On the 6th June, Echo hosted an Active Learning Conference at Kings College London which members of LEaD and Educational Research and Enterprise Systems (ERES, part of IT) attended. The aim of the event was…
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Teaching academic writing: a conference in seven tweets
I recently attended one of the three days of the 9th Conference of the European Association for Teaching Academic Writing, hosted this year by Royal Holloway, University of London. As an Academic Learning Support…
Upgrading the Lecture Capture System at City, University of London
Lecture Capture is being upgraded this summer and users will benefit from a more user-friendly interface, new features and an improved experience for City, University of London’s staff and students. Why is this happening? The…
UCISA Spotlight on Digital Capabilities
This is my first blog post for the Department of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) at City, University of London, having started as Senior Lecturer in Educational Development shortly after Easter. I’m settling in well…
Learning analytics, personal tutoring and belonging: highlights from the 2017 UKAT conference
In April I attended the annual United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring (UKAT) conference at Leeds Trinity University. UKAT is a body of professional practitioners and researchers interested in all aspects of student advising and personal…
Disabled Students’ Allowance Quality Assurance Training: more than compliance
For most of us, preparation for a quality audit is not the most exciting way to spend an afternoon, so last week my colleagues from Learning Success and Student Counselling and Mental Health Services decided…
The reflective practitioner exhibition for Cass students – 5th April
‘Creative’ and ‘vocational’ are two adjectives that often come to mind when discussing what a contemporary business and management degree should look like. Both of these were in evidence at the exhibition, which tool place last…
School of Health Sciences – Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – March 2017
For the School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event this term we had Amanda Hutcherson present about Learning Gain. This is a topic that has had funding from HEFCE for research. What is…
LEaD Writing Group – Developing your creativity
This month’s theme for the LEaD Writing Group was creativity. We started by using an activity suggested by Heather Leach in The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion. Stretch the imaginative muscle (Leach, 2014)….
Creating multimedia resources with Powtoon
The Academic Learning Support team has collaborated with the Multimedia team to produce a series of short animations in which City students provide study skills tips to their fellows. This post outlines the process for…