I have been using walking as part of my teaching for a while now, and there are a number of ways this can be incorporated into your educational activities, some of which I will describe…
Dissemination
Team-based Learning at BETT 2016
The annual British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT) show took place from 25th – 28th January 2016. This post covers team-based learning, one of the many topics discussed at the Technology in Higher Education…
Sharing Turnitin QuickMark Feedback
You may be familiar with using Turnitin QuickMark comments when providing feedback on students’ work in Turnitin assignments but did you know that you can share QuickMarks with your colleagues to create a library of…
First School of Health Sciences Educational Technology Innovators Event
On Monday (25th January 2016), the Educational Technology Team, part of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) based at the School of Health Sciences ran the first of what we hope are termly Educational Technology Innovators…
ICERI (International Conference on Education Research and Innovation) November 2015
Seville November 16th -18th 2015 By Neal Sumner I was pleased to return after two years to the ICERI conference held in November in Seville to present a follow-up paper entitled ‘Moving forward with a…
Use of Moodle Restrict Access in Bar Professional Training Course modules
One of the great improvements in the Moodle upgrade at the beginning of this academic year is the extended options available for the conditional release of learning materials and activities to students. In previous versions…
20th Annual SEDA Conference – Scholarship and Educational development: The importance of using an evidence base for Learning and Teaching 19th – 20th November 2015 Cardiff.
is conference was focused on scholarship and how it provides an evidence based for pedagogic and academic practice. Many working in educational development are very familiar with the work of Boyer (1990) and Shulman (1999)…
Create Moodle Quiz questions from a TeX file
Moodle quizzes can be used for different purposes. They can help to build students’ confidence by providing opportunities for them to consolidate their learning, and offering instant personalised feedback. Lecturers can also benefit from using…
Health has got Talent 2015: Simple methods for complex learning
This blog post is to describe the work I entered into Health has got Talent 2015. In 2014 I started using simulated on-line role plays for mental health nursing students. The premise of the activity…
Down the Rabbit Hole: HEA Social Sciences Conference 2015
Last week, I attended the Higher Education Academy ‘Inspire’ Conference for the Social Sciences in Manchester. My free passport to this great conference was as a member of the “BlogSquad” to live-tweet and blog about…
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