Just yesterday I attended and presented at the first European Turning Technologies User Conference at the University of Surrey. Turning Technologies are the US-based manufacturers of the classroom clickers / PRS that we use here…
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Get Ready to SCOF!
The SCOFS (Standardised, Customisable Online Feedback System) project was a Learning Development Project to develop a tool that would address the needs to give increasing amounts of feedback to students in shorter and shorter timescales….
Digital Literacies JISC Workshop. Bristol 6th October 2011.
JISC Design Studio This was one of a series of JISC workshops rolled out across the UK this year ‘to support the development and implementation of institutional approaches to digital literacies across the entire workforce…
Do’s and Dont’s on constructing a learning space for our students
I recently attended a SCHOMS run Spaces Design workshop held @ the University of Birmingham. The ‘Active Learning classroom pictures’ are seen below. This was run by Peter Jamieson who’s a celeb in the Spaces…
Module evaluation discussions
City introduced a policy earlier this year where there will be a more formal mechanism for tying in student module evaluations to staff appraisals. In some cases, Heads of Department (or their nominees) may…
Imposter Syndrome
Do you attribute your success to something other than your own intelligence or ability? Are you afraid of being exposed as a fraud? If yes, then perhaps you suffer from the Imposter Syndrome. Around 15…
CitySpace Switchoff Party
After 8 years of service to the University, CitySpace has been switched off. This event was commemorated with the collection of obituary entries on this blog from staff and students and a small party. CitySpace,…
10 Top Tips on using Your Teaching Pod
Based on staff feedback from the Pod Evaluation here are a few ideas on using the Pods in your teaching: Use the pods’ connection to the internet, projected display and audio to bring the outside…
Learning at City Journal
We launched a Learning at City Journal earlier in the year so staff could publish articles about their work related to learning and teaching. The journal will be published twice a year and is available…
CitySpace Obituary: SEMS Student
Ciprian Popa is a School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences student A very good project, really helpful. It’s a shame it came to an end.
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