Teaching Case Studies: Promoting Student Engagement

  As part of our work in sharing best-practice across the university, LEaD will be sharing a series of short case studies – both written and recorded – which provide examples of the range of ways that staff foster student engagement in their teaching and learning activities here at City, University of London. These case…Continue Reading Teaching Case Studies: Promoting Student Engagement

Neurodiversity Week at City, March 2024, inspire your teaching practice

Neurodiversity Celebration Week, 18th to 24th March 2024 A chance to inspire your teaching practice, there is a full week of events for staff and students and many are open to the public, in person or online. View the full programme and book via the  Neurodiversity Week event page on the City website. Thanks go…Continue Reading Neurodiversity Week at City, March 2024, inspire your teaching practice

Evaluating the DALI Project: A Post-Pandemic Perspective on City’s Learning Spaces

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DALI Project Survey City, University of London has been undergoing a significant transformation in its learning spaces through the DALI project since 2016. As the project has completed its final year of updates, it’s time to assess its impact and relevance in the post-pandemic era. This blog post explores the achievements of the DALI project,…Continue Reading Evaluating the DALI Project: A Post-Pandemic Perspective on City’s Learning Spaces

Insights from Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures Opening Event

Yesterday, Jessica Wykes (City’s Accessibility Librarian) and I attended the opening event for a project called “Accessible Digital Futures,” a joint effort between Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education and the Glenlead Centre, led by Dr. Ann Kristin Glenster. This two-year initiative aims to significantly boost the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence within…Continue Reading Insights from Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures Opening Event

Horizons in Legal Education at City

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An overview of LEaD’s support and collaboration with City Law School This post summarises the breadth of LEaD’s support and showcases our commitment to equitable and inclusive learning, working in partnership with colleagues in the City Law School. Digital Accessibility LEaD continues to innovate in creating media-rich, high-quality resources of high quality for the Law…Continue Reading Horizons in Legal Education at City

Creation of digital skills self-assessment tools: Solicitors’ Practice Programme, The City Law School

Identifying the Need for a Digital Skills Self-Assessment Tool at City, University of London In response to the findings from the 2021/22 JISC Digital Experience Insights survey, conducted at City, University of London, it became evident that there was a significant gap in assessing students’ digital skills. Only 28% of the 245 students surveyed felt…Continue Reading Creation of digital skills self-assessment tools: Solicitors’ Practice Programme, The City Law School

LEaD Websites Review

LEaD have recently started a new project to research user experience of our sites. This includes the staff hub site, the Learning and Teaching hub, and the Learning at City blog (this research does not include the Educational Technology guides). The aim of this project is to refresh these LEaD sites and communication channels so that…Continue Reading LEaD Websites Review

The Great Student AI Debate

In December, City’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task and Finish Group and City Students’ Union (SU) held the first inter-society debate to explore what place AI has in education. The debate was hosted by the City Debating Society and included representatives from four student societies: UX.City, IEEE City Robotics Society, Computer Science Society and Data…Continue Reading The Great Student AI Debate

Vacancy – Assistant Educational Technologist (fixed-term)

Assistant Educational Technologist City, University of London Fixed-term (internal secondment to July 2024) Salary: £32,982 – £40,521 Closing date: Sunday, 4 February, 11:59pm View job description City seeks to recruit an Assistant Educational Technologist (fixed term) as part of Digital Education in the Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) Directorate. LEaD is a multiskilled service that…Continue Reading Vacancy – Assistant Educational Technologist (fixed-term)

Call for abstracts – Learning at City Conference 2024

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Re-Imagining Assessment for learning in a changing HE Landscape The Call for Abstracts for the Learning at City Conference 2024: Re-Imagining assessment for learning in a changing HE Landscape is now open. Abstracts closing  date, Friday 29th March 2024 Conference days, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June 2024 Call for abstracts We are pleased to open the…Continue Reading Call for abstracts – Learning at City Conference 2024