In 2020, when so many events that would have once taken place in person switched to being fully online ones, I feasted at the newly laden CPD table, gorging on a seemingly far higher serving of webinars, conferences and group discussions than I’d typically attend in a ‘normal’ year. This meant a deeper and accelerated…Continue Reading Shared Experience, Different Perspectives: 10 things about #ALTc21
Educational Technology Workshops The Educational Technology routine training programme is now available for term 1. The workshops in our offer are intended as basic introductions to key aspects of using technology to support teaching and learning. We have introductory sessions to technologies such as Moodle, Lecture Capture, and Poll Everywhere. Other sessions include DIY Video, Interpreting Turnitin…Continue Reading Educational Technology Workshops
Last week I attended the annual conference of BILETA, the British and Irish Legal Education and Technology Association, in the Portuguese city of Braga. The conference was hosted by the Law School at the University of Minho. The campus is full of students in traditional Portuguese academic dress, including tri-corner hat, gown, stockings and ribbons…Continue Reading BILETA conference write-up: British and Irish Legal Education and Technology Association
On the 3rd of May we ran our first SASS Innovators Lunch. Jayne Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography, School of Health Sciences presented on the effective use of Poll Everywhere in face-to-face teaching and shared with us her top tips on how to use it to enhance student learning. SASS Innovators lunch it’s a…Continue Reading SASS Innovators Lunch Event: Poll Everywhere with Jayne Morgan
Why apply for HEA Fellowship? Becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy is an opportunity to reflect on your work and demonstrate your experience to others in the HE community. In common with many other HE institutions, City is keen to see many of its staff gain this recognition. What is HEA Fellowship? There…Continue Reading How to claim your HEA Fellowship via City’s RISES scheme
In May of this year I visited the Technical University of Berlin, working alongside staff in the InnoCampus department on the Erasmus staff mobility exchange programme. InnoCampus is a team of around 20 staff, a mix of academics and support staff, who develop e-learning and IT systems which are used by the rest of the…Continue Reading ERASMUS Staff Mobility Placement – Report