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 largest and only public university in Montevideo. The visit was centred around delivering a masters level course for teachers, librarians…Continue Reading Teaching Copyright Literacy and Open Practice in Uruguay
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 the USA in 2007, is still depressingly relevant to the UK Higher Education sector today. Armenilli suggested that Higher Education establishments…Continue Reading Innovation to mainstream: a 21st Century campus designed for Active Blended Learning
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 have introductory sessions to technologies such as Moodle, Lecture Capture, and Poll Everywhere. Other sessions include DIY Video, Interpreting Turnitin…Continue Reading Educational Technology Workshops
In just over a week’s time I will be boarding a plane to Uruguay in South America to teach for a week in the Department of Information and Communication at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo. I have planned a week of teaching which focuses on open practices, copyright literacy and broader issues related to online…Continue Reading Off to Uruguay to teach!
The M25 Learning Technology group met last Wednesday 25th July to explore, discuss and share good practice on the theme of Instructional Design and Learning Design. The event was hosted at the University of East London and facilitated by our former LEaD colleague Santanu Vasant. There were six presentations and a panel discussion, so a…Continue Reading Instructional and Learning design M25 Learning Technology Group forum
Following on from Health’s Got Talent in June (see our previous blog posts), we are sharing some of the excellent learning and teaching and practice presented at the event. In this post we will explore the use of technology to support assessment diversification, with an example from Caroline McGraw in the School of Health Sciences. Caroline…Continue Reading Innovation in Assessment: Pitching a Service Improvement Initiative
Our former LEaD colleague, Santanu Vasant, has been in touch to spread the word… It’s back – #HEblogswap, now in its third year, is on Wednesday 12th September. Who’d like to join in this year? You? Great! How do you get started? If you work in a Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching or…Continue Reading #HEblogswap 2018 – Find a blog partner, write for each other’s blog and post
The ICED conference we attended is for Academic Developers internationally and was focused on the theme of Institutional Change: Voices, Identities, Power, and Outcomes. This was topical for the sector at this time where many departments and units like ours are exploring in particular outcomes and how to measure these. We attended a pre-conference workshop…Continue Reading ICED 5th – 8th June 2018
Following on from Health’s Got Talent in June (see our previous blog post), we are sharing some of the excellent learning and teaching and practice presented at the event. In this post we will explore the use of technology to produce engaging content for students, with an example from Kat Millward in the School of…Continue Reading Blend your teaching to increase student engagement
Academic and professional staff met for an afternoon of discussion about innovative teaching approaches in the first Cass Teaching and Learning Exchange. The event was hosted by Dr Martin Rich and Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD). The first session was an introduction to the forthcoming new Business Management degrees, where Martin described how the degrees are…Continue Reading Cass Teaching & Learning Exchange