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Im Pamela, I am a PhD student in health and life and I would like to move into a academic/researcher role once I complete next year. Im hoping this course gives me the tools needed to prepare for this.

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Sorry for the v late arrival! I'm Pearse McCusker, SL in Social Work and together with Mairi-Anne (who's here) we're developing a predominantly online degree programme. Having read some of your comments I'm relieved to see I'm not alone in having much to learn on the digital front...looking forward to it :)

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I am another late joiner.  I am Karen Fryer, a lecturer in GSBS .  I am the PL for the MSc International Operations and Supply Chain Management which is likely to offered in Oman starting in September.  We will have to provide online support for staff and students over there.  In the past I have supported students in GCU London but all I used was email and sending materials via GCULearn so I feel I have a lot to learn!

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Hi everyone, may I add to the apologies of being late to the group. I'm Lorraine Cameron, lecturer in the Vision Science Department and not long back from maternity leave. So I'm keen to update my teaching skills, integrate online teaching tools into some modules I'm hoping to develop over the summer and learn new ways to engage students!

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Hi everybody. many apologies for posting this late. I'm Margaret Spalding, lecturer and Programme Lead for the BSc(Hons) Radiotherapy and Oncology. We are planning our new degree at this point in time and we are keen to embrace the GCU digital strategy and embed more online learning into our new programme. I'm particularly interested in finding out more on encouraging students to engage online and also some pointers to help our team develop an effective and satisfying learning experience for the students.

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Hi everyone, apologies for the delay in posting (I was on holiday yesterday, "celebrating" my 58th birthday). I'm Jim Canning, Academic Development Tutor in SEBE. Every summer, I set up a support community for SEBE students with re-sits, (typically 900+ students). I'm looking for ways to update and refresh the support I provide.
Best wishes,
Jim

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Hi all, I am David Barber, lecturer in nursing. I am currently developing a new online heart failure education module. I am really keen to learn some new techniques to help enhance student engagement and to give students more of a sense of belonging to an online community. Looking forward to working with you all

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hello everyone - nice to be here and meet you all virtually! I'm Mairi Anne Macdonald and I'm relatively new to GCU. I'm working with colleagues to write a degree apprenticeship in social work. It's going to be an interesting mix of online and work based learning. I'm most interested in how to draw people in and develop and sustain a feeling of togetherness - I think there must be ways in which we can use methods and means of communication online which act in place of the human interaction responses we instinctively monitor and respond to in a face to face environment. Looking forward to learning from you all!

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Hi, I'm Heather Marshall from the library.  I (and my team) are building online library resources to support off campus students as we are very aware that this is a growing student body.  As academic delivery changes support delivery needs to be in alignment with it.  I'm really interested in developing new content and new ideas to engage students. 

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Hi, I'm Heather Marshall from the library.  I (and my team) are building online library resources to support off campus students as we are very aware that this is a growing student body.  As academic delivery changes support delivery needs to be in alignment with it.  I'm really interested in developing new content and new ideas to engage students. 

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Hey fellow online tutoring learners, I am Karen Thomson from Psychology.  I am working with a small team to put a bridging programme to access GCU programmes online.  I have delivered bridging programmes in the past but most of my experience is face-to-face teaching.  I am quite excited to have an opportunity to work with others developing my online tutoring experience. 

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Hey fellow online tutoring learners, I am Karen Thomson from Psychology.  I am working with a small team to put a bridging programme to access GCU programmes online.  I have delivered bridging programmes in the past but most of my experience is face-to-face teaching.  I am quite excited to have an opportunity to work with others developing my online tutoring experience. 

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Hi, I am Nachat Nasser, I am a research fellow in SEBE and participating in teaching different courses. I worked as a lecturer in Damascus University, Syria, for four years before to join GCU. I would like to learn more and pick up useful tips from this course in order to use this technology in my current and future career effectively.

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Hi, I'm Lindsey Burns, I'm a lecturer in Psychology and this year I started as module leader for a new Masters level module which was entirely online.  I'm really needing to learn how to better engage students with the online learning environment so I'm hoping to pick up some tips and think about the different tools I could use.

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Hi, I'm Lindsey Burns, I'm a lecturer in Psychology and this year I started as module leader for a new Masters level module which was entirely online.  I'm really needing to learn how to better engage students with the online learning environment so I'm hoping to pick up some tips and think about the different tools I could use.

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I'm Chris Smith, I am a lecturer in the School for Work-Based Education and the vast majority of our students are transnational, so blended (but highly distance) learning.
I am keen to learn more about different approaches to online tutoring, as some of our students do not have the same Internet access that we do on a regular basis so examining strategies and approaches to deal with these scenarios is important to me.

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I'm Yvonne Brogan, I teach Nutrition as part of the Dietetics team here at GCU. Most of my teaching is face to face with very little online tutoring so I am keen to find out how I might introduce it to my teaching.

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I'm Linda Creanor from Academic Development and I'll be leading this week's activities. I look forward to finding out who you are and what you hope to get out of this short course.