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
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
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
Dom Pates, an Educational Technologist at Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD), discusses Learning Spaces and Twitter Walks at City, University of London….Continue Reading Leading by Example – Dom Pates
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
Looking forward Like most sectors, higher education looks at trends the affect it and tries to imagine potential futures from them. The University of Greenwich’s 2017 Academic Practice and Technology conference took this theme up this year with relish. Focusing on ‘reimagining higher education in the face of a rapidly changing and sometimes chaotic environment’,…Continue Reading Is the future what it used to be?
As part of the revamp of the Academic Learning Support webpages we have added a new Study Guides section.These are short introductory guides on the most frequently accessed topics on the Learning Success Moodle page. Please have a look, share with your students and if you have any comments or suggestions, email – daniel.sansome@city.ac.uk….Continue Reading Easy to access Study Guides for students
Welcome to a new Academic Year! Starting university it’s always an exciting experience, but can be overwhelming for some. As a student you get introduced to so many new people, places, ideas and systems. Apart from attending lectures, browsing in the library, stopping off at the student canteen and trying to find your way around Northampton Square you are also introduced to our Online Learning Environment- Moodle. This year to help our…Continue Reading “Learning with Moodle”- A new student induction module
This autumn, City’s Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) team is offering a wide-ranging series of lunchtime study skills workshops. Most sessions are open to all City students but some are school-specific, as shown in the schedule below. Prebooking is not necessary; just come along to the sessions that best address your needs. All sessions take…Continue Reading Lunchtime workshops to develop your study skills
A guest post by Snigdha Nag, Senior Lecturer at the City Law School based on the Bring Your Own Lunch (#BYOL) Webinar in September 2017, organised by LEaD. If like to present the next one in November or write a blog post for us, then contact us. The Slides are below, for more detail, please…Continue Reading How to get more out of Moodle – Bring Your Own Lunch Webinar September 2017