Einav Avni , Experience Architect and former City student. Cityspace was going to be an amazing tool – one where you could find content and sources, leave comments and questions for tutors and peers, submit…
Monthly Archives For July 2011
Coffee and papers activity
I posted this on my sqhq blog but thought it would make a good vignette too as it is a good example of applying something that we found out about from elsewhere and adapting in…
CitySpace Obituary: Olivia Fox
Olivia Fox is a Learning Development Consultant in the LDC: “Aaah CitySpace – so many memories! I started working in E-Learning Services as a Support Officer in 2005 and a large part of my role…
CitySpace Obituary: Julie Attenborough
Julie Attenborough, Head of the Educational Development Unit, School of Community and Health Sciences Though much maligned over the years I retain a strange fondness for CitySpace. A bit like a first encounter (clunky, unsatisfying)it…
Pecha Kucha PART 2
I was skeptical of presenting Higher Education research in a Pecha Kucha format (see here) but has my experience of presenting in the format in the recent ECE11 conference changed how I feel? First of…
SLE webinar for ELESIG: From Virtual to Strategic – the reinvention of an online learning environment
I gave my first webinar on Wednesday – was pretty good fun actually – although quite weird to be talking and making jokes, well what I thought were jokes, and not getting any feedback. I…
CitySpace Obituary: Neal Sumner
Here are Neal’s CitySpace memories: CitySpace obituary 9.59 on January 5th 2004 and the clocks are ticking loudly in the 4 Drysdale computer labs where 250 silent students are sitting expectantly at their terminals waiting…
Innovation Creativity and Leadership – Research and Practice
Innovation Creativity and Leadership – Research and Practice 13th June 2011 http://creativity.city.ac.uk/ Archived abstracts and slides: http://creativity.city.ac.uk/ICLcity_talks.html This event showcased a diverse range of research and activity in this field. It very successfully met its…
Mark Brown
Mark Brown: A Story of Hype and Hope: Breaking Free from the Technology Bungy 5th July 2011 During a recent visit to the UK from Massey University, New Zealand, Mark kindly stopped off at City…
Effective Learning in the Digital Age
ELESIG ran an event a few months back which reported on a number of projects at Institutions around the UK, that included the student experience at the heart. As I am an ELESIG online facilitator,…