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…
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Learning design and the Course Design Sprint Framework
On 16th November, the M25 Learning Technology Group (M25 LTG) met at City, University of London for a learning design workshop. The workshop was supported by the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) and delivered by Dr Maria…
Instructional and Learning design M25 Learning Technology Group forum
The M25 Learning Technology group met last Wednesday 25th July to explore, discuss and share good practice on the theme of Instructional Design and Learning Design. The event was hosted at the University of East…
Top 5 tips for Moodle mobile design
Learning on a mobile device is learner-friendly due to the flexibility and convenience of accessing content from anywhere at any time. Our Moodle website is responsive (designed to work across all devices without the need for…
Moodle 3.2 Pilot role
Moodle has a special Pilot role that teaching staff can request. This role provides the same permissions as the Lecturer role in Moodle, but you also get access to some new features which are outlined…
SEDA Spring Conference 2017 | Measuring Learning Gain
Measuring Learning Gain: Implications for development, enhancement and evaluation. Keynote speech from Camille Kandiko Howson of King’s College London Camille opened by citing research carried out in the US by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa…
Moodle 3.2: Improvements to My Moodle page
There are several improvements to the first page (known as the My Moodle page) that students and staff see when they login to Moodle. These changes are based on the usability testing which LEaD carried…
Research in Distance Education (RIDE) conference 2017: Developments in online CPD and degree provision
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…
Online Role-play and Simulated Practice in Pre-Reg Midwifery Education
The midwifery context Despite nursing and midwifery being defined in terms of being caring professions, recent investigations into practice in the NHS make sombre reading, describing both nurses and midwives failing to demonstrate care or…
Using Moodle’s lesson activity
The Lesson activity in Moodle is not widely used but has a lot of potential for creating engaging learning content such as instructional exercises and branching scenarios. Lesson allows you to present your content as…
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