Francesca Maxwell is an award-winning artist who has worked with Wes Anderson, Tim Burton and Aardman Animations. She also happens to be an awesome educator who regards online learning as an essential skill for anyone wanting to work in the film industry.
In this episode, Francesca reveals some of her secrets for providing awesome online learning. Among the Ding! moments in this podcast are:
- How learning remotely gives her students more space to focus, and more privacy to learn through experimentation
- Why a ‘little an often’ approach to communicating is more effective at keeping her learners engaged than long but infrequent messages
- The reasons why learning online can increase opportunities for tutors and learners to develop meaningful relationships that have a positive impact on learning
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Really fascinating! So important to have high level practitioners with lots of industry experience teaching in the sector. If I was a student again I would be spellbound.
Thank you for your comment Andy! Yes, it really makes a big difference to student learning if they have access to relevant, quality industry experience. People just like you!