Category: Learning & Teaching

Sharing innovations, research findings and good practice for learning and teaching.

Taking Action for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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3 December marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), an annual opportunity to reflect on and promote the rights, well-being, and inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Established in 1992, the IDPD seeks to raise awareness of disability issues and mobilise support for creating a more inclusive…Continue Reading Taking Action for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Prepare for the new academic year – Support your students to use Moodle

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our twelfth post and will cover the support available to your students to use Moodle. Learning With Moodle Module The Learning with Moodle module is available to all students and introduces them to all the major…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Support your students to use Moodle

Prepare for the new academic year – Reading Lists Online and Moodle

A module dashboard showing weekly readings under activities, and the reading list under quick links

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our tenth post and will cover Reading List Online. Reading Lists Online links in Moodle This summer, the Moodle 4 refresh has changed the way that links to Reading Lists Online display in module dashboards. There…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Reading Lists Online and Moodle

Module on the MA in Academic Practice: EDM126 in Assessment Design and Feedback

Assessment: a complex but interesting practice Do you wonder what good assessment looks like? Do you want to design inclusive and meaningful assessment that engage your students, reflect their learning, and unlock their potential to succeed? If so, the EDM126 assessment design and feedback module, offered on the second year of the MA in Academic…Continue Reading Module on the MA in Academic Practice: EDM126 in Assessment Design and Feedback

Learning and Teaching community on Teams. Where to next?

Learning and Teaching community on Teams-where to next? In 2020 the Learning and Teaching community was set up in Teams to foster a collaborative approach and build a community of practice (Lave & amp; Wenger, 1998). Professional staff and teaching practitioners came together to share their experiences by participating in informal online group sessions called…Continue Reading Learning and Teaching community on Teams. Where to next?

The 2023 Professional Standards Framework (PSF)

Background Following a sector-wide review involving over 800 academics and higher education professionals from more than 20 countries, the revised Professional Standards Framework (PSF) was launched in 2023. The PSF is a globally recognised framework to support and accredit professional development and benchmark success in teaching and learning in higher education. At City, there are…Continue Reading The 2023 Professional Standards Framework (PSF)

Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – consistency and content

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We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our second post and will cover managing content and ensuring consistency on modules across a programme. Course format Course formats in Moodle enable different layouts and structures for your module. At City, the City Course Format…Continue Reading Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – consistency and content

Prepare for the new academic year – Moodle refresh, module start dates and training

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This year, there will be only a minor refresh of Moodle, and so across the summer the Digital Education Team are offering guidance and training to staff on how they can prepare for the new academic year and refresh their knowledge of Moodle. We’re putting together a series of posts to help you prepare for…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Moodle refresh, module start dates and training

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

ISLA Community of Practice – June 2024

Are you interested in learning more about hybrid teaching and how to implement it effectively? Our Community of Practice brings together like-minded educators who are keen on exploring new ways of teaching and learning with ISLA technology. During this CoP, we will be hearing from Marc Mimler, programme director of the LLM, who recently transitioned…Continue Reading ISLA Community of Practice – June 2024