Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference – new developments
photo credit: adesigna via photopin cc New developments for Blackboard I mentioned in an earlier post that Blackboard are becoming more responsive to their local markets. The ugly phrase they used to describe this is ‘countrification’. As a result of this several new features and changes to design were unveiled at the Blackboard Teaching […]
The Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference – two views of ‘learner-centred’
photo credit: ransomtech via photopin cc The idea of putting learners at the centre of learning was a theme that ran through many of the presentations, including the main Blackboard corporate presentations at the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference in Dublin at the beginning of May. However, I noticed two different views of ‘student-centred’ learning. […]
The Problem with Plagiarism Detection Software
photo credit: Jisc via photopin cc Here’s a discussion between two students ‘from a prestigious university’, reported by McKenna and Hughes (2013): Don: what is the extent to which we’re allowed to plagiarise, 17% or something? Mark: No, it’s just like 20%, but I mean that’s all […]
Learning and Teaching Conference 2014
This year’s Leicester Learning and Teaching Conference is looking at enhancing students learning through links between teaching and research, and the call for papers is now open. Leicester’s Teaching-Research Nexus? Enhancing student learning through linkages between teaching and research Date: 8th July 2014 Time: 9:30 am – 5.00 pm Location: Bennett Building, Main Campus, University of Leicester Further […]
Workshop: 7 things you need to know about … Lecture Capture
This lunch time drop in session – April 11th, 12:30-1:30 – is designed for busy academic teaching staff with little time to attend workshop on pedagogical areas they would like to ‘find out a bit more’ about. Bring along your lunch and get involved in small group and large group discussions with colleagues. Thinking and […]
College Learning & Teaching Forum: March 20th
The second face-to-face meeting of the College Learning & Teaching Forum is scheulded for March 20th, 2014. This session will be hosted by Tracey Dodman (Criminology) and Dr. Phil Wood (Education) and is titled “Using iPads and other mobile technologies to support learning“. Tracey and Phil will recount their different experiences of using iPads and […]
NMC Horizon Report, 2014
Every year the New Media Consortium (NMC), in partnership with the Educause Learning Initiative, release a series of reports for different education sectors on key trends, significant challenges and important developments recognized in the fields of education. “The eleventh edition will describe annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, a more than decade-long research project designed […]
Hot Desk Dates: December 2013
The next hot desk visits from your college Learning Technology Assistants will be at the end of January. We felt that the timing of the December hot desk, a week earlier than normal, would be too soon after the previous visit, and the last week of term before Christmas is not an ideal time either. […]
Hot Desk Dates: November 2013
To support the departments within the College both Stephen and myself will again be available on our regular ‘hot desk’ . To accommodate room availability and staff absences the dates for hOctober are: Criminology – November 26th Economics – November 26th Education – November 29th Lifelong Learning – November 28th Management – November 29th Media & Communications – November […]
Hot Desk Dates: October 2013
To support the departments within the College both Stephen and myself will again be available on our regular ‘hot desk’ . To accommodate room availability and staff absences the dates for October are: Criminology – October 29th Economics – October 30th Education – November 1st Lifelong Learning – October 31st Management – Novermber 1st Media […]
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