As teaching excellence become part of the HE vocabulary and with university KPIs concerning teaching qualifications becoming a growing concern for all departments, more colleagues are applying for fellowship via the Greenwich Opportunities in Learning Development framework (commonly referred to as the GOLD scheme) than ever before. The GOLD (Greenwich… Continue reading
A review of recent literature on the use of quizzes clearly associates them with positive learning outcomes, including increased student achievement, attendance, engagement, confidence and improved student learning experience. Furthermore, the use of quizzes in teaching and learning has a long tradition in all stages of education. Most of us will have grown up being quizzed,… Continue reading
The university has recently confirmed funding for the Panopto video recording and playback system, following the pilot in the first part of the year. During the pilot, we wanted to focus on four separate use scenarios: recording teaching in classrooms, using Panopto to support flipped learning approaches, providing audiovisual feedback… Continue reading
[vimeo 173747580 w=640 h=360] Box of Broadcasts National (BoB) is an online media streaming service that allows subscribers to view, request and use TV and radio programmes in teaching and learning. At present there are more than 1 million recordings in the system with more being added every day to the easily… Continue reading
What is Prezi? Approaching a tool like Prezi demands different thinking about your presentation and the story you are trying to tell. The two videos below give you hints on how to plan your sessions with Prezi and how to avoid basic Prezi mistakes: Video Tutorials The videos below deal with… Continue reading
Resources | Evaluation The Learning Spaces Project challenges the design of classroom and informal study areas, assessing how learning space design affects learning, teaching, assessment and retention. To this end, QA165/175 and the adjoining circulation area have been refurbished as digitally connected, flexible spaces for learning and teaching. The project… Continue reading
What is it? | Manuals | Videos | Extras What is it? The Nexus 7 is a tablet computer developed by Google in conjunction with Asus. It is the first tablet in the Google Nexus series of consumer devices using the Android operating system and built by an original equipment… Continue reading
How to shoot a better video | Video editing | Uploading to YouTube We have compiled some resources that you might wish to use to help edit the videos you make for students. All staff computers have Windows Live installed which includes Windows Movie Maker (all Mac machines can… Continue reading
We are currently curating resources to explain and support the use of Creative Commons in educational practice. However, we have put some helpful resources here so you can start to explore creative commons resources and enhance your teaching and learning materials and engage students in the processes of remixing and… Continue reading
What is it ? | Manuals | Videos | Extras What is it? The H1 Handy Recorder is a handheld digital audio recorder from Zoom. Manuals Videos Extras WAV or MP3? The Zoom H1 allows you to record either WAV and MP3 format files. This guide explains the differences. Continue reading