Overview

Responding to COVID-19 we will be looking at ways to manage laboratory teaching with limited, or zero, access to lab spaces.

As we move towards the new academic year, we face an increasing number of challenges to allow us to produce high quality teaching and learning around COVID-19 restrictions. Many of these challenges are focused on Laboratory teaching, but will also be shared across all departments.

To help share knowledge and best practice to move into hybrid laboratories, EdSIG (IChemE's Education Special Interest Group) and HCEUK (Heads of Chemical Engineering UK) are co-hosting a series of workshops with key presenters and discussion sessions to help everyone build a resilient laboratory course.

Presenters

• “Online training in practical laboratory activities” - Alejandro Montoya and Raffaella Mammucari, University of Sydney
• “MAGIC Labs - Mixed and AuGmented Reality for an Integrated Community” - Clemens Brechtelsbauer and Umang Shah, Imperial College London
• "Changing To Online Laboratory Teaching – What is the Impact on Students and Graduate Teaching Assistants & How can we Support Them?" - Jenny Slaughter, The University of Manchester
• “Online labs and IChemE accreditation” - EAF IChemE

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Education Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Break out session topics

• Social distanced labs
• Online/virtual labs
• Key lab skills
• Finding ways to maintain Interpersonal Interactions and GTA support.