Heading back into the room Early 2022, the tide of the immediate pandemic crisis was beginning to recede. Like many of us, I found myself reacclimatising to not having to focus on such a regular and consistent basis on Covid mitigations. As Winter turned to Spring, I began dipping my toe back into being in the physical…Continue Reading Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
This is the second post in my #ArchiveReflections series – a collection of blog posts that look back on events that I’ve participated in in some way but not yet managed to write about. In the summer of 2018, I presented a workshop at the Advance HE Teaching and Learning conference, titled ‘Learning to…Continue Reading Advancing HE in Aston: 10 Things
Building on their work in learning analytics, Jisc are working on a research and development project in the area of the intelligent campus. One aspect of the intelligent campus is to look at ways to use data to be able to make smarter use of a university or college estate, for considerations like improving…Continue Reading Jisc’s ‘Intelligent Campus’ comes to City
2018 was my fourth year to attend Bett, one of the world’s largest educational technology trade events, and my third time as a speaker. This is the first of two posts, reflecting on the actual event itself and looking back on the session I convened as part of it. Setting the scene A comment often…Continue Reading Getting Better: On Tech Bazaars in Aircraft Hangars (1/2)
Do you use tools like Skype or Adobe Connect in your teaching or collaborative research? Have you ever tried to bring a remote speaker into a seminar, or attempted a live collaboration between people at different sites? How well do your webinars run, when all participants are dispersed across different sites? On Wednesday Feb 21st…Continue Reading ‘I’ll Skype You In’ – LEaD event for International City Week
The School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event this term returned to the three presentation format on the 14th June, following a single workshop format for the past few innovators events, with Alison Coutts, Maggie Tarling and Ellie Taylor (from the Nursing Division in the School) on the topics of team-based learning, certainty…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences – Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – June 2017
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
The second School of Health Sciences Simulated Practice Showcase took place on 6th April 2017 , following the first event back in July 2016. The event was facilitated by Janet Hunter in the School of Health Sciences and Professor Clive Holtham, from the Cass Business School. There were five presentations in all, which covered a…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences Simulated Practice Showcase April 2017
Following the success of the 1st Teaching and Learning Innovators Event in January, we as LEaD at SHS put on the 2nd Teaching and Learning Innovators Event on Monday 23rd May 12-1pm, focused around mobile learning. 20 people attended. #cityshstl 2nd T&L event running @CityUniHealth @thehealthflash and Betty Matthew presenting – great turnout! pic.twitter.com/5StCrhUA3G —…Continue Reading School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Innovators Event – May 2016