What happens when you bring together a group of curious, creative university staff and give them permission to play? You get something pretty special — a playful learning community that’s reshaping how we think about teaching, learning, and collaboration in higher education. Myself, Susannah Quinsee and Sara Reimers recently published an article in the Journal of…Continue Reading Building a Playful Learning Community – And You’re Invited!
Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part II)
Or, 10 things I remember from Edulearn24 (the other five) 06. On Volumetric Video I’ve long been curious about the possibilities for education of being able to effectively digitise people and recreate them in three-dimensional space and be able to interact with them, in contrast to things like the screen-bound but largely passive experience of,…Continue Reading Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part II)
Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part I)
Or, 10 things I remember from Edulearn24 (the first five). 1. First flight since Covid I was waiting at Gatwick for my first flight since just before Covid hit – a full four and a half years out of the air and the first one of my 50s. As the masses of carefree travellers swarmed…Continue Reading Notes From A Spanish Gathering (Part I)
II MAAP Symposium – Tuesday 29th April 2025
Who can participate We are organising another edition of our MAAP Symposium. As a current, former or prospective student on the MA in Academic Practice (MAAP) programme, we would like to invite you once again to participate in this event. This takes place on Tuesday 29th April 2025, between 12-2 pm in C303 [Tait Building]. …Continue Reading II MAAP Symposium – Tuesday 29th April 2025
Celebrating our MAAP Graduates
On January 22nd, we had the privilege of celebrating the achievements of our MA in Academic Practice graduates at the Barbican Centre. This occasion marked the culmination of years of dedication, perseverance and commitment to professional development in higher education of these 12 colleagues….Continue Reading Celebrating our MAAP Graduates
Chairlift Through a Cloudscape
First day of the final working week of the year and I somehow convince myself to go along to what could turn out to be a wild goose chase to nowhere. Truth is, I hadn’t even given it much thought and ended up getting a little swept up in the moment. The meeting on campus…Continue Reading Chairlift Through a Cloudscape
NEW: Learning and Teaching induction from LEaD
On Monday, 16th December. The Learning Enhancement and Development directorate (LEaD) organised a staff learning and teaching induction event, aimed primarily at new City St. Georges staff involved in learning and teaching but open to anyone who wanted to know about what we do. The event began with a warm welcome and by Professor…Continue Reading NEW: Learning and Teaching induction from LEaD
New ALT Special Interest Group for Digital Accessibility – call for officers!
We are excited to announce the formation of a new Special Interest Group (SIG) for Digital Accessibility under the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). This initiative has been proposed by Sandra Partington and Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari from our Digital Accessibility team at LEaD, in collaboration with the Learning Technologies team at The University of Nottingham. Together, we…Continue Reading New ALT Special Interest Group for Digital Accessibility – call for officers!
Ten years, ten highlights
Yesterday marked a full decade since I started working at this university. The Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) department was officially launched on my second day in the job, at an on-campus event with LEaD cupcakes, leaderships speeches and aspirations of where things had come from and what we were to become. The annual Learning…Continue Reading Ten years, ten highlights
Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures project: Growth of AI in and as assistive technology
In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) held on the 16th of May this year, Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari and I were invited to participate in the second session of a series of workshops that are part of a project called ‘Accessible Digital Futures’, a joint effort between Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education…Continue Reading Jisc’s Accessible Digital Futures project: Growth of AI in and as assistive technology