Month: May 2016

School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – May 2016

Following the success of the 1st Teaching and Learning Innovators Event in January, we as LEaD at SHS put on the 2nd Teaching and Learning Innovators Event on Monday 23rd May 12-1pm, focused around mobile learning. 20 people attended. #cityshstl 2nd T&L event running @CityUniHealth @thehealthflash and Betty Matthew presenting – great turnout! pic.twitter.com/5StCrhUA3G —…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – May 2016

SEDA Spring Teaching and Learning and Assessment Conference 2016 Innovations in Assessment and Feedback Practice 12th -13th May 2016 Edinburgh

The conference topic innovations in assessment was clearly a popular choice despite there having been a lot of dissemination of assessment developments over the last decade. It seems that whilst there has been many advances in this area there is still evidence that practice could be further enhanced. The conference provided an opportunity to hear…Continue Reading SEDA Spring Teaching and Learning and Assessment Conference 2016 Innovations in Assessment and Feedback Practice 12th -13th May 2016 Edinburgh

5 Things to Do with your Moodle Module

Continuing my series on 5 things to Do with…, this article focuses on 5 Things to do with your Moodle module. These tips have been devised with the help of Neal Sumner, Senior Lecturer in Academic Development, LEaD and in consultation with the Midwifery department in the School of Health Sciences (written by former Senior…Continue Reading 5 Things to Do with your Moodle Module

Nursing and Midwifery Education in Togo: needs assessment

                          Thanks to a partnership development grant from the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and in collaboration with Vision Togo, a UK-based charity, I recently spent 9 days in Togo, West Africa, with my colleagues Judith Sunderland and Professor Ros Bryar from the School of Health Sciences. The aim of the visit was to…Continue Reading Nursing and Midwifery Education in Togo: needs assessment

Reaching out to distance learners: using Adobe Connect to broadcast a workshop online

Screenshot of Adobe Connect page for a workshop on plagiarism and referencing.

Some City students have said that they find it hard to attend the Academic Learning Support workshops, which are normally run at lunchtime. A number of these students were part-time or distance learners. Whilst we do use Lecture Capture to record sessions for students to view at a later date, this service is not currently…Continue Reading Reaching out to distance learners: using Adobe Connect to broadcast a workshop online

Moodle 3 Update 28 June 2016

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Moodle will be updated to version 3 on 28th June during the 7-9am maintenance window. Moodle 3 Developments  The focus of this year’s update has been on minor improvements to streamline processes around set up of Moodle modules for the start of year. Feeding into this are: Recommendations from the annual Moodle user evaluation conducted…Continue Reading Moodle 3 Update 28 June 2016

Online Role-play and Simulated Practice in Pre-Reg Midwifery Education

The midwifery context Despite nursing and midwifery being defined in terms of being caring professions, recent investigations into practice in the NHS make sombre reading, describing both nurses and midwives failing to demonstrate care or compassion in their practice (Francis 2013; Kirkup 2015). The need to ensure that qualifying midwives have a thorough understanding of…Continue Reading Online Role-play and Simulated Practice in Pre-Reg Midwifery Education