Video in Education – a special interest group – invites you to grab a coffee and share best practice at our first webinar. Formed in summer 2012, this group’s focus is on sharing practice within…
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The rise of the still camera for film making
Despite both using light to record images, until recently the worlds of video-making and photography were distinct entities, requiring separate equipment and facilities. If you wanted to take professional-looking photographs, you’d buy a SLR camera…
Investment in Educational Technologies
Many of City’s educational technologies will be getting an investment boost as part of the University’s strategic plan and funding. Moodle will be upgraded and integrated with a repository, timetabling, and mobile delivery tools; video…
Future Lecturing Spaces Design Forum, 20 Sept 2012
The Learning Development Centre and Property & Facilities would like to invite staff and students to a drop in session to share ideas, thoughts and views on what you would like from future lecturing spaces…
Learning Space Design at City, what students really want
In a very recent report from the Students Union to Senate, one of the 5 student community themes put forward concerned Learning and Social spaces that reflect the value City places on quality education, interaction…
Powerpoints are not the only Route
I was very surprised to be contacted recently by an experienced lecturer who seemed flustered at being asked to present at a professional body event. This was someone who lectures a lot at the university…
Top Tips for Filming from the MILL.
The MILL (Media and Innovation Learning Lab) have been running Final Cut Pro training for staff for a number of years now and has recently introduced a new iMovie course. As part of these courses…
Student Moodle Hub
Following on from the only partially succesful development of a staff Moodle communication space, an equivalent has now been developed for the Mental Health Students in the School of Health Sciences. The devlopment followed on…
Using Debate as a Teaching Format
Three years ago at a City University Creativity Workshop I met Kirsten Hardie who teaches Design at Arts University College of Bournemouth. She told me about a method she had invented called “On Trial.” By…
Review of “Innovation in e-learning” OU course
Over the past few months I have been under taking the innovation in e-learning module via the OU. This course has taken us from considering what innovation is and how best to implement it,…
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