At the LEaD away day this summer, we were introduced to the idea of gamifying teaching and learning. The Educational Technology team was inspired to bring aspects of gamification into our training sessions. This resulted…
Conferences & Events
City Learning & Teaching Forum – Student Wellbeing
As part of the LEaD series of Learning and Teaching Fora , the City Students’ Union has been invited to present a workshop on Student Wellbeing to staff at City. The event will encourage staff attending…
“What do you know about pedagogy? You’re a technologist!”
Those were the words I recall with dread from the very first SEDA conference I attended, so I was more than a little nervous to be returning to SEDA over ten years later, especially as…
Why did I start blogging? Present Absence
Recently, Dom Pates, Jane Secker and I were discussing the future of the blogging group once I leave City (more about that later). We ended up talking about why we started blogging. Here’s my answer….
My First ALT Conference
Personal Reflection on my first ALT Conference: The 2018 Association of Learning Technologists conference was held in Manchester from 10-13 September, as it was both the first time I’ve attended and presented I was a…
User Experience conference – User Research
On 28 June I attended a workshop on User Research as part of the User Experience conference organised by the Bloomsbury Learning Environment and University of London. In the opening keynote, Jane Lessiter from i2…
Teaching Copyright Literacy and Open Practice in Uruguay
In this post I will share some thoughts following my visit to Montevideo in Uruguay, which took place from 18th-27th August 2018. I was visiting professor at the Universitidad de la Republica, which is the…
Principal Fellows of the HEA London Area Meeting – July 2018 – Academic Promotions
Principal Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEAs) run a number of active local groups, which allow members to network, visit other institutions, and discuss topical issues related to higher education. I am privileged…
Innovation to mainstream: a 21st Century campus designed for Active Blended Learning
This is my second post about the SOAS Learning and Teaching Development conference. Prof. Alejandro Armenilli from The University of Northampton started by presenting a video – A vision of students today, which, whilst made in…
Educational Technology Workshops
Educational Technology Workshops The Educational Technology routine training programme is now available for term 1. The workshops in our offer are intended as basic introductions to key aspects of using technology to support teaching and learning. We…
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