I am not a good lecturer. In fact, I don’t really believe in ‘lecturing’. The idea of a ‘sage on a stage’ imparting his or her wisdom is outdated, in my opinion. So is the ‘funnel model’ idea of us pouring knowledge into the heads of students, who are then expected to regurgitate exactly what…Continue Reading Learning not lecturing
The second School of Health Sciences Simulated Practice Showcase took place on 6th April 2017 , following the first event back in July 2016. The event was facilitated by Janet Hunter in the School of Health Sciences and Professor Clive Holtham, from the Cass Business School. There were five presentations in all, which covered a…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences Simulated Practice Showcase April 2017
The eleventh annual RIDE conference took place last Friday 24th March. There were three main themes: MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), OERs (Open Educational Resources) and Innovation. Opening keynote: Simon Nelson, CEO, FutureLearn Whilst we at City, University of London do not currently offer MOOCs through platforms like FutureLearn, Coursera or EdX we do offer two…Continue Reading Research in Distance Education (RIDE) conference 2017: Developments in online CPD and degree provision
For the School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event this term we had Amanda Hutcherson present about Learning Gain. This is a topic that has had funding from HEFCE for research. What is Learning Gain? Amanda asked us this question at the start of the session and asked us to write this on…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences – Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – March 2017
Do you use lecture capture in your teaching? Margaret Carran, Senior Lecturer at City Law School and Deputy Associate Dean (Education) does, and she’s been sharing her experiences with LEaD, in the latest of our Educational Technology video case studies. This short film takes a different approach from the ‘talking heads’ style and uses animation…Continue Reading Leading by example, with lecture capture
There were two key notes to open the conference both with a very different focus. The first key note speaker was Vicky Colbert who spoke about a project in Colombia about Quality Education for Peace and Democracy. This project has been running for 30 years and focused on some of the poorest areas and how…Continue Reading INTED 2017 11th Conference – Sharing the Passion for Learning
This stimulating and unusual exhibition is designed and curated by first year BSc. Management and Business Undergraduates at Cass Business School. 38 students will present their work developed over 11 weeks of a module concentrating on persuasive communication, visual literacy, critical thinking, self-awareness and personal branding. Everyday spaces are transformed to publicly express their…Continue Reading Reflective Practitioner Student Exhibition April 5th. 2017
Potential tech futures for education and research (long read alert) How might digital technologies transform education and research by 2020-2030? As City is looking towards the coming decade in our newly-launched Vision and Strategy, Jisc are currently engaged in a consultation process to determine how best to advise and support institutions in preparing to answer this question….Continue Reading Co-designing with Jisc
Keep it snappy! It’s an obvious piece of advice, but one we often ignore. In this month’s LEaD Writing Group we spent most of the time writing. However, we did take a quick break to look at some tips about effective blogging. You can read the advice here: 18 Must-use writing strategies + examples My favourite tip…Continue Reading Keep it snappy! Top blog writing tips
I’m lucky… that my role in LEaD’s Educational Technology Team (ETT) involves working with the School of Health Sciences (SHS) and being invited to its many fascinating talks. I don’t often have time to attend these (and – our secret – I don’t always understand all of the words in the titles). But last week…Continue Reading The roads between research, blogs and Twitter