
Decolonising the Curriculum: How is black history taught in schools?
Dr Angelina Osborne has just given a thought-provoking talk on how black history is taught in schools, and it illustrates why we need to reconsider our disciplines in terms of race and gender. Firstly, certain perspectives, contributions and forms of knowledge are lost or missing, and as such our disciplines are incomplete. And secondly, the […]
Ten things you can do to your module… without filling in a form
It’s late in the Autumn semester, with the curriculum change period looming, and many of you will be digging out old module forms, and working out what you need to change over the next couple of years. But put down those pens / close down Word! You might be surprised to know that you can […]
How video can support active learning
I recently attended the Panopto EMEA Annual Conference in London. This conference provides an opportunity for sharing best practice and to learn about latest developments in using video for learning and teaching. The theme this year was ‘Your video learning ecosystem’ and the agenda covered how academics are using video to enhance their students’ […]

Quizzes in Reflect recordings
Did you know you that you can add quizzes to your Reflect recordings? This feature can add a level of interactivity to recordings and presents a number of learning and teaching opportunities. You can use the Quizzes guide to discover how to add a quiz to your recording. This article will highlight how to use […]

A DIPtastic spread at the Medical School’s Lunchtime Seminar!
Last Tuesday (06-11-2018) the Digital Innovation Partnership (DIP) was kindly invited by Prof Liz. Anderson to present some of last year’s excellent digital enhancement projects at the Medical School’s Lunchtime seminar. Under the enjoyment of a light lunch Nicola Baker (Physiotherapy), Andrew Gulley (ODP Education) and Terese Bird, Nasif Mahmood and Vanessa Rodwell (Medical and Social […]
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Come with us if you want to live [digitally]!
With a new T-shirt (hence the Terminator reference) and a new theme (assessment and feedback) the Digital Innovation Partnership is back with a bang. Yesterday (07/11/2018) the first planning session of the Academic year took place in the brand new Digital Reading Room and saw staff and students from Informatics and Economics plan […]
Inclusivity in higher education: a learning developer’s perspective
It’s been really encouraging to see the renewed focus on inclusivity in recent weeks and months, and hopefully this will lead to real positive changes in the way we teach, assess and support learning. Here I want to outline, from a learning development perspective, what I think are important, but sometimes somewhat neglected, questions when […]
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