My name is Wim Vandekerckhove, and I’m a Principal Lecturer from Faculty of Business. I used equipment provided by the 2014/2015 Seed fund as part of a digital research theme using Google Nexuses with my Business Ethics Course. Below I share some reflections. The project Last autumn, we ran a… Continue reading
Dr. Edna Solomon teaches an undergraduate Economics course, ECON1083: ‘Global Macroeconomics” at the University of Greenwich. This course is an optional module and has been taught for the past two years. The course has been delivered over two terms, by two different tutors. While the number of hours differed for each… Continue reading
Paul Simpson challenged his students to record and present themselves and their ideas visually. The objective was to “provide students with enhanced opportunities to put ideas into practice on specific practice-based PR challenges, encouraging student led, and user generated content.” Continue reading
In this post Greenwich academics David Watson and Caron Jones share their experiences of using twitter with their students. Continue reading
Andrew Ferrier from the Faculty of Business used equipment provided by the 2013/14 Seed Fund round as part of an investigation into alternative methods of assessment. The primary goal of assessment is to allow students to demonstrate the depth of subject knowledge that they have acquired. Andrew set out to… Continue reading
Introduction Pinterest is “is a tool for collecting and organizing things you love” (Pinterest, 2013) but can also be used to share and find online content. The main difference between social bookmarking sites like delicious and Pinterest, is that Pinterest concentrates far more on visual content than text based links.… Continue reading
Andrew Ferrier in the Business School uses podcasting to develop and assess students’ presentation skills. Throughout the duration of the course students are expected to submit 4 pieces of coursework, one of them in a form of a podcast. Podcasting is embedded within the course programme and assessment with a… Continue reading