ThinkSpace – A Technology Showcase and Creative Play Space
ThinkSpace is the Library’s new creative space where students and staff can experience and try out new technologies, play and create. It is designed…
#edTech Talks: Flexible Teaching at a Distance With Collaborate
In the next #edTech talks, Dr Peter Kench from the Faculty of Health Sciences and DrFrances Di Lauro from the Faculty of Arts and…
Effective Lecturing: Encouraging Students to Take Notes
There are lots of benefits in taking notes during lectures.Before slides and handouts, students used to spend the majority of the class trying to…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About – Configuring Exams
In Idea 10 of Graham Gibbs’ blog, he discusses the ideathat “Students’ marks are often determined as much by the way assessment is configured…
Small changes in teaching: Spacing out learning
In a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
Making our Digital Environment More Accessible
Week 7is the University’s Disability Inclusion Week. This week brings students and staff together each year to learn more about the experiences of people…
National Award for Innovators in Technology Enhanced Learning
Technological advances promise to change the role of the teacher and the way in which students learn. The ACODE and Pearson Award for Innovation…
Celebrating Contributions to Educational Excellence
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence expand the Vice-Chancellor’s Scheme for Outstanding Teaching to a suite of awards covering all of the University’s activities and…
Small changes in teaching: Giving them a say
In a series of articles inThe Chroniclefrom his book “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning“,James M. Lang presents simple and practical…
53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About
In Idea 40– that ‘self assessment is central to intrinsic motivation‘ – from Graham Gibb’s blog, he argues for the importance of involving students…