In 2013, several University of Greenwich lecturers from the Primary and Secondary Education departments participated in a project called “Development of the use of ICT in PE and Sport: iPad”. The project team consisted of Dr. Jackie Farr, Andrew Flynn, Andy Freeman, Alex Gibson, and Roz Hornsby. They were… Continue reading
What do we mean by Community of Practice (CoP)? Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991) introduced the notion of communities of practice in their book Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. They highlight however, that the COP notion has been around since human beings chose to group together and form societies. Therefore,… 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
Introduction Twitter is “a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting” (Twitter, 2011) and currently has around 255 million monthly active users (Twitter, 2014). Twitter allows you to post short messages called tweets, that other users can view and in turn you… Continue reading
Introduction Students might be active on other social network websites such as facebook, Google+ and twitter but quite often ignore one of the most powerful professional networks out there: LinkedIn (Johnston, 2011). LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional online network with more than 300 million members in over 200 countries… Continue reading
Exploring landscapes of distance learning A major focus for the Greenwich Connect team here at the University of Greenwich is to explore and identify best practices in online distance learning, and to encourage and support innovation in this field within the University community. This post is the first in a series… Continue reading
Paul Simpson uses cameras with his PR students. As part of their course the students are presented with weekly briefs. In the past the students focused on simply describing the role of images in campaigns but now they are given an opportunity to create the images themselves and experience the… 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