City University London staff are invited to participate in LEaD‘s annual Educational Technology and Learning Spaces survey (http://goo.gl/5R6aKz). This is your opportunity to feedback on and ultimately influence how educational technology and learning spaces are supported and implemented at…
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ELI: Learning Space Design, Technology and Assessment
This year, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative organised a two-day web conference about learning spaces: Re-imagining the Learning Space: Design, Technology and Assessment, where Paul Baepler and J. D. Walker, from the Center for Educational Innovation, at…
Moocs: Next steps and challenges
Amara’s law states that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. ” Simon Nelson, Chief Executive of FutureLearn speaking at Westminster’s…
Students and Agency: How we get employability wrong
A driving force in the HE sector at the moment is employability. The Higher Education Academy notes: ‘A common theme across HE policy and funding throughout the UK is the need to ensure that graduates…
ELI 2014 Online Focus Session: Re-Imagining Learning Spaces – Drafting Master Plans and Designing Teaching Spaces
EDUCASE Learning Initiative (ELI) hosted a two day series of webinars around Learning Spaces: Re-imagining the Learning Space: Design, Technology and Assessment last month. This article looks at two webinar sessions from the event. Loyola…
Online Role Play for Learning – Current Practice from City and Beyond – November 2014
Can You Run The Mill? Using role play to simulate professional environments, supported by online environments and tools, is providing an active, contextual and sometimes challenging learning experience for learners in the fields of Business,…
Multimedia Training Sessions and Initiatives
The multimedia team are setting up a number training sessions and initiatives to help staff engage with the use of multimedia in their teaching, If you would like to take part in any of these…
Assignment extensions and resubmissions
Audience: City University London staff Our latest reports from Moodle show that 63 Moodle assignments were due last week with a further 42 due this week. This post contains tips and guidance on how to…
A toe in the waters
Last month, I attended my first conference for the Association of Learning Technologists (ALTc), held at the University of Warwick. Not only was it my first ALTc, but probably also the first time to significantly…
ALT Annual Conference 2014: Riding giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave
The “giants” in the title are waves. It’s an interesting choice, as is the emphasis on the need (or desire) to educate “ahead of the wave”. I mention this because, by the end, I…