Two months ago I attended the Turning Technologies User Conference 2012 at Aarhus University, Denmark, the first of its kind in Continental Europe (following the success of last year’s UK conference, reviewed here). Turning Technologies manufactures…
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Leaving audio feedback using GradeMark
Are you using GradeMark in Turnitin to provide feedback to students? Did you know you can now record audio feedback on student assignments? You can record up to three minutes of feedback on each student…
Innovation in Assessment and Feedback
My dual role as University Learning Development Associate in Assessment & Feedback and Senior Lecturer in Music has led me to run several pilot projects in my teaching this academic year (2011-12), exemplifying innovative approaches…
What do Cowboys and Higher Education Technology have in common? EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012
What do Cowboys and Higher Education Technology have in common? Nothing!! Well that’s not exactly true, the connection is that one of the largest Educational Technology organizations was in Texas last week and I with…
CitySpace Obituary: Olivia Fox
Olivia Fox is a Learning Development Consultant in the LDC: “Aaah CitySpace – so many memories! I started working in E-Learning Services as a Support Officer in 2005 and a large part of my role…
CitySpace Obituary: Julie Attenborough
Julie Attenborough, Head of the Educational Development Unit, School of Community and Health Sciences Though much maligned over the years I retain a strange fondness for CitySpace. A bit like a first encounter (clunky, unsatisfying)it…
Pecha Kucha PART 2
I was skeptical of presenting Higher Education research in a Pecha Kucha format (see here) but has my experience of presenting in the format in the recent ECE11 conference changed how I feel? First of…
CitySpace Obituary: Neal Sumner
Here are Neal’s CitySpace memories: CitySpace obituary 9.59 on January 5th 2004 and the clocks are ticking loudly in the 4 Drysdale computer labs where 250 silent students are sitting expectantly at their terminals waiting…
Mark Brown
Mark Brown: A Story of Hype and Hope: Breaking Free from the Technology Bungy 5th July 2011 During a recent visit to the UK from Massey University, New Zealand, Mark kindly stopped off at City…
CitySpace Obituary: Anise
Here are my CitySpace memories. I joined the E Learning Unit in June 2003 alongside Gilly Reeder, Matt Eanor, Neal Sumner and Susannah Quinsee. My interest in e-learning stemmed from my previous experience at City…