One of the common critiques of Moodle is that when you need some information on how to do stuff, it may take you some time finding what you are looking for and the information may…
Monthly Archives For January 2013
The New Learning Space: Experiences of Three Different Classes
My final blog post reflecting on newly implemented practices last year is a long-overdue write-up of my experiences teaching different classes in one of City’s innovative Learning Spaces, which have been much talked about recently…
Shareville
Shareville is an online learning resource developed by the e-learning team at Birmingham City University. In essence, it is a virtual town with a hospital, university, school, law practice and care home. Environments are presented…
Moodle 2: Here’s looking at what’s around the corner
As has already been posted in educational vignettes, Moodle is being upgraded at City University, London in the next three months. Before that happens, all ed. tech teams are on the go trying to ensure…
Artist helps students to visualise Learning Space design at City
Dont Walk Away, Have Your Say! was an LDC event at the end of last term on the main walkway, aiming to capture student views and promote three of the ongoing LDC projects. I invited…
Don’t walk away have your say: Learning Development Associates’ Event
At the end of last year, the Learning Development Associates staged an event: don’t walk away have your say. We spent a couple of hours collecting input into our projects by stopping students and asking…
7 things you should know about Lecture Capture
What is it? Lecture Capture includes a range of technologies used for digitally recording and distributing lectures. These recordings involve some combination of text, audio and video. The video could be of the lecturer, a…
Blogs for Learning and Teaching: More then just a passing phase
Over the last few years, you may have found yourself subscribing to various blogs. These tend to provide bite sized information on areas that interest you. For instance our educational vignettes(created by the Learning Development…
Twitter in the University Classroom: Live-Tweeting During Lectures
My second blog post reflecting on teaching innovations of 2012 is dedicated to my use of Twitter during one undergraduate module in the year just passed. My original intention, in embedding a Twitter widget within…
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