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You have 15 minutes to create a reflection on how this academic year went for you. If you click on the  three dots on the bottom right of your post there are many creative options!
Two rules: 1 Audio and video under one minute please
2 Have fun!

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A steep learning curve. Getting better and better. 

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A steep learning curve. Getting better and better. 

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What a year it's been,
Ups and downs and highs and lows,
Not long left to go

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Humour has been a really useful way for me to get through it so I thought I'd share some COVID jokes with you:

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Humour has been a really useful way for me to get through it so I thought I'd share some COVID jokes with you:

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I'll tell you a coronavirus joke now, but you’ll have to wait 10 days to see if you get it.

Never in my life would I imagine that my hands would consume more alcohol than my mouth.

Before Corona Virus I used to cough to cover a fart, now I fart to cover a cough.

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I enjoyed different ways of showing synthesis via Padlet

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I enjoyed different ways of showing synthesis via Padlet

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I feel very grateful to still have a job, and have surprised myself as to how I have adapted to on-line teaching, even though it has been stressful at times.  It has also been nice working from home.   

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I feel very grateful to still have a job, and have surprised myself as to how I have adapted to on-line teaching, even though it has been stressful at times.  It has also been nice working from home.   

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There have been several interruptions to online lessons

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There have been several interruptions to online lessons

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FUNNIEST TV LIVE MOMENT ON BBC NEWS | Children interrupts BBC News Interview (FULL)

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A tongue-in-cheek gif... It's been a rollercoaster of a year, and there was definitely a difficult adjustment period at the beginning of the lockdown, but I'm now happy and settled into my life as a hermit tutor. This Summer 2 term has gone pleasantly smoothly for me after the teething pains of Summer 1.

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Despite the challenges, we have worked hard and together and had positive outcomes for students..

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Queen - We Are The Champions (Official Video)

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The view from my desk has changed. I miss Caroline's smiling face

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the view from my desk has changed.  I miss Carolines smiling face

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The possible babbling reflections of a lunatic

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The possible babbling reflections of a lunatic

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The possible babbling reflections of a lunatic

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firefighting ...
but very grateful to have a job, especially one that's not on the NHS frontline.  Thank you USIC

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It's been the most unusual and changeable period that I can easily remember, with massive numbers of students, huge expansion, quite noticeable workloads, not to mention a slight pandemic.
I think that the year, as a whole, has gone pretty well, considering the challenges we have had and the changes we have had to accommodate.  I have certainly enjoyed it.
In terms of the online switch, I think that we (and the students) coped well with it.  The materials we used could be adapted at short notice - the level of competence and dedication in the staff was the element that made the difference between us falling on our faces and rising to the occasion (technical inclination/disinclination notwithstanding :)  )
Overall, as far as I can see, there was minimal impact on the students when we moved online - after a couple of weeks the "new normal" of "these unprecedented times" was accepted and really began to work.

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Resilience

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Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (Official Video)

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I learnt new skills, created online communities with my students, got 950 students and 25 tutors through a module, and had a load of fun.
But I get a headache whenever anyone mentions the aesthetic horror that is the music of Queen

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Never a dull moment and competing pressures. A learning curve - about myself too .