Episode 9

Kasia Tych:

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science & Engineering

Kasia Tych is tenure track assistant professor at the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnical institute in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Kasia studies experimental biophysics: using tools developed in physics to study biological molecules.

In this episode we discuss small experiments that Kasia has made in her large classes online, exploring intentional scaffolding, allowing students to feel safe making mistakes, and incorporating a playful sense of humour.


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Show notes:

We talk in the episode about uncovering content vs. covering it. We also discuss good scaffolding strategies. You might find inspiration for good design to achieve this by watching this video about simplifying complex content and this video about cognitive multimedia theory.

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