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Moodle Gradebook Survey
Moodle are conducting a survey to help set development priorities within the Moodle Gradebook. If you are a regular Gradebook user and would like to feed into future development of the Moodle Gradebook then do…
ALDinHE Annual Conference 2014: Learning Development Spaces and Places
In April, I had the lucky opportunity to attend the Association of Learning Development in Higher Education’s (ALDinHE) annual conference, where themes such as ownership and identity of learning development departments were discussed and explored…
SEDA Spring, Teaching, Learning and Assessment 2014
Engaging Students: Engaging Staff which took place on 15th May 2014 -16th May 2014 at the Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle. This was a really stimulating conference with both staff…
Walking Reading Group
As part of further exploring walking and learning as an educational tool, I joined an East London Walking Reading Group on Participation. Across four free events, groups of interested people, often participants have arts or…
Changing the Learning Landscape
Changing the Learning Landscape is tasked with enabling higher education institutions in England to bring about change in their strategic approaches to technology in learning and teaching. It is a partnership between the Association for Learning Technology, the Higher…
Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction
This short course (10 weeks) was an excellent introduction to digital filmmaking. It began with a detailed analysis of film techniques and finished off with us making a short, edited scene. The final session was…
Dealing Effectively with Student Complaints Seminar
White Paper Conferences organised a day on various issues surrounding student complaints. This was obviously a popular topic as the location changed before the day due to the numbers of people attending! The day was…
MELSIG on 14 April 14: Smart Devices for Learning #3 by Martin Agombar & Fariha Afgan
MELSIG are a popular and active group who meet to discuss the latest developments in media-enhanced learning. They have their own blog and organise a wide variety of events and activities. We went to their…
Active Learning in Flexible Learning Spaces
Over the past year you may have found yourself in one of the University’s new flexible learning spaces. These rooms have been designed by the Learning Spaces Group, with a membership made up of academics,…
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