Month: December 2014

Teaching with Moodle Mooc

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New to Moodle and interested in exploring how to use Moodle effectively in your teaching? Then Teaching with Moodle: An introduction might be the course for you. This course is run as structured Mooc (Massive open online course) on LearnMoodle which is the official Moodle website for delivering Moocs. So even if you are a…Continue Reading Teaching with Moodle Mooc

Lecture capture: the present and the future

I’ve used both the fixed lecture capture in larger rooms, and personal capture, with some success and had extremely positive feedback on it from students.  It’s usually worth editing the recordings if only to cut out breaks in the lecture, but this is easy to do once you have learned to use the software.  Once…Continue Reading Lecture capture: the present and the future

Leading the Learning Landscape Network

149 institutions participated in Changing the Learning Landscape, a HEFCE funded partnership programme supporting technology enhanced learning change initiatives.  The projects have now finished and the Leading the Learning Landscape Network aims to continue to support those engaged in innovation and experimentation, grow a community of practice and offer practical help to those involved in…Continue Reading Leading the Learning Landscape Network

Connected Curriculum at UCL

“Education and research should do more than co-exist; the two should enrich each other.” These are the words of Vice-Provost (Education & Student Affairs) Professor Anthony Smith at University College London, part of a senior team who gave Dr Dilly Fung, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, a mandate to enhance…Continue Reading Connected Curriculum at UCL

Enhancing the Student Experience…one panel at a time

If you were to ask me ‘how can we enhance the student experience?’, the first thing I’d do is debunk the concept entirely. The ‘student experience’ is generic, its broad brush painting the idea of a homogenous, maleable entity whose university life and satisfaction can be molded into the most pleasing shape. This is probably…Continue Reading Enhancing the Student Experience…one panel at a time

Revisiting Graham Gibbs – Improving Student Learning Through Assessment and Feedback

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Learning@City 2013 In 2013 the Learning Development Centre invited Graham Gibbs to be the keynote speaker at our annual learning and teaching conference Learning@City. The theme of the conference was Assessment and Feedback and Graham Gibbs is an expert in that area, having carried out substantial research, much as part of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), Transforming…Continue Reading Revisiting Graham Gibbs – Improving Student Learning Through Assessment and Feedback

Preparing Assignments for Period 2

Audience: City University Academic and Course Office Staff Have you rolled over content and assignments for period 2 modules? Then read on for some tips on setting up assignment submission in Moodle. Assignment types in Moodle There are a number of assignment types in Moodle, so when you rollover your assignments make sure that you…Continue Reading Preparing Assignments for Period 2

19th Annual SEDA Conference 2014 – Opportunities and challenges for academic development in a post-digital age Nottingham

This conference focused on both the challenges and opportunities created by the changes that technologies have brought about over the last few years. The sessions covered both tools that people were using and views on the benefits of these and how to enhance them as well as reflecting on where all this might be leading…Continue Reading 19th Annual SEDA Conference 2014 – Opportunities and challenges for academic development in a post-digital age Nottingham

Principles of Engagement: A Student Engagement Conversation

On the 27th November, I attended a ‘Student Engagement Conversation’ event hosted by The Student Engagement Partnership (TSEP). TSEP are a joint venture, funded predominantly by the National Union of Students and Higher Education Funding Council for England, as well as the QAA and GuildHE amongst others. The third of a roadshow series of conversation…Continue Reading Principles of Engagement: A Student Engagement Conversation