Learn from the OLE Pros
byThe start of the 2020 academic year marks the two-year birthday for the Open Learning Environment – we’re learning to walk! Across the University…
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Coming Soon: An Institution-Wide Curriculum Mapping System and Unit Outline Template
byFor the first time, the University will have an enterprise curriculum mapping software system across the institution, along with a new unit of study…
Surviving EdTech’s spin cycle without losing your mind.
byFrom the early mechanical teaching machines of Sidney Pressey (1926) and B. F. Skinner (1953) through to the current spate of apps, games, VR…
(Don’t) Make Me Think
byDuring the year 2000, in the height of the dot-com bubble, Steve Krug’s slim and conversational book Don’t Make Me Think burst onto the scene. Neither the first nor the…
Creating pencasts to explain concepts and processes
byA number of colleagues in the Business School have started experimenting with pencast videos to embed into their courses. Pencasts allow you to explain…
My experience of assessment in a fully online unit
byAs I’m currently enrolled in a fully online MSc programme, I thought I’d share some honest observations about my experience of being assessed in…