The Reflective Practitioner: shared experience of designing a new module

In June 2010, City University Careers Service contributed to a conference which included presentations by myself (visiting lecturer at Cass Business School) and PWC’s recruitment team. I asked PWC what were the two major areas where graduates from UK universities fell most short of employer’s needs. The answer from PWC was direct: self-awareness and reflection…Continue Reading The Reflective Practitioner: shared experience of designing a new module

Leaving audio feedback using GradeMark

Are you using GradeMark in Turnitin to provide feedback to students? Did you know you can now record audio feedback on student assignments? You can record up to three minutes of feedback on each student assignment allowing you to personalise your feedback. In the Sounds Good JISC project students remarked positively on receiving audio feedback…Continue Reading Leaving audio feedback using GradeMark

Pre-Conference Talk! with Neal Sumner

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Pre-Conference Talk! with Neal Sumner While you are waiting for the conference to kick off, we present our “Pre-Conference Talk!” series where some of our presenters describe what they will be speaking about on the day. Our first Pre-Conference Talk is with Neal Sumner, Senior Lecturer in Learning Development, City University London. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNbkCuZxcY&feature=plcp] REGISTER NOW LEARN…Continue Reading Pre-Conference Talk! with Neal Sumner

The first episode in the Educational Vignettes podcast – an interview with Dr Keith Pond from the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University

Presenting the first episode in our Educational Vignettes podcast series! With the Cass learning development showcase coming up on May 22nd, and themed on ‘Efficient and Effective Feedback’, Sandra and I (at the LDC) carried out a sector review of other business schools across the country, to see how they were performing in terms of…Continue Reading The first episode in the Educational Vignettes podcast – an interview with Dr Keith Pond from the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University

A New Learning Space Comes to City

As part of the ongoing Learning Spaces Project, the LDC has been working together with School of Health Sciences (SHS), Properties and Facilities, Timetabling, and Information Services to put together a new computer lab space in College Building. This new space will be a departure from labs as we know it: half of the room…Continue Reading A New Learning Space Comes to City

Learning @ City 2012 Conference Launch

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Are you aiming for Gold in Assessment & Feedback? This week sees the launch of the Learning at City 2012 Conference . City University London staff and students are invited to attend the 4th Annual Learning at City Conference which focuses on improving student learning through enhanced assessment & feedback. The one day event will include:…Continue Reading Learning @ City 2012 Conference Launch

My Story: Student Engagement in Curriculum Design

  THIS POST IS WRITTEN BY NATASHA KAPADIA. For the last year, I Natasha am the Research Assistant on the PREDICT (Promoting Realistic Engaging Discussions in Curriculum Teams) project working at the Learning Development Centre, in City University London. The main purpose of the project is to look at Curriculum Design at City and four…Continue Reading My Story: Student Engagement in Curriculum Design

A Successful Student Experience: Implications for Academic Performance.

This event was organised by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education Tuesday 8th May Queen Mary’s University of London Judging Teaching Excellence – A Student Achievements Awards perspective. The day started with a presentation from Craig Best, Vice-President Academic Representation from Brunel University. Craig outlined the student led teaching awards which have been introduced at…Continue Reading A Successful Student Experience: Implications for Academic Performance.

Educational Excellence and Creativity: the undergraduate curriculum

The new landmark Central St. Martins building at Kings Cross When City University set up the multidisciplinary centre for creativity, there was an idea that all UG degrees would include creativity in the first year curriculum. This did not really progress, and I have been reflecting on why. My thoughts on this were stimulated by…Continue Reading Educational Excellence and Creativity: the undergraduate curriculum

Social Media for Training Review

I attended the UCISA Social Media for Training Conference and here are my take-away points.  Ideas for online tools to develop more effective meetings At the LDC, we’ve been thinking of more effective ways of managing meetings and I got some ideas from Joe Nicholls who presented on a staff development workshop which look at…Continue Reading Social Media for Training Review