Conferences & Events – Page 4 – Learning and Teaching

Review: The BETT Show 2016

By 29th February 2016 29th February 2016 Conferences & Events, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning

Learning technology enthusiasts from all over the world descended on London’s ExCel Centre last month for the 2016 Bett show, a gigantic four-day annual festival of education-facing IT that regularly attracts over 35,000 visitors from every sphere of education. Amidst the buzz, hype and the glint of shiny new kit, the Technology in Higher Education Summit attracted some big names from the HE sector, and raised some important issues. Continue reading

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Dr Edd Pitt – Students’ utilisation of feedback: a cyclical model

By 23rd December 2015 23rd December 2015 Conferences & Events, Feedback & Assessment, Open Lecture Series, Research and Publications

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this presentation, Dr Pitt proposes a conceptual cyclical assessment and feedback model which attempts to further understand the problematic nature of feedback within higher education. Whilst… Continue reading

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Ellie Russell: Student engagement – the never ending story

By 30th November 2015 30th November 2015 Conferences & Events, Debate & Ideas, Open Lecture Series, Research and Publications

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Engaging students as partners is a very popular concept but very challenging to make a reality. As such it is easy for partnership to become a buzzword… Continue reading

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APT2015: Recordings of the presentations

By 1st October 2015 1st October 2015 Conferences & Events, CPD, Learning & Teaching, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning, University of Greenwich

At this year’s APT conference we made recordings of as many of the presentations as possible; these are now available on the EDU Vimeo site, at https://vimeo.com/channels/apt2015 They can also be seen on the conference site, embedded within each presentation page. Thanks to the presenters for agreeing to share their… Continue reading

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Enhancing College-Based Higher Education: Conference Report

By 28th July 2015 28th July 2015 Conferences & Events, Research and Publications

In July 2015 I had the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on Flipped Learning at Capturing HE-ness: A Teaching and Learning Conference to Enhance College-Based Higher Education, which was hosted by the University of Greenwich Access and Partnerships Unit for our Partner College Network. Before my workshop there were two keynote sessions that… Continue reading

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Reflections on the Apple Mobile Learning Days

By br84 30th June 2015 30th June 2015 Conferences & Events, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning

Image adapted from 'Ipad is coming' by Jacco van Giessen via Flickr

On the 22nd and 23rd June 2105 the faculty of Science & Engineering organised “Apple Mobile Learning Day” events on Medway campus and in Stockwell Street respectively. My colleague Yang Yang attended in Medway, whilst I went to Stockwell Street. This interesting event demonstrated the use of a number of iPad… Continue reading

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BoB is here! Get to know him at our July workshops

By bi20 30th June 2015 30th June 2015 Conferences & Events, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning

We the librarians are extra excited that BoB (Box of Broadcasts) finally arrived in February. For a long time we’ve wanted this amazing online resource that gives you access to millions of television and radio programmes that have been broadcast on television and radio in the UK. We believe that… Continue reading

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Exploring how flipped learning supports students in developing problem solving skills [SHIFT2015]

By 29th April 2015 29th April 2015 Case Studies, Conferences & Events, Effective Practice, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning, University of Greenwich

This is a follow up post exploring the work of Dr. Tatiana Simmonds (Principal Lecturer, Computing and Information Systems Department) and Zoe Swan (Senior Lecturer in Law). The first post, Flipped classroom at the University of Greenwich: our lecturers discuss, featured an interview conversation between them and the Greenwich Connect team. This blog post offers a… Continue reading

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Paul Warwick: Sustainability Education in HE – towards a pedagogy of hope, challenge and controversy?

By 31st March 2015 31st March 2015 Conferences & Events, Learning & Teaching, Open Lecture Series, Research and Publications

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this session Paul considered the potential for Sustainability Education within Higher Education, drawing from recent international and national policy and research in support of an integrated… Continue reading

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Sparking Ideas – Sharing Educational Innovation (Shift 2015)

By 10th February 2015 10th February 2015 Conferences & Events, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

Over 140 staff and students from the across the university attended Shift 2015: Sparking Ideas – Sharing Educational Innovation organised by the Teaching Fellow Network. More than 30 colleagues presented two themed sessions, Lighting the fire and fanning the flames of inspiration and Integrating the personal with the professional to inform our teaching and learning. The conference was organised… Continue reading