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 world! The end result was to assist in the development of a resource/work tool which will help when considering learning…Continue Reading Do’s and Dont’s on constructing a learning space for our students
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 wish to discuss the results of student evaluations with staff and so the LDC drafted some guidance to support this and to…Continue Reading Module evaluation discussions
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 staff from around the institution attended a day long workshop on the Imposter Syndrome in July at City. It could…Continue Reading Imposter Syndrome
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, formerly known as City Online Learning, used the operating system WebCT Vista and was first used on courses at City…Continue Reading CitySpace Switchoff Party
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 world into teaching . For example you and your class can view relevant online content such as journal and news…Continue Reading 10 Top Tips on using Your Teaching Pod