This is the video from the first of our Open Lectures in Teaching and Learning for the 2014-15 academic year, in October 2014 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been much advocated and debated over the last three years. But now as the phenomenon slips down the other side of… Continue reading
Erica Sheward at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) has been using Adobe Connect in order to improve the quality of feedback given to students. Previous student questionnaires revealed that the students were generally unhappy with how feedback was given within the team. The objective of the project was to understand… Continue reading
We have recently published our schedule of workshops in teaching and learning for this academic year. You will notice that they map to a number of the UKPSF Dimensions of Practice and will therefore support preparation for HEA GOLD Fellowships. Any of the workshops can be customised for programme or… Continue reading
Helen Keegan, National Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford, gave our first open lecture of 2013/14 on Transformations in Practice and Pedagogy through Networked Creativity. Our next open lecture, “Engaging Students through Partnership” will be given by Colin Bryson and Ruth Furlonger (Newcastle University). It takes… Continue reading
This is the keynote address from the 2013 Academic Practice and Technology Conference by Prof Martin Weller. Entitled “Surviving the day of the MOOC”, it presents an overview of Martin’s experience leading a MOOC at the Open University and some personal thoughts on MOOCs in Higher Education. Continue reading
This is the keynote address from the 2013 Academic Practice and Technology Conference by Dr Rachel Armstrong entitled ‘My TEDucation: challenges and opportunities in university learning for a networked and radically open age’. She presents some fascinating insights into the modern discourses and debates around e-learning. Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this, the first Open Lecture of 2012-13, Geoff Rebbeck explores contemporary ideas on the emergence and use of personal learning space, and the challenges successful use make to curriculum… Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Andrew Douch ‘ Humanising the Classroom’ Andrew began by illustrating the slow or inadequate response of educators to changes brought about by technology compared to other professional fields. He showed… Continue reading
Professor Mark Stiles’ opening keynote focussed on the nature of innovation in HE institutions and the difficulty in fostering diffusion, engagement and embedding of good initiatives. He argued that ‘improving teaching and learning’ is no longer a sufficient rationale to gain senior management support. Innovators need to be aware both… Continue reading
Tutors are struggling to make Moodle learner friendly or to use the platform imaginatively. This is largely because there is no way to organise links to activities effectively: you cannot structure well (only list & indent), you cannot provide a narrative or clear instructions (labels are cumbersome, inadequate and display… Continue reading