A new and improved online reading service is in town! Its called Reading Lists Online (RLO) developed by a company called Talis Aspire. The fundamental aspect of the tool is that it is online; meaning…
Monthly Archives For August 2013
Moodle 2: A guide to enabling groupwork
Group work is one of the educational strategies, that if employed well, can promote collaboration and participation amongst students. Group work can also nurture a more active and deeper learning experience and can provide lecturers…
The Making of the Moodle Induction Video
Each year the Learning Development Centre (LDC) produce a video to introduce students to the key features of the Online Learning Environment – Moodle. Staff from the LDC were joined by Dr Julie MacLaren, Senior…
Moodle 2: Designing and Developing Multiple Choice Assessments
A key purpose of assessment is to provide feedback to students on their learning. Multiple Choice questions (MCQs) can be a useful tool for formative testing. The design and the embedding of feedback into MCQ…
Moodle 2: Communication settings and Activities
Moodle offers ways in which to effectively effectively contact students and staff directly using Moodle. The notification settings allow you to configure how you would prefer to receive all communications from Moodle (this includes items…
Twentieth International Conference on Learning July 2013
Here is the University in Rhodes where the conference started. This conference is held annually and encompasses learning for all from primary to secondary school and higher education. There are a range of themes running throughout…
Flipping a large cohort of engineering students case study
I was recently playing host for an Evaluation of Learners’ Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group (ELESIG) Summer Symposium held in one of our very own flexible spaces A109. The highlight of the symposium was…
Moodle 2: My Moodle features
Logging In Go to: http://moodle.city.ac.uk. Select the Login button from the top right of the page. Enter your Username (e.g. abcd123), Password and click Login. Overview The My Moodle homepage where you will find a…
Review of ICICTE technology innovations conference
I attended my second ICICTE (International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education) this year. The conference aims to explore the challenges and changes arising from technological innovations. The themes of this year’s conference ranged…
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