The 9th Annual Learning at City Conference took place on 21st June. We returned to the Northampton Square campus of the University, to our new learning spaces in the Drysdale Lower Ground on a very hot June day (34.5C!), thankfully we had air conditioning! The overall theme for the Learning at City Conference focused on…Continue Reading Report from Learning at City 2017 – Developing Theory into Practice
After months of blog posts, Moodle 3.2 is finally here. The highlights of our latest Moodle release are captured in our 2 minute animation. Check out our Ed Tech Guidance site for more information and guidance. Our What’s New in Moodle 3.2? guidance page provides a quick overview of what’s new in the latest Moodle release….Continue Reading Welcome to Moodle 3.2
I recently attended the EDEN (European Distance learning and E-Learning Network) Conference at Jönköping University in Sweden to present on a collaborative project between the City Law School and the Educational Technology Team in LEaD. This involved creating transmedia resources for the LLB in Legal Practice, a distance learning programme delivered by the City Law…Continue Reading EDEN Conference – June 2017
On the 6th June, Echo hosted an Active Learning Conference at Kings College London which members of LEaD and Educational Research and Enterprise Systems (ERES, part of IT) attended. The aim of the event was to showcase and share good practice and to update the UK community of Echo institutions (which include UCL, QMUL, LSE…Continue Reading Echo Active Learning Conference 2017
I’ve recently started a new role at City, managing the relationship between LEaD’s Educational Technology team and the City Law School (CLS). Just a couple of weeks into the post, I had the pleasure of attending Law’s Teaching and Learning Day event, at the Atkin’s lecture theatre. It was a great opportunity to start getting…Continue Reading A toe in legal waters
On the 30th May, the Learning Resources Center at Kristianstad University in Sweden visited us in Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) as part of a visit to several London Universities. The purpose of the visit was to share practice and experiences of educational development between our departments. We welcomed our guests into B200, introducing our…Continue Reading Kristianstad University, Sweden visited Learning Enhancement and Development and the Library
I recently attended one of the three days of the 9th Conference of the European Association for Teaching Academic Writing, hosted this year by Royal Holloway, University of London. As an Academic Learning Support Tutor, this conference is about as closely related to my work as it gets. As some of the day was…Continue Reading Teaching academic writing: a conference in seven tweets
This blog post will focus on small changes and improvements that can make difference to your experience of using Moodle. The list below presents useful features that help you to work more effectively with the basic tools such as Assignment, Forum, Choice Activity and Lesson. Pin discussion posts Important forum posts can now be…Continue Reading Moodle 3.2: Smaller changes that can have a big impact on staff and students
On Monday 24th April, King’s College London hosted the inaugural King’s Online conference – Unlocking the Future of Higher Education. Anna Wood, Director of King’s Online, opened the event by questioning why Higher Education had been slow to embrace the opportunities offered by technology. She suggested that it was due to lack of investment in…Continue Reading Unlocking the future of Higher Education – King’s Online conference
Lecture Capture is being upgraded this summer and users will benefit from a more user-friendly interface, new features and an improved experience for City, University of London’s staff and students. Why is this happening? The current platform Echo System Server (ESS) will no longer be supported by the provider, Echo360, from the end of this…Continue Reading Upgrading the Lecture Capture System at City, University of London