Thank you to all those that attended and participated in our workshop session at the Learning at City Conference. In our session we introduced a number of techniques and technologies that could be used to…
Recent Posts
Creative Large Group Teaching – the aftermath
Moodle 2: New My Moodle page
New Favourites and Module Updates The new My Moodle homepage provides access to the modules on which you are enrolled, as well as functionality and links relevant to your study. To access a module, click…
Look who’s talking now!
The LDC are hosting the third annual research symposium which sees over 20 doctoral students from a range of subjects and disciplines presenting their research to staff and students.Its an event not to be missed!…
Rate Your Professor
Online reviews are fundamental to how I make decisions from buying a product online to choosing a restaurant to hiring a builder. Is it something we should be using to share opinions about lecturers? This…
Space design for transforming a learning experience
The workshop I ran recently as part of The Learning Conference at City proved very productive. The focus was World Class Creative Learning Spaces, with participants formulating ideas on the key qualities of the…
Innovation, Creativity and Leadership Day
One of the highlights of the City calendar for me is the Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (ICL) Day run by the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice. As ever, this was an opportunity to be…
Moodle 2: A new file management system
More effective ways of managing/storing files, offering better flexibility in accessing and linking to files across modules In Moodle 2, uploading files has become much easier and quicker so it’s no longer a two-stage process. …
Flexible learning spaces at City exhibition
At City we are creating world class learning spaces in keeping with our strategy. A number of spaces have now been refurbished as flexible learning spaces enabling interactive, collaborative learning and supporting students to use…
Creative large group teaching
Around a fifth of all teaching at City occurs in rooms that fit 80 or more students. Lecture theatres with more than 150 seats and more than 200 seats currently report almost back to back…
Moodle 2: Save time uploading files by using the drag and drop
Uploading of files and folders into Moodle just got a whole lot easier and faster. You can now use Moodle’s drag and drop function to upload files or or an entire folder into your Moodle…
This blog is brought to you by
RSS
- Creative Large Group Teaching – the aftermath June 17, 2013 anise
Latest Comments
-
Video in Education is our speciality! | Video i...
[...] The Video Special Interest Group (VideoSIG) invites City staff to participate in a workshop at the Learning at City ... -
anise
It is true that this system is certainly open to abuse and could be used in many superficial or pernicious ... -
Creative Large Group Teaching – the aftermath | Educational Vignettes
[...] that enable students to participate in group work within large group spaces. This could include swivel seating or other ... -
sbbf877
Interesting, and I note that "The initial results do not always suggest a sophisticated level of engagement." -
Sara Jones
Thanks for the post Anise - glad you enjoyed the event and hope you can come again next year! Sara
