Increasingly in Higher Education we work with uncertainty and complexity without simple solutions or clear trajectories. Consequently to develop as leaders, our fundamental tool is reflective practice. This involves creating a space to reflect on…
Projects & Research
Improvements to Moodle Choice
This post is part of a series of blog posts introducing what’s new in Moodle 2.8. This post provides an overview of the improvements to the Choice activity. The Choice activity allows students to select…
Forum Improvements in Moodle 2.8
This post is part of a series of blog posts introducing what’s new in Moodle 2.8. This post provides an overview of the improvements to Moodle Forums. Forums are used in modules to encourage communication,…
Two meanings of “critically analyse”
As an academic skills tutor, I’m often faced with a student clutching a set of assessment criteria containing the phrase “critically analyse”, or a synonym of that instruction. In my experience, many students understand the…
Designing effective modules in Moodle 2.8
This post is part of a series of blog posts introducing what’s new in Moodle 2.8. This post provides an overview of the improvements that will help staff to design effective Moodle modules in Moodle…
Assessment Improvements in Moodle 2.8
This post is part of a series of blog posts introducing what’s new in Moodle 2.8. This post provides an overview of assessment improvements in Moodle 2.8. Grader Report/Gradebook The Grader Report is easier to…
Moodle Update 2015 – What’s new?
Information Services (IS) will be updating Moodle on Tuesday 30th June 2015 as part of the annual summer update. Moodle will be unavailable for 2 hours during the regular Tuesday ‘at risk’ period from 7am-9am…
Development of a new City Course Format
To help save staff time and effort when setting up their modules for the new academic year, as well as improving the consistency of the learner experience, a new City Course Format has been developed….
Introducing the new City course format
ERES and LEaD have developed a new City course format to ensure a consistent experience for students using Moodle. In order to develop a new City course format we identified best practice in the School…
CitySCaPE
Our simulated reality multi-media resource is now nearing completion. It has been named CitySCaPE (City Simulated Community and Practice Environment). It’s been a long process but we think the end is now in sight. We…
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