Year: 2014

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Educational Technology & Learning Spaces Survey

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City University London staff are invited to participate in LEaD‘s annual Educational Technology and Learning Spaces survey (http://goo.gl/5R6aKz).  This is your opportunity to feedback on and ultimately influence how educational technology and learning spaces are supported and implemented at City.  Our aim is to find out more about the City staff experience of using educational technology and enhancements that…Continue Reading Educational Technology & Learning Spaces Survey

ELI: Learning Space Design, Technology and Assessment

This year, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative organised a two-day web conference about learning spaces: Re-imagining the Learning Space: Design, Technology and Assessment, where Paul Baepler and J. D. Walker, from the Center for Educational Innovation, at the University of Minnesota, presented. The title of their presentation, “Active Learning Classrooms and Social Context: Changing Relationships to Improve…Continue Reading ELI: Learning Space Design, Technology and Assessment

Moocs: Next steps and challenges

Amara’s law states that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. ” Simon Nelson, Chief Executive of FutureLearn speaking at Westminster’s Higher Education Forum on MOOCs and technology-enhanced learning: next steps and challenges highlighted how Amara’s Law could be applied to…Continue Reading Moocs: Next steps and challenges

Students and Agency: How we get employability wrong

A driving force in the HE sector at the moment is employability. The Higher Education Academy notes: ‘A common theme across HE policy and funding throughout the UK is the need to ensure that graduates are prepared for, and able to contribute to, the economy and society. The development of graduates with relevant attributes, skills…Continue Reading Students and Agency: How we get employability wrong

ELI 2014 Online Focus Session: Re-Imagining Learning Spaces – Drafting Master Plans and Designing Teaching Spaces

University of Minnesota Flexible Classroom Design

EDUCASE Learning Initiative (ELI) hosted a two day series of webinars around Learning Spaces: Re-imagining the Learning Space: Design, Technology and Assessment last month. This article looks at two webinar sessions from the event. Loyola Marymount University, a private US university located in Los Angeles, California presented about their goal is to draft a University…Continue Reading ELI 2014 Online Focus Session: Re-Imagining Learning Spaces – Drafting Master Plans and Designing Teaching Spaces

Online Role Play for Learning – Current Practice from City and Beyond – November 2014

 Can You Run The Mill? Using role play to simulate professional environments,  supported by online environments and tools, is providing an active, contextual and sometimes challenging learning experience for learners in the fields of Business, Law and Health Sciences here at City University London. Much inspired by practice in Australian Universities and peers here in…Continue Reading Online Role Play for Learning – Current Practice from City and Beyond – November 2014

Multimedia Training Sessions and Initiatives

The multimedia team are setting up a number training sessions and initiatives to help staff engage with the use of multimedia in their teaching,  If you would like to take part in any of these then please complete the form at the bottom of the page. Training Sessions Conference poster design using Adobe Photoshop Learn…Continue Reading Multimedia Training Sessions and Initiatives

Assignment extensions and resubmissions

Audience: City University London staff Our latest reports from Moodle show that 63 Moodle assignments were due last week with a further 42 due this week. This post contains tips and guidance on how to grant assignment extensions and enable resubmissions in Moodle. Grant an extension Using the Grant extension function means that you can…Continue Reading Assignment extensions and resubmissions

A toe in the waters

Last month, I attended my first conference for the Association of Learning Technologists (ALTc), held at the University of Warwick. Not only was it my first ALTc, but probably also the first time to significantly engage with the wider community of learning technologists working in higher education (HE), at least since joining City. Following are…Continue Reading A toe in the waters

ALT Annual Conference 2014: Riding giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave

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  The “giants” in the title are waves. It’s an interesting choice, as is the emphasis on the need (or desire) to educate “ahead of the wave”. I mention this because, by the end, I thought it was a strange choice of title: the tone of the presentations and conversations during the breaks was one…Continue Reading ALT Annual Conference 2014: Riding giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave