What do you like best at conferences? Catching up with friends, get away from the day-to-day routine? Some might say the canapés? For me, it’s definitely hearing a good speaker. Communicating your ideas effectively is…
Monthly Archives For May 2012
The Reflective Practitioner: shared experience of designing a new module
In June 2010, City University Careers Service contributed to a conference which included presentations by myself (visiting lecturer at Cass Business School) and PWC’s recruitment team. I asked PWC what were the two major areas…
Leaving audio feedback using GradeMark
Are you using GradeMark in Turnitin to provide feedback to students? Did you know you can now record audio feedback on student assignments? You can record up to three minutes of feedback on each student…
Pre-Conference Talk! with Neal Sumner
Pre-Conference Talk! with Neal Sumner While you are waiting for the conference to kick off, we present our “Pre-Conference Talk!” series where some of our presenters describe what they will be speaking about on the…
The first episode in the Educational Vignettes podcast – an interview with Dr Keith Pond from the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University
Presenting the first episode in our Educational Vignettes podcast series! With the Cass learning development showcase coming up on May 22nd, and themed on ‘Efficient and Effective Feedback’, Sandra and I (at the LDC) carried…
A New Learning Space Comes to City
As part of the ongoing Learning Spaces Project, the LDC has been working together with School of Health Sciences (SHS), Properties and Facilities, Timetabling, and Information Services to put together a new computer lab space…
Learning @ City 2012 Conference Launch
Are you aiming for Gold in Assessment & Feedback? This week sees the launch of the Learning at City 2012 Conference . City University London staff and students are invited to attend the 4th Annual Learning…
My Story: Student Engagement in Curriculum Design
THIS POST IS WRITTEN BY NATASHA KAPADIA. For the last year, I Natasha am the Research Assistant on the PREDICT (Promoting Realistic Engaging Discussions in Curriculum Teams) project working at the Learning Development Centre,…
A Successful Student Experience: Implications for Academic Performance.
This event was organised by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education Tuesday 8th May Queen Mary’s University of London Judging Teaching Excellence – A Student Achievements Awards perspective. The day started with a presentation from…
Educational Excellence and Creativity: the undergraduate curriculum
The new landmark Central St. Martins building at Kings Cross When City University set up the multidisciplinary centre for creativity, there was an idea that all UG degrees would include creativity in the first year…
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