Category: Conferences & Events

Staff training in Video Technologies

In November and December, the Educational Technology team in LEaD are holding a series of information roadshow sessions introducing staff to Mediaspace, City’s online platform for creating, sharing and publishing educational video. Mediaspace offers staff (and students) a range of tools to allow you to record video, share videos you have created, and publish them…Continue Reading Staff training in Video Technologies

Health’s Got Talent: Student, Academic and Ed Tech collaboration

In April 2015 I met with Ursula Smith, Programme Manager for undergraduate Child Health programmes and now Associate Dean for Postgraduate Taught, CPPD and Workforce Development in SHS. She told me about a project she had wanted to start which would take students out of the lecture room and clinical skills lab, and give them…Continue Reading Health’s Got Talent: Student, Academic and Ed Tech collaboration

Shaping the Future of Learning Together – Day 2 at ALT-C 2015

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The Annual Association for Learning Technology conference (ALTC) took place from the 8th – 10th September, with the theme of ‘Shaping the Future Together’. I attended the second day of the conference as it had elements of Learning Spaces that I was interested in. This post are my highlights, along with a recording on the…Continue Reading Shaping the Future of Learning Together – Day 2 at ALT-C 2015

Teaching & Learning innovations at Cass Business School

If you’re looking for new teaching and learning ideas for the coming academic year, then lecture capture recordings of presentations from the 2015 Cass Teaching and Learning Showcase might provide some inspiration. The annual event is always a great opportunity to hear about innovative educational projects that have taken place, not just at Cass Business…Continue Reading Teaching & Learning innovations at Cass Business School

The Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference

This year, the Association of Law Teachers (ALT) had it 50th Annual Conference held at Cardiff. There were 2 keynotes, 6 parallel sessions comprising of 38 presentations and 2 discussions, and a Teaching Law with Technology Showcase. Participants are mostly law teachers and librarians from both higher and further education.  This was my first ALT…Continue Reading The Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference

10 tips for first time presenters at an international conference

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) was held in Greece in early July, the first international conference held overseas I’d presented at. Here are ten reflections based on the experience that might be helpful for any other first time presenters at an international conference. Submit a good proposal The route…Continue Reading 10 tips for first time presenters at an international conference

What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment

Twenty-Second International Conference on Learning – What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment 9-11 July 2015 Madrid Spain. The conference opened with two good plenary sessions. One was from Diana Laurillard, Institute of Education, UK focused on ‘Our Challenge: Teachers must own the learning analytics that will solve education’s problem’s. Diana…Continue Reading What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment

Moodlemoot 2015, a conference about Moodle!

I was fortunate to be able to attend this year’s Moodlemoot, hosted by Dublin City University (DCU) on 11th-14th May 2015. As an Educational Technologist supporting blended learning, Moodle plays a big role in my working life, and this was an interesting and valuable opportunity to spend time with other Moodle users, including developers, educators,…Continue Reading Moodlemoot 2015, a conference about Moodle!

Lessons from the University of Leeds on Lecture Capture

Following on from my previous blog post on how the University of Manchester are using OpenCast Lecture Capture, this blog post summarises the developments in a lecture capture and multimedia management system at the University of Leeds through a series of lessons or top tips. It’s taken from a webinar recording shared via the lecture-captures@jisc-mail.ac.uk…Continue Reading Lessons from the University of Leeds on Lecture Capture

Educational Multimedia Group Meeting – 12th May 2015

The second Educational Multimedia Group meeting was held on 12th May 2015. Creating 3D Images The meeting started with Jo Richardson, from the ETT (Educational Technology Team), talking about creating 3D images using photogrammetry, which was presented at the recent Jisc Digifest event. Photogrammetry is a technique for creating 3D objects by stitching together still…Continue Reading Educational Multimedia Group Meeting – 12th May 2015