Health’s got talent: Games with aims

  This blog is a review of the work we presented at the Health’s Got Talent event in May 2015. This year we gave an overview of the way games and simulation were used within the ultrasound programme and were fortunate to be awarded the “gold award” for teaching innovation. This blog gives an insight into…Continue Reading Health’s got talent: Games with aims

Shaping the Future of Learning Together – Day 2 at ALT-C 2015

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The Annual Association for Learning Technology conference (ALTC) took place from the 8th – 10th September, with the theme of ‘Shaping the Future Together’. I attended the second day of the conference as it had elements of Learning Spaces that I was interested in. This post are my highlights, along with a recording on the…Continue Reading Shaping the Future of Learning Together – Day 2 at ALT-C 2015

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

New Course Officer Role in Moodle

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Audience: City University London staff. A new Course Officer role is now available in Moodle. This role will make it easier to indicate the key module contacts to students. Staff who are enrolled as Course Officers on a module will appear in the link to Course Officers from the Module Dashboard which is available on…Continue Reading New Course Officer Role in Moodle

10 tips for first time presenters at an international conference

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) was held in Greece in early July, the first international conference held overseas I’d presented at. Here are ten reflections based on the experience that might be helpful for any other first time presenters at an international conference. Submit a good proposal The route…Continue Reading 10 tips for first time presenters at an international 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

What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment

Twenty-Second International Conference on Learning – What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment 9-11 July 2015 Madrid Spain. The conference opened with two good plenary sessions. One was from Diana Laurillard, Institute of Education, UK focused on ‘Our Challenge: Teachers must own the learning analytics that will solve education’s problem’s. Diana…Continue Reading What counts as Learning? Big Data, Little Data, Evidence and Assessment

Moodlemoot 2015, a conference about Moodle!

I was fortunate to be able to attend this year’s Moodlemoot, hosted by Dublin City University (DCU) on 11th-14th May 2015. As an Educational Technologist supporting blended learning, Moodle plays a big role in my working life, and this was an interesting and valuable opportunity to spend time with other Moodle users, including developers, educators,…Continue Reading Moodlemoot 2015, a conference about Moodle!

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