Category: Learning & Teaching

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

RISES programme for Principal Fellowship of the HEA

This post was inspired by Lorna Saunder’s post about the RISES programme, earlier this year, which encouraged me to share my experience of the programme (Thanks, Lorna!). This academic year, I was really grateful to be involved with the RISES (Recognising Individual Staff Education Status) programme. RISES is a Continuing Professional Development route to fellowships…Continue Reading RISES programme for Principal Fellowship of the HEA

Supporting dissertation students online

The Educational Technology Team supported two small-scale projects around dissertation support and supervision. We worked with staff to provide advice and guidance on how educational technology can be used to support students undertaking a dissertation. We have drawn on lessons learned from the small-scale projects to develop a resource for staff to who are looking…Continue Reading Supporting dissertation students online

Supporting your blended learning approach

Blended Learning Picture

Blended learning is increasing in popularity as an effective way to meet diverse learner requirements and offer increased flexibility for students through the thoughtful integration of resources and activities in an online environment with face-to-face teaching. Alammary et al. (2014, p.440) in their paper on blended learning in higher education found that “[t]he question now…Continue Reading Supporting your blended learning approach

Moodle 2.8 and improved integration with Reading Lists Online

Moodle icon

This post is part of a series of blog posts introducing what’s new in Moodle 2.8. This post provides an overview of the improved integration between Reading Lists Online and Moodle. Your Moodle modules are organised in sections that are structured in topics or by week to provide relevant resources and activities to students at…Continue Reading Moodle 2.8 and improved integration with Reading Lists Online

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

Teaching cases the Harvard way….part 3 – four personal observations

This is a guest post from Vince Mitchell who is Professor of Consumer Marketing at Cass Business School at City and teaches the marketing course on the Executive MBA. In this 3-part post, Vince share’s some of his learning and observations from attending a recent seminar on case teaching by Harvard Business School. Part Three In…Continue Reading Teaching cases the Harvard way….part 3 – four personal observations

Teaching cases the Harvard way…. Part 2 – case demonstration

This is a guest post from Vince Mitchell who is Professor of Consumer Marketing at Cass Business School at City and teaches the marketing course on the Executive MBA. In this 3-part post, Vince share’s some of his learning and observations from attending a recent seminar on case teaching by Harvard Business School.  Part Two…Continue Reading Teaching cases the Harvard way…. Part 2 – case demonstration