Year: 2014

Group Work in City’s Learning Spaces – Debating and Presentations

Looking for creative teaching activities? Encourage students to work collaboratively and motivate each others learning, to clarify their understanding of course content and reflect on different peer perspectives. Take a look at the group work suggestions in our series of blog posts. We recommend booking City’s new Learning Spaces to run these activities. 1)      Debating…Continue Reading Group Work in City’s Learning Spaces – Debating and Presentations

ALDinHE Annual Conference 2014: Learning Development Spaces and Places

In April, I had the lucky opportunity to attend the Association of Learning Development in Higher Education’s (ALDinHE) annual conference, where themes such as ownership and identity of learning development departments were discussed and explored through a series of lectures and workshops. The keynote speaker was Etienne Wenger-Treyner (EWT), a social learning theorist whose work…Continue Reading ALDinHE Annual Conference 2014: Learning Development Spaces and Places

SEDA Spring, Teaching, Learning and Assessment 2014

   Engaging Students: Engaging Staff which took place on 15th May 2014 -16th May 2014 at the Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle.             This was a really stimulating conference with both staff and students presenting about their activities and projects. The conference was opened by a keynote from Dan Derricott from the…Continue Reading SEDA Spring, Teaching, Learning and Assessment 2014

Walking Reading Group

As part of further exploring walking and learning as an educational tool, I joined an East London Walking Reading Group on Participation.  Across four free events, groups of interested people, often participants have arts or education backgrounds, come together to walk for around two hours and discuss issues surrounding participation, engagement, collaboration and social practice.  The…Continue Reading Walking Reading Group

Changing the Learning Landscape

Changing the Learning Landscape is tasked with enabling higher education institutions in England to bring about change in their strategic approaches to technology in learning and teaching.  It is a partnership between the Association for Learning Technology, the Higher Education Academy, JISC, the National Union of Students and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. The partnership is funded by Hefce. Susannah Quinsee, Annemarie Cancienne,…Continue Reading Changing the Learning Landscape

Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction

This short course (10 weeks) was an excellent introduction to digital filmmaking. It began with a detailed analysis of film techniques and finished off with us making a short, edited scene. The final session was given over to the all-important screening of our work. What succeeded was the way our understanding of filmmaking was built…Continue Reading Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction

Dealing Effectively with Student Complaints Seminar

White Paper Conferences organised a day on various issues surrounding student complaints. This was obviously a popular topic as the location changed before the day due to the numbers of people attending! The day was framed around a series of speakers from different aspects of the complaints process – from the QAA, OIA to University…Continue Reading Dealing Effectively with Student Complaints Seminar

MELSIG on 14 April 14: Smart Devices for Learning #3 by Martin Agombar & Fariha Afgan

MELSIG are a popular and active group who meet to discuss the latest developments in media-enhanced learning. They have their own blog and organise a wide variety of events and activities. We went to their Smart Devices for Learning #3 event at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The preceding two events in this series were at…Continue Reading MELSIG on 14 April 14: Smart Devices for Learning #3 by Martin Agombar & Fariha Afgan

Active Learning in Flexible Learning Spaces

Over the past year you may have found yourself in one of the University’s new flexible learning spaces.  These rooms have been designed by the Learning Spaces Group, with a membership made up of academics, Information Services, Property and Facilities, Educational Technologists and Learning Success.  The rooms support new and emergent teaching models that encourage…Continue Reading Active Learning in Flexible Learning Spaces