New ALT Special Interest Group for Digital Accessibility – call for officers!

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We are excited to announce the formation of a new Special Interest Group (SIG) for Digital Accessibility under the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). This initiative has been proposed by Sandra Partington and Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari from our Digital Accessibility team at LEaD, in collaboration with the Learning Technologies team at The University of Nottingham. Together, we…Continue Reading New ALT Special Interest Group for Digital Accessibility – call for officers!

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

Prepare for the new academic year – Personalise your dashboard and adjust the view of modules.

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our ninth post and will cover how to adjust the view of modules and highlight the personalisation features available to make your dashboard easier to use. If you are enrolled on multiple modules, for example if…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Personalise your dashboard and adjust the view of modules.

Prepare for the new academic year – manage notifications and emails from Moodle modules

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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 eighth post and will cover how staff enrolled as Programme Administrators can manage notifications and emails from Moodle modules. Course Office staff with Programme Administrator role access to Moodle categories are directly enrolled to modules….Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – manage notifications and emails from Moodle modules

Enhancing Inclusive Learning through Digital Innovation: A Case Study in Optometry Education, aligned with the revised PSF

Introduction The revised 2023 Advance HE Professional Standards (PSF) emphasise the use of educational and learning technologies. This is underpinned by principles of inclusive practice to support learning, for example in core knowledge dimension 4 (K4). This dimension asks individuals applying for any level of Advance HE Fellowship (Associate, Fellow, Senior, or Principal) to “apply…Continue Reading Enhancing Inclusive Learning through Digital Innovation: A Case Study in Optometry Education, aligned with the revised PSF

Prepare for the new academic year – Module checklist and graduate attributes

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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 seventh post and will cover the module checklist and the new addition of graduate attributes. Moodle module checklist for 2024-25  LEAD’s Digital Education team has updated the Moodle module checklist for 2024-25. The checklist shares…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Module checklist and graduate attributes

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

Prepare for the new academic year – Choosing and creating assessment activity

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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 sixth post and will cover choosing and creating an assessment on Moodle. Assessment Choosing an assessment activity When updating your modules, it can be difficult to assess which assessment activity in Moodle is the most…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Choosing and creating assessment activity

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?

Prepare for the new academic year – Rollover/Import and Grid Format

A module using the grid format. Each section is represented by a tile

We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our fifth post and will cover rollover/import and Grid format. Grid format is one of the course formats available in Moodle.  This format creates a grid of icons (one for each section) with short titles. If…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Rollover/Import and Grid Format