LEaD’s Teaching and Learning Innovators event returned in April with presenters from the School of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) and the School of Health Sciences (SHS). The idea behind this event is to provide an opportunity for staff to share innovative teaching and learning practices and to learn from each other. Elliot Freeman (Psychology)…Continue Reading Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – May 2019
As part our series on what’s new in Moodle 3.6 (15th July 2019), this post explores assessment improvements. Multimedia feedback Lectures will be able to provide short, personal feedback to students on Moodle assignments using the new record feature on the Moodle assignment grading interface. Dr Mark Glynn from DCU has provided a really helpful…Continue Reading Moodle 3.6: Assessment Improvements
The next lunchtime forum will be on Wednesday 22nd May | ELG03 | 12:30 – 14:00 | The focus of the Forum will be on classroom management. We will discuss some of the common issues that staff at City experience in their classrooms that relate to student behaviour and consider how well the expectations of…Continue Reading City Learning and Teaching Forum – Classroom Management
Matt and Olivia joined Moodle users from UK and Ireland at the annual MoodleMoot in April. If you look really hard, you’ll be able to spot us in the group photo in the far left of the shot! Group photo at #MootIEUK19 ! pic.twitter.com/rAckFHUui2 — 🎓 Martin Dougiamas (@moodler) 17 April 2019 Highlights Adaptive…Continue Reading MoodleMoot 2019
Last month, a handful of City staff joined other delegates in the auspicious surroundings of Senate House, for the University of London’s Centre for Distance Education flagship event. The 13th Research and Innovation in Distance Education annual conference (RIDE) was themed this year around addressing the challenges of digital education, looking at both professional…Continue Reading Tickets to RIDE
City is updating to Moodle version 3.6 on 15th July 2019. This post is part of our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.6. In this post we are looking at the improvements to the module page and improvements to support module design. Module page improvements Reduce scrolling on module pages Our collapsed topics are…Continue Reading Moodle 3.6: Module Page Improvements
Following the success of last year’s Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange, 30 academic and professional staff came together for the 2nd Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange on 12th March at Bunhill Row. The two-hour lunchtime event was introduced by Dr Martin Rich, Course Director, BSc Business Management, who co-hosted with Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD)….Continue Reading 2nd Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange
Assistant Educational Technologist City, University of London Salary: £29,515 to £36,261 Closing date: Sunday 28th April, 11:59pm Interviews: 14th/15th May View job description City seeks to recruit an Assistant Educational Technologist as part of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD). LEaD is a multi-skilled service that supports, develops, and influences education at City, University of London….Continue Reading Vacancy – Assistant Educational Technologist
City is updating to Moodle version 3.6 on 15th July 2019. To update Moodle to the latest release and optimise the database, Moodle will be unavailable from 8pm Friday 12th July to 8am Monday 15th July 2019 This post is the first in our series exploring what’s new in Moodle 3.6. Where better to start…Continue Reading Moodle 3.6: My Moodle
In the latest Research and Practice Informed Teaching case study we hear from Paul Dunn, a Visiting Lecturer on the MA Journalism programme in the School of Arts and Social Sciences. Paul has over forty years of experience as a journalist and has worked on a number of newspapers including The Guardian, The Independent, and The Times. Paul’s…Continue Reading Research and Practice Informed Teaching Case Studies: Paul Dunn, School of Arts and Social Sciences