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
Sli.do is a Q&A and polling platform for live events, for audiences to ask questions in real time, anonymously if they wish, and vote in live polls via their phones, tablets or computers. It could be a simple alternative to classroom response system. Yet, its free version only allows its… Continue reading
Padlet is a free content interactive tool. It enables postings in the form of “stickies” ( e.g. images, links, videos, and more) to be made on a wall and allows brainstorming, concept formation and comparisons to be done. It can be used to encourage real-time, wholeclass participation and assessment. Suggested pedagogical designs (1) Think-Share-Pair step… Continue reading
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
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
The Greenwich Connect Project Team (Simon Walker, Ralph Barthel, Antony Coombs, Mark Anderson, Michael Downes, Gosia Iwaniec, Tieska Jumbo, Lawal Muhammad, Yang Yang) were nominated for the annual ALT Learning Technologist of the Year awards this year. These awards, which have run since 2007, celebrate excellent practice and outstanding achievement… Continue reading
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
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
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
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