Our first guest speaker was lecturer in Nursing and TechDems Champions, Jo Southern.  Jo shared her love of Kahoot, before then introducing us to one of her innovations: an online escape room created using Google Forms.

• Kahoot: Jo had noticed that attendance at tutorials declined throughout the course of the semester. Her aim in using Kahoot was to address this, with a particular focus on Week 13. Consolidating course content and skills, Jo used Kahoot as a form of gamification of learning, with students enticed to attend the final tutorial to be part of the Kahoot quiz with a swish certificate awarded to the victor. Students entered into the fun of the activity, which was judged successful both for the number in attendance and the heated competition it evoked.
• Google Forms: Also focussing on tutorial attendance, whilst additionally focussing on the consolidation and extension of knowledge, Jo used Google Forms to step students through a nursing scenario, with questions asking students about the actions they would take. Students experienced the outfolding of the simulated scenario in a life-like manner – making one decision at a time.

We thank Jo for sharing her practice – something which inspired us all!