One of my favourite days of the year is the TeenTech awards at the Royal Society which were held this year on 25th June. As part of my role as Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group I have attended and judged these awards now for the past four years. TeenTech was co-founded by Maggie…Continue Reading Recognising excellence in research skills and information literacy
‘The Reflective Practitioner’: a one-of-a-kind elective
This is a guest post from Aurelie Zhu, a 1st year Business Studies student at Cass Business School, that looks back on her participation in the ‘Reflective Practitioner’ module. What is the module about? The module is designed to enhance and develop Intuitive qualities which are essential to any successful managers of our time. And…Continue Reading ‘The Reflective Practitioner’: a one-of-a-kind elective
Media and Learning Conference 2018 – Leuven, Belgium
As a grateful recipient of a UCISA DEC Bursary I was fortunate enough to travel to Leuven in Belgium for the Media and Learning Conference. This blog post is a reflection on the presentations and discussions. There was a lot of topics, formats, points of view and discussions that it is difficult to provide a…Continue Reading Media and Learning Conference 2018 – Leuven, Belgium
Moodle in a Minute: Moodle 3.4 Overview
This blog post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.4 and is the launch 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: Moodle 3.4 Overview
Moodle 3.4: New Look Moodle
In May, we posted about what we’d been working on with the new look for Moodle. Since then, the Educational Technology Team and Education, Research and Enterprise Services (ERES) have been working with our Moodle Partner, Synergy Learning on implementing the new look for Moodle. This culminated in a focus group with staff and students…Continue Reading Moodle 3.4: New Look Moodle
How can storytelling help my teaching, presenting, writing… life?
Have you ever missed your last train home? I have. I’d just been stood up and, to top it all, I was left stranded in the small German town of Offenburg. It was 11 pm and the next train was at 6 am. What would you have done? Has that piqued your interest? Hopefully, yes….Continue Reading How can storytelling help my teaching, presenting, writing… life?
Module 3.4: Online Assessment
As part of our series on what’s new in Moodle 3.4, this post highlights the two improvements to assessment in Moodle. Accepted File Types Last year, Lecturers and Course Officers could restrict the assignment file types accepted by Moodle assignments. However, the accepted file types had to be input manually. In Moodle 3.4, you will…Continue Reading Module 3.4: Online Assessment
Moodle 3.4: Module Administration
Enrolment and Participation In Moodle 3.4, Enrolment and Participant screens have been combined to provide a unified screen for user management. Course Officers will be able to manage and enrol students from one screen, making this a much smoother and streamlined process. From this screen, Course Officers will also be able to bulk delete enrolments…Continue Reading Moodle 3.4: Module Administration
The Design & Management of Learning Environments –The Student Experience
#LearnEnvConf Thursday 17 May 2018 https://workplacetrends.co/learning-environments-2/ Held at Kings College London, this event looked at the key topic of how a modern and diverse learning environment can attract, engage and retain its students and staff. 1.Sue Holmes, Director. of Estates at Oxford Brookes University and AUDE member. Sue was the first speaker. Her talk called “JellyBean…Continue Reading The Design & Management of Learning Environments –The Student Experience
Is It Time To Ban Laptops In Meeting Rooms? Part of a Bigger Picture
A recent article from software developer Trello, suggests that from learning space to conference hall, the bottom line is that there is a difference between multitasking and “task switching.” The distractible mind…a few thoughts from Clerkenwell Design Week #CDW18. Worth a read for students and us, especially as academics, ‘engagers’ and supporters of learning The creative director of a UK…Continue Reading Is It Time To Ban Laptops In Meeting Rooms? Part of a Bigger Picture