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STEM Conference 2013 – Date & Call
The HEA STEM Annual Conference 2013 Where practice and pedagogy meet will take place on 17-18 April 2013 at the University of Birmingham. The conference will explore the relationship between pedagogy...
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Developing Writing in STEM Disciplines
Special edition of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education on Writing in the STEM Disciplines The special issue of JLDHE, Developing Writing in STEM Disciplines was prompted by the...
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Social Media for Researchers
Last month I gave a presentation on Social Media for students, teachers, researchers & job-hunters to staff & students at the School of Engineering at the University of Greenwich. The talk was...
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Teaching Engineering? 2 Workshops for You
The following Engineering Teaching workshops are both in London in the coming months HEA STEM (Engineering): Workshop for postgraduate students who teach Date: 15 Feb 2013 Start Time: 11:00 am...
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Recording Presentations
This is follow-up to Monday’s SEMS Seminar: Using Video in Education. As there wasn’t time for my final slot ‘Recording Presentations’ here it is a Screencast* Further blog posts reporting on the...
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Screen Recordings as Teaching Resources
Video of a short presentation by Anton Cox explaining how he has created screen recordings as introductory material & problem solutions for his first year Programming course. The presentation was...
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Using TV & Radio Recordings in the Classroom
The university pays for a licence (ERA+) which enables recordings of certain live broadcasts to be used in the classroom and made available to students. *Update* (5th February): the university now has...
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Lecture Less
We’re looking for staff who want to do less lecturing next term. If you’re now reading hoping this is an offer to reduce your teaching hours then look away. It’s not. [inverted] Northern Elephant Seal...
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No Talking at the Back
Announcing a new workshop on using Twitter at conferences for ‘backchannel communication’, as part of the run-up to June’s Learning @ City 2013 conference. In the run-up to the university’s teaching...
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Moodle 2 for 2013/14
Introduction Here is a summary of the Moodle related changes being implemented this summer for the SLE (Strategic Learning Environment), 2013-14. If you want to read more there is a series of Moodle 2...
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Webinar: Learners’ Experience of Class Flipping
On Friday morning there is a City-hosted webinar on staff & learner’s experience of participating in a ‘Flipped Classroom’ The webinar is by Carl Reidsema & Lydia Kavanagh from University of...
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Tweetching Talent
This year, the School of Informatics Teaching Talent event is using a innovative approach for nominations. After Dark: What Can You Do? exploratorium on Flickr The School’s Teaching and Learning...
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Easy Tools Please
Requests from teaching staff for simple, friendly tools was a clear message from a couple of external events I’ve been to recently Simple tools of the trade – emilychang on Flickr At the M25 Learning...
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Teaching Talent Winners
8 prizes were awarded at the SoI Teaching Talent event last week Three Cheers by Parisa on Flickr This year’s SoI Teaching Talent event featured entries from 24 members of staff with 12 of them...
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8 Ways to Improve Your Moodle Module Page
A good practice guide for staff on how to set-up a Moodle Module page to make it easier for students to navigate, locate items and complete activities. We wrote this guide for staff working in SEMS...
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