I was fortunate enough to partake in the Moots again this year. This is my third year running and I am pleased to be able to help my colleagues at CLS to help students in the mooting process. This year will always be a memorable year in that most courses have had to move to…Continue Reading Virtual Moots – Challenges and Opportunities
The post below is a transcript of a closing keynote I gave at a UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) workshop in November 2019. It contains three case studies of how LEaD have worked with City academics on educational development or enhancement activities. I’ve published it here to add to LEaD’s new Case Studies archive,…Continue Reading On AI Labs, mobiles for barristers, and co-created infographics
Over seven weeks, across four continents and more time zones, they’ve managed to do all the things we would normally do in the production module apart from produce a printed magazine”. Read the magazine online: Reset Magazine https://t.co/KNm842TKon?amp=1 Academic: Yuen Chan – Senior Lecturer department of Journalism Course: Masters in International Journalism …Continue Reading Group work online – Creating a magazine remotely
Dr Malvina Marchese shares her experience of teaching Econometrics online: discipline-specific and technical challenges, redesigning the module for online delivery and student engagement and some strengths for online learning. Download the slides …Continue Reading Teaching econometrics online
Dr Sara Jones shares some of her experiences with online experiential learning in the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (MICL). Download the slides Sara’s takeaways: teaching online can be an opportunity: digital tools can offer new perspectives and added value teaching online can also be a constraint don’t try to replicate face-to-face teaching…Continue Reading Experiential Learning Activities Online
Blended Learning: The training is divided into 7 short course units. Each unit relates to a specific core competency derived from existing ophthalmic speciality competency frameworks that define the knowledge, skills and attributes to undertake extended practice in Medical Retina. Each unit is equivalent to a 1 hour face-to face lecture. Material, activities and recordings centralised on…Continue Reading Blended teaching of clinical skills (optometry)
EDM116 – Technology Enabled Academic Practice Double credit module.Masters level. Started in term 2. Shifted 3 full teaching days online New structure: 10-11am live teaching – recorded 11-12pm activities to work on 12-12.30 lunchtime surgery 1-3pm activities to work on 3-4pm live teaching and wrap – recorded Find out more: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/learningatcity/2020/04/24/teaching-online-learning-in-a-time-of-crisis/#.Xs5LDZ5KhrI EDM121 – Developing…Continue Reading Moving the Masters in Academic Practice Online
HS1925 Practice 1: Foundations in Nursing Care Developing first aid skills What the academics did: Usually a practical element of the course. The academics used the Moodle lesson activity and Moodle quiz to create interactive resources for students. In total 6 activities and 9 resources were created. Students were told the whole section would take…Continue Reading Developing First Aid Skills Online
In March 2020 the Educational Technology Team (ETT), which is part of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) at City, University of London (City) was asked a simple question: The request Can you create an online version of a week-long module for the Department of Journalism’s Master’s (MA) students that involves high profile guests answering questions…Continue Reading Moving face-to-face teaching online, with Professor Barney Jones, Laura Kuenssberg and Angela Rayner
In our latest post, we hear from Dr Sara Jones, Senior Lecturer in Creative Interactive System Design. Sara works in the Faculty of Management at Cass Business School, where she researches the intersection between digital and creativity. Her work looks at the development, use, and evaluation of computational tools and technologies that can support and augment…Continue Reading Research and Practice Informed Teaching Case Studies: Dr Sara Jones, Cass Business School