The first Educational Multimedia Group meeting ran on 10th February at our Mac lab in Goswell Place. Academic and professional services staff, who had previously made use of our facilities, were invited to this special interest group. We had a great turnout with over 20 members attending, with representation from every school. Mo Pamplin, who…Continue Reading Educational Multimedia Group
Multimedia Training Sessions and Initiatives
The multimedia team are setting up a number training sessions and initiatives to help staff engage with the use of multimedia in their teaching, If you would like to take part in any of these then please complete the form at the bottom of the page. Training Sessions Conference poster design using Adobe Photoshop Learn…Continue Reading Multimedia Training Sessions and Initiatives
Augmented Reality for Student Induction
The Journalism department recently completed their welcome week for undergraduate students. Part of their induction was delivered using augmented reality, for the second year running. Students were arranged into groups and each group received an iPad. They were asked to visit five locations across the university. Using the Aurasma app they found and scanned an…Continue Reading Augmented Reality for Student Induction
Video projects in the Multimedia theme
The Multimedia theme within the Educational Technology team of LEaD has been busy working on a number of video resource projects. As well as supporting staff in the business of creating their own video and audio resources, for example podcasts, screencasts and webconferencing, we can guide you through the entire process of shooting video for…Continue Reading Video projects in the Multimedia theme
Introducing the Multimedia theme of LEaD
At City we are seeing more and more people using multimedia to create revision presentations, online lectures for use in approaches such as the flipped classroom, demonstrations of clinical or experimental procedures, and simulations of professional practice. We’ve seen staff present their work at events such as the Learning at City conference, Health’s Got Talent,…Continue Reading Introducing the Multimedia theme of LEaD
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 a host of tools, lecture capture can record live presentations, CampusPress is our blogging tool, Turnitin supports online assessment, staff…Continue Reading Introducing the Educational Technology Team
Educational Technology Team Themes & Projects
This post shares photos of the Educational Technology Team and how we work across three themes and undertake numerous projects. Educational Technology Team members are organised into the three themes of: Blended Learning Multimedia Learning Spaces This aligns with institutional priorities and enables the team to support, discover and promote a range of educational technology…Continue Reading Educational Technology Team Themes & Projects
City University London staff – tell us about your experiences of using educational technology
Audience: City University London Staff Learning Enhancement & Development are looking at future educational technology developments and we are looking for input from City University London staff. Tell us about your experience of using educational technology and what enhancements you would like to see in the future by completing the staff educational technology survey. It…Continue Reading City University London staff – tell us about your experiences of using educational technology
Media and Learning Conference, Brussels, December 2013
In early December I attended the Media and Learning Conference 2013, held in Brussels at the Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs en Vorming or Flemish Ministry for Education. On reflection, this was an enjoyable but predictable conference which left me with the impression that there is in Europe the same enthusiasm for developing multimedia in…Continue Reading Media and Learning Conference, Brussels, December 2013
Video-making Skills at City
There is a sizable video community at City University (learning technologists, the AV department, the SU and careers to name just a few) and we recently met up in the MILL to find out: How we see our current skill levels in video-making Which areas of video-making we would like to develop Which areas could…Continue Reading Video-making Skills at City