"Teaching is about creating those moments where the world suddenly makes a little bit more sense."
Dr Ben Hanson, Department of Mechanical Engineering
QUICK LINKS
- Teaching and learning methods: explore ways of diversifying your teaching practice
- E-learning: learn about the software and online tools available to teachers at UCL
- UCL Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT): obtain expert advice on teaching and learn about professional development opportunities
- E-Learning Environments (ELE): UCL's team of e-learning specialists can help you get set up and advise on how to use the technologies available here

E-learning case studies
Here are some examples of great e-learning projects taking place around UCL:
- Using avatars in a virtual world to teach a distance-learning course
- PeerWise: a repository for student-designed MCQs
- Automating the generation of question banks using Matlab GUI
- Using open-source GIS in teaching
- Hiring a student to create educational videos
- Using 'policy portfolios' to develop students' skills
- Using 'digital ink' in lectures
- Canvassing student opinions using a textwall
- Using podcasts to engage with distance learning students
Please note that the case studies section of the Teaching and Learning Portal is a continually evolving resource. If you or your colleagues are involved in great projects or practices that others might be able to take inspiration from, please get in touch so that we can share your work too (contact details at bottom of page).
Further information
- Find out more about e-learning at UCL
- Visit the E-Learning Environments (ELE) website
- For discipline-specific advice on e-learning, contact one of the CALT school-facing teaching fellows
- If you would like to submit a case study for inclusion on the Teaching and Learning Portal, please email ele.cooper@ucl.ac.uk
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Tell us about the inspiring teaching and learning taking place in your department: email ele.cooper@ucl.ac.uk or call 020 7679 5992 (internal extension 45992).


