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Lecture capture: the present and the future
I’ve used both the fixed lecture capture in larger rooms, and personal capture, with some success and had extremely positive feedback on it from students. It’s usually worth editing the recordings if only to cut…
Leading the Learning Landscape Network
149 institutions participated in Changing the Learning Landscape, a HEFCE funded partnership programme supporting technology enhanced learning change initiatives. The projects have now finished and the Leading the Learning Landscape Network aims to continue to…
Connected Curriculum at UCL
“Education and research should do more than co-exist; the two should enrich each other.” These are the words of Vice-Provost (Education & Student Affairs) Professor Anthony Smith at University College London, part of a senior team…
Enhancing the Student Experience…one panel at a time
If you were to ask me ‘how can we enhance the student experience?’, the first thing I’d do is debunk the concept entirely. The ‘student experience’ is generic, its broad brush painting the idea of…
Revisiting Graham Gibbs – Improving Student Learning Through Assessment and Feedback
Learning@City 2013 In 2013 the Learning Development Centre invited Graham Gibbs to be the keynote speaker at our annual learning and teaching conference Learning@City. The theme of the conference was Assessment and Feedback and Graham…
Preparing Assignments for Period 2
Audience: City University Academic and Course Office Staff Have you rolled over content and assignments for period 2 modules? Then read on for some tips on setting up assignment submission in Moodle. Assignment types in…
19th Annual SEDA Conference 2014 – Opportunities and challenges for academic development in a post-digital age Nottingham
This conference focused on both the challenges and opportunities created by the changes that technologies have brought about over the last few years. The sessions covered both tools that people were using and views on…
Principles of Engagement: A Student Engagement Conversation
On the 27th November, I attended a ‘Student Engagement Conversation’ event hosted by The Student Engagement Partnership (TSEP). TSEP are a joint venture, funded predominantly by the National Union of Students and Higher Education Funding…
Providing feedback using GradeMark in Turnitin
Audience: City University London staff Our latest reports on Moodle activity show that we had 22 Turnitin assignment submissions due last week with a further 11 submissions due this week. This post highlights how you…