White Paper Conferences organised a day on various issues surrounding student complaints. This was obviously a popular topic as the location changed before the day due to the numbers of people attending! The day was framed around a series of speakers from different aspects of the complaints process – from the QAA, OIA to University…Continue Reading Dealing Effectively with Student Complaints Seminar
MELSIG on 14 April 14: Smart Devices for Learning #3 by Martin Agombar & Fariha Afgan
MELSIG are a popular and active group who meet to discuss the latest developments in media-enhanced learning. They have their own blog and organise a wide variety of events and activities. We went to their Smart Devices for Learning #3 event at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The preceding two events in this series were at…Continue Reading MELSIG on 14 April 14: Smart Devices for Learning #3 by Martin Agombar & Fariha Afgan
Reflections on our inspiration day
In November, Anise, Annemarie and myself took a day out to try the technique of walking and learning, as outlined in Anise’s previous post. The day was a fantastic opportunity to gain some thinking time as well as trying out a technique that I had read about from elsewhere and I wanted to use in…Continue Reading Reflections on our inspiration day
M25 at LSE 26 March 2014: Students as Producers
By Martin Agombar and Lisa Baker Peter Bryant (LSE) set the tone for this meeting by indicating the barriers that exist to student production work. He noted how institutions are highly resistant to change. Students of course are miles ahead and use technology intelligently for their own creative purposes. The institutions’ cumbersome structures prevent them…Continue Reading M25 at LSE 26 March 2014: Students as Producers
Engaging Change in Learning and Teaching: Students, staff and institutions as partners
I attended the above one day event on Friday 28th March at the University of Westminster. This was jointly hosted by the Higher Education Academy. The day was really energising with presentations from a range of people. Firstly Liam Jarnecki the Director of Student Engagement Partnerships focused on the student voice and how institutions can…Continue Reading Engaging Change in Learning and Teaching: Students, staff and institutions as partners
Conferences: are we getting it wrong?
I’ve been interested recently in investigating new conference formats, and have found this years Edge conference to be particularly inspiring. Those of us working in Educational Technologies have spent many years standing up in rooms, talking at people for an hour, about how we shouldn’t stand up in rooms and talk at people for an…Continue Reading Conferences: are we getting it wrong?
Civil Engineering Show ‘n’ Tell – 22-01-14
This was a thoroughly engaging and useful session in which staff from the Civil Engineering met to share ideas and insights on their teaching practice. Here is a summary of the five presentations (which were also recorded. See the Civil Engineering section in SEMS Moodle Guidance). Echo 360 – Sarah Stallebrass Sarah gave a demonstration…Continue Reading Civil Engineering Show ‘n’ Tell – 22-01-14
Leadership for a better student experience; What do senior executives need to know?
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a one-day event on ‘Leadership for a better student experience: What do senior executives need to know?’ jointly organised by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Higher Education Academy. The event’s topic, homonymous to Prof Ramsden’s 2013 stimulus paper, was particularly appealing to me on…Continue Reading Leadership for a better student experience; What do senior executives need to know?
Learning Spaces, the new frontier…
I was rather pleased to be the keynote speaker at Newcastle University’s Learning Technology event last week. I was asked to present City’s Learning Spaces project, and it was a great opportunity to promote the work we are doing, and share our experiences with the wider academic community. The event was attended by academics, Learning…Continue Reading Learning Spaces, the new frontier…
Giving iPads to students: crazy, genius or both? A three year retrospective
Three years ago in July 2010 shortly after the worldwide launch of the iPad1 the University of Minnesota hit the press for announcing that they would be providing all 450 first year students in their school of education with iPads. This quickly made national and then international news. Three years on they are still providing…Continue Reading Giving iPads to students: crazy, genius or both? A three year retrospective