On the 6th June, Echo hosted an Active Learning Conference at Kings College London which members of LEaD and Educational Research and Enterprise Systems (ERES, part of IT) attended. The aim of the event was…
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A toe in legal waters
I’ve recently started a new role at City, managing the relationship between LEaD’s Educational Technology team and the City Law School (CLS). Just a couple of weeks into the post, I had the pleasure of…
Kristianstad University, Sweden visited Learning Enhancement and Development and the Library
On the 30th May, the Learning Resources Center at Kristianstad University in Sweden visited us in Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) as part of a visit to several London Universities. The purpose of the visit…
Teaching academic writing: a conference in seven tweets
I recently attended one of the three days of the 9th Conference of the European Association for Teaching Academic Writing, hosted this year by Royal Holloway, University of London. As an Academic Learning Support…
Unlocking the future of Higher Education – King’s Online conference
On Monday 24th April, King’s College London hosted the inaugural King’s Online conference – Unlocking the Future of Higher Education. Anna Wood, Director of King’s Online, opened the event by questioning why Higher Education had…
UCISA Spotlight on Digital Capabilities
This is my first blog post for the Department of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) at City, University of London, having started as Senior Lecturer in Educational Development shortly after Easter. I’m settling in well…
Learning analytics, personal tutoring and belonging: highlights from the 2017 UKAT conference
In April I attended the annual United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring (UKAT) conference at Leeds Trinity University. UKAT is a body of professional practitioners and researchers interested in all aspects of student advising and personal…
Reflections in Time and Twitter: a walk of City’s Learning Spaces
As part of the Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) lunchtime Twitter walk activity, members of staff at City took part in our first Twitter Walk, or Twalk yesterday afternoon. The basic premise was similar…
Realising Smartworking – presentation as part of Clerkenwell Design Week 2017
Realising Smartworking, by Nathan Hurley, from the Research and Insight department at Orangebox. Nathan talked about the changes in our workplace, with a focus on activity-based working, looking at increased effectiveness. Rules have changed, it’s…
A Change in the Making – Future of furniture manufacturing and design in an environmental sense
On Tuesday I went to a talk entitled ‘A Change in the Making’ presented by Gareth Banks, Design Manager at Orangebox. http://www.orangebox.com/knowledge/intelligent_design Firstly, Gareth gave us some context. By 2050, there will be a 10…