The University of London Centre for Distance Education has opened registration for their annual conference, Research and Innovation in Distance Education and E-learning 2019, which will be held on Friday 15th March in Senate House, University of London. The title of this year’s conference is ‘Addressing the challenges of digital education: Professional development and student…Continue Reading Register for the Research and Innovation in Distance Education and E-learning Conference 2019
Academic Literacies and EAP: Same or different?
This conference was held at the University of Essex on 24th November this year, and arranged jointly by BALEAP (the English for Academic Purposes association in the UK) and ALDinHE. It was the first of its kind in the UK. While Academic Literacies as an approach focuses on the learning history of the student and…Continue Reading Academic Literacies and EAP: Same or different?
Job opportunity: Technical Analyst (Learning Analytics)
City are looking for a Technical Analyst (Learning Analytics) to support the Learning Analytics Project (LeAP). The selected candidate will work closely with the LeAP Project team in this exciting new role. The project is exploring how Learning Analytics can be used to improve students’ educational experience and support the institution’s education performance indicators relating…Continue Reading Job opportunity: Technical Analyst (Learning Analytics)
Can you help us to improve Moodle?
Last academic year we redesigned Moodle. We would like to get insights into how usable the design is and to get feedback on your satisfaction with the redesign. We are inviting staff to give their feedback through “Thinking Aloud Tests”. This will involve undertaking tasks on Moodle and describing what you see, think, like, dislike,…Continue Reading Can you help us to improve Moodle?
DALI Summer 2018 Learning Spaces
The Designing Active Learning Initiative (DALI) project, spent the Summer busily focussing on our third year of works, to deliver updated educational technology in 29 learning spaces, in time for the start of the new academic year 2018/19. This year one main focus was on updating PC labs spaces in College Building as these PC…Continue Reading DALI Summer 2018 Learning Spaces
Learning by doing: A new Master’s course in conducting interviews
When I went on my first field trip to interview research participants, the advice I received was, ‘just go for it; you’ll learn how to conduct interviews as you go’. Indeed, the more interviews I conducted, the better I got, but perhaps with more training, the first handful I did would not have been so…Continue Reading Learning by doing: A new Master’s course in conducting interviews
Sugar, cortisol, and me
As exam season looms, revision advice is a common topic of interest for a lot of students coming to Academic Learning Support one-to-one sessions. We tell them they need to ‘look after themselves,’ and this has to include eating properly, but what does that mean, and is there a diet that can improve their revision…Continue Reading Sugar, cortisol, and me
University Mental Health Day 2018
University Mental Health Day is today (1st of March). This year’s theme is CommUNIty. There is a long and well established link between mental health and community. A sense of belonging, social support and your environment can directly affect your mental wellbeing. Thinking about this theme really resonates with many people’s experiences as a student…Continue Reading University Mental Health Day 2018