Now over 30 years old, The Bett Show is a huge London-based event for showcasing the uses of information technologies in education, spanning primary to tertiary and skills. A couple of LEaD staff were invited…
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First School of Health Sciences Educational Technology Innovators Event
On Monday (25th January 2016), the Educational Technology Team, part of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) based at the School of Health Sciences ran the first of what we hope are termly Educational Technology Innovators…
ICERI (International Conference on Education Research and Innovation) November 2015
Seville November 16th -18th 2015 By Neal Sumner I was pleased to return after two years to the ICERI conference held in November in Seville to present a follow-up paper entitled ‘Moving forward with a…
LEaD Coaching Fellowships
LEaD fellows are currently being matched with coaches to work with them over this year to develop their teaching practice. The coaching is a safe, confidential space used as an educational development and reflective practice…
Use of Moodle Restrict Access in Bar Professional Training Course modules
One of the great improvements in the Moodle upgrade at the beginning of this academic year is the extended options available for the conditional release of learning materials and activities to students. In previous versions…
20th Annual SEDA Conference – Scholarship and Educational development: The importance of using an evidence base for Learning and Teaching 19th – 20th November 2015 Cardiff.
is conference was focused on scholarship and how it provides an evidence based for pedagogic and academic practice. Many working in educational development are very familiar with the work of Boyer (1990) and Shulman (1999)…
Health Has Got Talent 2015: ‘My experiences in the Big Chair’ – Service user experiences of common eye diseases
This is a summary of the work I presented at the Health Has Got Talent event 2015. As an optometry student, some of the most important parts of the degree is to perfect your ability…
Create Moodle Quiz questions from a TeX file
Moodle quizzes can be used for different purposes. They can help to build students’ confidence by providing opportunities for them to consolidate their learning, and offering instant personalised feedback. Lecturers can also benefit from using…
Health has got Talent 2015: Simple methods for complex learning
This blog post is to describe the work I entered into Health has got Talent 2015. In 2014 I started using simulated on-line role plays for mental health nursing students. The premise of the activity…
Down the Rabbit Hole: HEA Social Sciences Conference 2015
Last week, I attended the Higher Education Academy ‘Inspire’ Conference for the Social Sciences in Manchester. My free passport to this great conference was as a member of the “BlogSquad” to live-tweet and blog about…
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