A guest post by Dr Emma Kennedy of Queen Mary, University of London as part of the #HEblogswap initiative September has always been a bittersweet time for me. Like many, I always feel that September…
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Principles of Engagement: A Student Engagement Conversation
On the 27th November, I attended a ‘Student Engagement Conversation’ event hosted by The Student Engagement Partnership (TSEP). TSEP are a joint venture, funded predominantly by the National Union of Students and Higher Education Funding…
Introducing the Blended Learning Theme
Blended Learning is increasing in popularity as an effective way to meet diverse learner requirements and offer increased flexibility for students through the integration of resources and activities in an online environment with face-to-face teaching….
Educational Technology Team Projects
Educational Technology Projects: The Educational Technology Team supports the use of educational technology through professional development, guidance, consultancy and building relationships. We work across the three themes of Blended Learning, Multimedia and Learning Spaces. Beyond our every day support…
M25 Learning Design
By: Olivia Fox & Lisa Baker The focus of the M25 was on learning design. This post looks at the presentations around learning design, tools to support the process and staff development. Maria Toro-Troconis (Imperial…
Introducing the Educational Technology Team
Educational Technology: In recent years, the range and scale of educational technologies available to City staff and students has changed radically. For example, Moodle offers a platform to provide course materials, activities and links to…
Reflections on our inspiration day
In November, Anise, Annemarie and myself took a day out to try the technique of walking and learning, as outlined in Anise’s previous post. The day was a fantastic opportunity to gain some thinking time…
Robots Invaded my Conference!
I spent last week at ELI in New Orleans, the US eLearning Conference run by Educause. My main purpose for attending was to find out more about what US institutions are doing with Learning Spaces,…
Moodle 2: Marking Strategies
There are several ways to mark on moodle. In this blog I will list three ways in which this is possible. Mark Moodle Assignments Using a Marking Record A marking record is very similar to…
Moodle 2: Ideas for Innovative Assignments
Our educational technology team have identified a number of tools that can be used to help build innovative assessments in your modules. These can be seen in the diagram below. For more ideas, visit our…