Published 4 March 2021 Many teachers would probably agree that it is an art to write good multiple choice questions. Multiple Choice Questions or MCQ are so-called closed questions, where the answering person gets to choose from a number of given answer options instead of formulating an answer themselves. Photo by Dan Asaki on Unsplash Text by Ann-Catrin Johansson, LTH  MCQ When creating your mult

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/art-formulating-mcq-quiz - 2025-05-09

Published 4 March 2021 Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The pandemic has made us test alternatives to our traditional exam methods, alternatives that work digitally and on remote. Some of these alternatives are worth keeping also when we head back to traditional, on campus, teaching. One thing we have learned the past years is that remote surveillance is problematic (no guarantee it works 100%)

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/digital-open-book-exam-flexible-option - 2025-05-09

Published 4 March 2021 Hans Knutsson, senior lecturer in business economy at EHL, describes the experiences he and his colleagues have had with online exams and the use of Canvas New Quizzes. Photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on Unsplash  At the School of Economics, where I work as a senior lecturer in business administration, we have spent the last two years working on switching platforms to Can

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/quizzes-question-banks-and-random-draws - 2025-05-09

Published 4 August 2020 What is Zoom-bombing and how can you protect yourself? Photo by Ryan Quintal on Unsplash As the e-meeting tool, Zoom, was becoming more frequently used, it was also subject to more and more infringements. Visits from unauthorised guests who disturb meetings by sharing unpleasant pictures or writing inappropriate texts in the chat are called Zoom-bombing. As a lecturer at Lu

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/are-you-afraid-being-zoom-bombed - 2025-05-09

Published 4 August 2020 On courses where students often work in groups and need to meet online, using Zoom and its breakout rooms may seem cumbersome, in which case you may use Teams – an alternative to Zoom that is integrated into the Canvas learning platform. At the Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology, Christoffer Johansson is a lecturer on a course where students often work in groups. Af

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/managing-online-group-exercises-teams - 2025-05-09

By nicolette [dot] karst [at] ahu [dot] lu [dot] se (Nicolette Karst) - published 27 April 2021 Take your chance to attend this online conference on the use of image and sound for learning in higher education. Free for LU staff! Managing and innovating video-based services in Higher Education The Media & Learning Association organizes a conference twice a year. The conference is aimed for universi

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/online-conference-media-learning - 2025-05-09

Published 4 August 2020 Are you unsure about the rules concerning remote exams? Here you will find information, tips and advice on the rules that apply. General information  On the Staff Pages, you will find information on:  Remote exams Personal data and data protection in connection with remote exams Students in need of learning support Archiving in connection with digital exams How other univer

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/lecturers-exam-anxiety - 2025-05-09

Published 5 August 2020 Studying at university can be quite different from many students’ expectations if all teaching is digital. Being a new student in a solely digital learning environment can make it challenging to get to know other students and lecturers, to be part of a social context and to feel a sense of belonging to Lund University, which comes more naturally on campus. There is not a wo

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/interactivity-communication-and-engagement-online-courses - 2025-05-09

Published 6 August 2020 Below, Sinikka Neuhaus reflects on her experiences of the course The Teacher and School (7.5 credits), which is the first of eight core courses in educational sciences within the extensive cohesive subject teacher training programme at Lund University. Although the students had already studied 45 credits in their respective subjects, this was the first time that all 75 prog

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/educational-dilemmas-subject-teacher-training-programme-when-switching-remote-teaching - 2025-05-09

Published 7 September 2021 Photo by M.Accelertor on Unsplash It is not necessarily the students who need to join a lecture via Zoom; sometimes the lecturer is the one taking part remotely. This is very practical for guest lecturers who are very far away and can thereby avoid a long trip. It also opens up opportunities for simple collaborations between higher education institutions. The solution wi

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-good-opportunity-hybrid-teaching - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 10 November 2021 Did you know about the possibility of creating quizzes in videos in your Studio library? By now, you almost certainly have experienced the advantages of using video in your teaching. Incorporating quizzes in your videos adds an extra pedagogical dimension. Photo: John Schnobrich on Unsplash

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/quiz-video - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 16 November 2021 Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of universities around the world have meant that we all quickly had to learn how to teach remotely. Educators all over the world have gathered experiences and evaluated them, and talk about the present as a "new normal" where both teachers and students ex

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/new-normal-literature-review - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 16 November 2021 Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of universities around the world have meant that we all quickly had to learn how to teach remotely. Educators all over the world have gathered experiences and evaluated them, and talk about the present as a "new normal" where both teachers and students ex

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-video-teaching - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 16 November 2021 In her teaching in organization and leadership at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Nadja Sörgärde works in line with what is called "blended learning". Here she talks about how she thinks about course design and use of video in teaching. Photo: Surface on Unsplash.com and

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/blended-learning-practice - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 5 April 2022 Canvas Survey is a new tool for creating and managing surveys directly in Canvas. Since 1 March 2022, Survey & Report (also known as Sunet Survey) has been integrated into Canvas under the name Canvas Survey. New functionality allows teaching staff quickly and easily to conduct surveys as part

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/use-surveys-your-teaching-canvas-survey - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 1 June 2022 The use of technologies to support teaching was essential during the pandemic. But what can they do to support education at a campus university in ‘normal’ times? Here are four reasons why the university might want to plan strategically for the use of digital learning to enhance campus experienc

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/why-bother-blended-learning - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 15 August 2022 Join this year’s teaching and learning conference with a presentation on November 17! Join this year’s teaching and learning conference with a presentation! This year’s conference theme is Lifelong Learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives. Share your pedagogical experiences a

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/share-your-experiences-lund-university-conference-teaching-and-learning-lutl-2022 - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 17 August 2022 Photo: Windows from Unsplash.com. Video streamlines teaching During the pandemic, we were largely forced to start using different tools in order to continue to provide our students with the teaching they needed. Video became one of the tools that facilitated this. Video streamlined teaching;

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/how-create-interactive-elements-your-teaching-videos-using-studio - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 17 August 2022 Are you aware that there are tips for students studying in digital learning environments on the page Studying online at campusonline.lu.se? You can point students to these articles for information on, for example, engagement, reading and planning in classes with some form of online component.

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/new-articles-about-study-techniques-students - 2025-05-09

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 17 August 2022 Perhaps we course lecturers can use digital technology to become better at giving feedback and providing a clearer structure to our courses? Maybe digitisation gives us a golden opportunity to rethink content, relevance and what we really want students to think about as they study? Read Sandr

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/what-most-important-students-digital-learning-environment - 2025-05-09