts and rooms are opened for general booking, any member of staff can book a multimode teaching room in line with the University's room bookings policy.

How do I book a multimode teaching room?