As has been promised in earlier posts, Moodle 2 is on its way to us as our newly improved learning environment. This upgrade will see the release of new features which have been identified as…
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Large scale student-student-lecturer Interaction using clickers
One of the more exciting developments in Higher Education has been the way in which learning spaces can now be transformed into an interactive fora where students are able to engage with one another in…
Are you in the mood for New Moodle 2?
Moodle is City University London’s virtual learning environment (VLE). As you may know, the ed. tech teams in schools are busy working on enhancements to Moodle. This will take advantage of exciting new functionality offered…
City staff pave the way forward in Moodle 2
With the Moodle 2 upgrade not far off, many of our ed. tech teams in each of the ETC working groups, have been working hard to provide all staff and students with an easier, friendlier,…
Ten things you need to know about MOOCs
What is it? ‘A Massive Open Online course (MOOC) is a model for delivering learning content online to virtually any person, with no limit on attendance (hence the word massive), that want to attend the…
Get facetime by learning anytime, anyplace and anywhere
Online learning is a growing trend in higher education and one that allows an expansion of ways to connect with learners and to share content and pedagogy. It is for this reason that web and…
A Moodlefield of Research Development
Significance of research at City University London It is clear that the development of research is and will continue to play a major role in many institutions not precluding City University London. As can be…
Moodle 2: An update on improved SITS Integration
Many of our administrators, programme leaders and lecturers long for the day when many of the systems we have in-house such as Moodle and SITS will communicate effortlessly to the point where manual work is…
Moodle 2: Curiosity doesn’t ‘kill’ the cat
One of the most important things for students growing up today is the love of embracing change. In the context of the 21st century learner, how can we prepare them to have curiosity and a…
A reflection of our learning and teaching conferences to date
Why go to learning development conferences The annual Learning at City conference at City University London provides an opportunity for colleagues from all schools to come together to celebrate achievements and developments in learning and…