Our former LEaD colleague, Santanu Vasant, has been in touch to spread the word… It’s back – #HEblogswap, now in its third year, is on Wednesday 12th September. Who’d like to join in this year? You? Great! How do you get started? If you work in a Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching or…Continue Reading #HEblogswap 2018 – Find a blog partner, write for each other’s blog and post
Moodle was successfully updated to version 3.4 and was released to users at 6am on Wednesday 25th July. Take some time to get to know the new look Moodle, we hope you enjoy the experience. Getting to know the new look Moodle To help you find your way around the new Moodle, there are user…Continue Reading Welcome to Moodle 3.4
The ICED conference we attended is for Academic Developers internationally and was focused on the theme of Institutional Change: Voices, Identities, Power, and Outcomes. This was topical for the sector at this time where many departments and units like ours are exploring in particular outcomes and how to measure these. We attended a pre-conference workshop…Continue Reading ICED 5th – 8th June 2018
Following on from Health’s Got Talent in June (see our previous blog post), we are sharing some of the excellent learning and teaching and practice presented at the event. In this post we will explore the use of technology to produce engaging content for students, with an example from Kat Millward in the School of…Continue Reading Blend your teaching to increase student engagement
Academic and professional staff met for an afternoon of discussion about innovative teaching approaches in the first Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange. The event was hosted by Dr Martin Rich and Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD). The first session was an introduction to the forthcoming new Business Management degrees, where Martin described how the degrees are…Continue Reading Cass Teaching & Learning Exchange
This blog post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.4, and provides an overview of the major changes in Moodle 3.4 from a student perspective. The focus of this year’s Moodle update is on redesigning Moodle. We’ve concentrated our efforts on streamlining and improving functionality, as well as providing a more…Continue Reading Moodle 3.4: What’s new for students?
This blog post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.4 and is the fourth of our Moodle in a Minute screencasts. The focus of this year’s Moodle update is on redesigning Moodle. We’ve concentrated our efforts on streamlining and improving functionality, as well as providing a more contemporary look for Moodle….Continue Reading Moodle in a Minute: Module Page Overview
This blog post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.4 and is the third of our Moodle in a Minute screencasts. The focus of this year’s Moodle update is on redesigning Moodle. We’ve concentrated our efforts on streamlining and improving functionality, as well as providing a more contemporary look for Moodle….Continue Reading Moodle in a Minute: Find a Module
Health’s Got Talent is the School of Health Science’s (SHS) annual learning and teaching showcase. The ten finalists this year presented an impressive array of projects. Learning and Teaching Awards with cash prizes were provided by LEaD. The difficult job of awarding the prizes was in the capable hands of the judges: Professor Debra Salmon (Dean of SHS), Professor Pam Parker (Deputy Director of LEaD), Malek Areb (Student Union President) and Patrick Burke…Continue Reading And the winner is…Health’s Got Talent 2018
This blog post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.4 and is the second of our Moodle in a Minute screencasts. The focus of this year’s Moodle update is on redesigning Moodle. We’ve concentrated our efforts on streamlining and improving functionality, as well as providing a more contemporary look for Moodle….Continue Reading Moodle in a Minute: My Moodle Overview