I recently attended a SCHOMS run Spaces Design workshop held @ the University of Birmingham. The ‘Active Learning classroom pictures’ are seen below. This was run by Peter Jamieson who’s a celeb in the Spaces…
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Learning Development Project – Dr Sara Jones
Dr Sara Jones from the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design is conducting a project titled ‘Exploring the Potential of Digitally Augmented Spaces to Enhance Students’ Experience of Problem-Based Learning in Design’. Her project is based…
Reaching out to distance learners: using Adobe Connect to broadcast a workshop online
Some City students have said that they find it hard to attend the Academic Learning Support workshops, which are normally run at lunchtime. A number of these students were part-time or distance learners. Whilst we…
INTED 2016 Conference (International Technology, Education and Development) Monday 7th March and Tuesday 8th March
This conference is a large international education conference that provides an opportunity to share projects and practice related to teaching and learning methodologies, experiences in relation to technology and educational innovation projects. The participants come…
Educational Technology at scale: Bett 2016 review
Now over 30 years old, The Bett Show is a huge London-based event for showcasing the uses of information technologies in education, spanning primary to tertiary and skills. A couple of LEaD staff were invited…
Educational Multimedia Group Meeting – 12th May 2015
The second Educational Multimedia Group meeting was held on 12th May 2015. Creating 3D Images The meeting started with Jo Richardson, from the ETT (Educational Technology Team), talking about creating 3D images using photogrammetry, which…
Educational Multimedia Group
The first Educational Multimedia Group meeting ran on 10th February at our Mac lab in Goswell Place. Academic and professional services staff, who had previously made use of our facilities, were invited to this special…
ALT Annual Conference 2014: Riding giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave
The “giants” in the title are waves. It’s an interesting choice, as is the emphasis on the need (or desire) to educate “ahead of the wave”. I mention this because, by the end, I…
Rethinking the lecture theatre
To enable collaboration and flexibility; the design of a traditional lecture theatre will alter dramatically to enable working together in groups and for the teacher to move between groups. I envisage future lecture space to…
The new cluster seating lecture theatre: ELG01
Flexibility and the ability to easily create moments of active learning, both individual and collaborative ones, inform the design of the new learning spaces at City University. ELG01, a new cluster seating lecture theatre, has…