Monthly Archives For September 2014
Introducing the Blended Learning Theme
Blended Learning is increasing in popularity as an effective way to meet diverse learner requirements and offer increased flexibility for students through the integration of resources and activities in an online environment with face-to-face teaching….
Role Plays for Small Group Teaching in City’s New Learning Spaces
Role play is a great way of encouraging students to explore their own behaviours and those of others in a simulated way. It allows a safe and secure environment in which students can practice their…
RAISE your expectations of student engagement
Sometimes I go to conferences and worry that I’ll be bored witless, that I’ll come away with buzzwords and platitudes. But at the fourth Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement conference, I found a communtiy….
External Examiners Moodle 2.6 Guidance
Audience: City University staff & External Examiners External Examiners – Guidance updated for Moodle 2.6 External Examiners play an important part in maintaining high, nationally comparable, standards for programmes at City. To help enhance our…
Educational Technology Team Projects
Educational Technology Projects: The Educational Technology Team supports the use of educational technology through professional development, guidance, consultancy and building relationships. We work across the three themes of Blended Learning, Multimedia and Learning Spaces. Beyond our every day support…
Moodle Induction Video
Audience: City University students and staff. New to City University London? Using Moodle for the first time? Have a look at Moodle Induction Video which is now available. This video provides an introduction to City’s…
How to kick start your lecture!
Picture the following scenario. You are about to give a lecture to a large cohort of students. It is minutes before the lecture and you are standing behind the lectern arranging your notes. You look…
Introducing the Multimedia theme of LEaD
At City we are seeing more and more people using multimedia to create revision presentations, online lectures for use in approaches such as the flipped classroom, demonstrations of clinical or experimental procedures, and simulations of…
Drug Calculations Tool – an eLearning Project
I’m Neil Goldwasser, a Dyslexia Support Tutor in Learning Success, one of the 3 areas that make up LEaD, and I’ve recently designed an eLearning resource in consultation with Peter Bentley, Senior Lecturer in the…