Month: October 2017

Moodle Assignment Checklist

Moodle assignment checklist with checkbox on computer screen

Assignment activity on Moodle starts to get busy from next week. This post provides a checklist to help you avoid the most common issues related to the Moodle assignment activity. Moodle Assignment Checklist Before students submit, double-check that your assignment settings are correct. The table below provides a checklist to help you avoid the most…Continue Reading Moodle Assignment Checklist

Small Data comes into its own at the start of term

There has been great interest in Big Data for learning analytics, to the point where Dr. Martin Rich (@MartinRich106)  and I (@bunhill) have argued for Small Data, for example at the Learning at City Conference back in June 2017. We define this as: “The smallest amount of data that can provide actionable information, eg on…Continue Reading Small Data comes into its own at the start of term

Reflections of Time And Relative Dimensions in Learning Space

This blog post is personal short reflection of the work in the Learning Spaces theme at City, University of London over the past three years, where I have been an Educational Technologist. I entered the department which was bigger on the inside than the outside. Many adventures were had. The Collaborative Working Dimension: Workshops, a…Continue Reading Reflections of Time And Relative Dimensions in Learning Space

Copyright, Education and the International Community of Practice

I’ve been away to two conferences in the last month presenting about one of my key research interests: copyright education. As some of you may know, I am a former librarian / copyright officer, now transformed into a Senior Lecturer in Educational Developer (yes I do sometimes have an identity crisis!) so the first conference…Continue Reading Copyright, Education and the International Community of Practice