Year: 2016

INTED 2016 Conference (International Technology, Education and Development) Monday 7th March and Tuesday 8th March

This conference is a large international education conference that provides an opportunity to share projects and practice related to teaching and learning methodologies, experiences in relation to technology and educational innovation projects. The participants come from a range of countries as demonstrated by the pins in the map. Attendees range from those involved in primary…Continue Reading INTED 2016 Conference (International Technology, Education and Development) Monday 7th March and Tuesday 8th March

DALI – a collaborative approach to learning space design – for Higher Education

Plans

What is DALI? The Designing Active Learning Initiative (DALI) is a collaboration between City’s schools and professional services (Information Services, Learning enhancement and development and Property and Facilities) which began in January 2015. Funding has been secured to initiate the redesign and renewal of technology in City’s learning spaces. In the summer of 2016 a…Continue Reading DALI – a collaborative approach to learning space design – for Higher Education

Walking the City

Now in its third year, the Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE) is hosting a three day Walking the City event.  This event brings together a diverse range of creative and innovative walks taking place around the capital. The variety of walk themes include: London’s natural spaces, the Sounds of Early Modern Theatre, a public salon on feminism and criticism, an experimental…Continue Reading Walking the City

City Law School’s new distance learning course (LLB in Legal Practice)

September will see the start of the LLB In Legal Practice. This is a new degree which has a number of specific features to it and opens up some opportunities for the School. The programme is to be run in conjunction with CILEX Law School (CxLS) on a distance learning basis. CxLS have extensive experience…Continue Reading City Law School’s new distance learning course (LLB in Legal Practice)

Staff Training @ Homerton University Hospital: How to Identify and Support Students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs)

Welcome to Homerton Hospital

We are Neil Goldwasser and Emma Allsopp, Dyslexia Support Tutors within Learning Success @ LEaD. We recently visited Homerton University Hospital, in response to a training request from the Nursing Education Facilitator. The attendees were mentors for student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. Our aims were to develop their awareness and strategies in order…Continue Reading Staff Training @ Homerton University Hospital: How to Identify and Support Students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs)

Highlights from the Educational Technology & Learning Spaces Staff Survey 2016

At the end of last year (Oct 15 – Dec 15), City University London staff were invited to participate in LEaD‘s annual Educational Technology and Learning Spaces survey. This was an opportunity for staff to feed back on and ultimately influence how educational technology and learning spaces are supported and implemented at City.  Our aim…Continue Reading Highlights from the Educational Technology & Learning Spaces Staff Survey 2016

5 Things to Do with Poll Everywhere

In our continuing series ‘5 Things to do with…’, we look at Poll Everywhere. Poll Everywhere is the web based version of the physical clickers. It can be run from any web enabled device via a browser or an app. It offers a wider range of questions than clickers do, allowing lecturers to ask students…Continue Reading 5 Things to Do with Poll Everywhere

Congratulations and celebrations – Postgraduate Research Symposium

Thursday 17th March 2016 marked the sixth anniversary of the annual Postgraduate research symposium organised by LEaD and the Graduate School. The event was held at Cass Business School for the second year running and attracted a range of over 30 varied and interesting research papers and posters from all schools across City University. The…Continue Reading Congratulations and celebrations – Postgraduate Research Symposium

Behind the award-winning CitySCaPE project

  Last month, a team of staff from LEaD and SHS were recognised for innovation in developing healthcare learning materials at an NHS awards ceremony. Their work on CitySCaPE, a multimedia simulated reality learning package targeted at improving healthcare for people with learning disabilities, won a £10,000 first prize at the annual HENCEL (Health Education North…Continue Reading Behind the award-winning CitySCaPE project

Educational Multimedia Group – 28th October 2015

The first Educational Multimedia Group (EMG) meeting of the academic year ran on 28th October 2015. School of Health Sciences Library Treasure Hunt – Catherine Radbourne and Steve McCombe Steve McCombe from LEaD, and Catherine Radbourne from Library Services, presented a recent project they had worked on to create a pirate-themed treasure hunt for Health…Continue Reading Educational Multimedia Group – 28th October 2015