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Best Practices for Hybrid Teaching
March 10, 2025
When teaching in a hybrid environment, there are a number of options available in terms of approach and technologies you can utilise to deliver the best learning experience for your students. Hybrid teaching and learning has grown in prominence in recent years, particularly following the global pandemic as we started to move back to working …
Broader Benefits of Teaching Accessibility to Students
February 10, 2025
In this guest post from the School of Psychology, Prof. Alexa Spence and Dr. Olivia Jewell discuss the benefits of teaching students about digital accessibility good practice. At the end of the post they share some of the work completed by the students. Accessibility is a real-world need for communicating research effectively. Current Issues in …
Running Peer Assessment Tasks in Moodle
January 27, 2025
As we head towards the start of the next semester, it is timely at this halfway point in the academic year to consider the ways in which Moodle can support the delivery of non-standard assessments (that is not your usual Moodle dropbox or Turnitin assignment). In this second post, we discuss one example, that of …
Group Choice Activity in Moodle
January 20, 2025
In late 2024, we introduced a new activity type to Moodle called Group Choice. This activity has many versatile applications within teaching and learning, but essentially at its core provides the ability for students to enrol themselves into a group or groups which have previously been set up on the module. Before introducing this activity, …
More insights from Teachfest SB
January 13, 2025
In this second post on the recent Teachfest at SB, Sally Hanford reflects on the poster presentations and other interesting examples of best practice in vetinary learning and sustainable practice. I always enjoy the show and tell poster sessions at Teachfest SB. It is a fast-paced, engaging format. Each speaker has just five minutes, three …
Student Drop-ins Have Now Gone Virtual
January 9, 2025
Learning Technology have launched a new team in Microsoft Teams aimed at students to help them find out more about Moodle and other learning technologies. It’s basically the student version of the (Staff) Digital Learning Drop-In team. However, we hope it might become a little more than that. Whereas the staff team is mainly for …
Exploring Playful Learning at Teachfest SB: Gamifying Education with Associate Professor Roger Saunders
January 6, 2025
As the end of 2024 drew near, Learning Technology colleagues were pleased to again be part of Teachfest SB (Sutton Bonington), an event that, each year, sparks creativity and provides new insights into teaching and learning. This year’s Teachfest was no exception. One of the highlights of the event was the thought-provoking keynote delivered by …
The iTeach Online Podcast: Artificial Intelligence in Teaching at the University of Nottingham
December 3, 2024
In this episode, Nigel Owen and John Horton delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education. They explore how AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot and others are reshaping the educational landscape by automating some tasks that traditionally required human intelligence while highlighting that students still need to use skills like critical …
The iTeach Online Podcast: More Digital Accessibility at the University of Nottingham
November 19, 2024
In this episode, Ben, Nicholas and Claire all back in the studio as the iTeach Online Podcast once again shines alight on Digital Accessibility. Simon talks with Julian Tenney, the first returning guest on this run of the pod, getting an update on things since the Digital Accessibility Conference 2024. There’s talk about where next …
Disability Recognition Month 2024
November 18, 2024
Each year, the university celebrates Disability Recognition Month (DRM). This year, we’re celebrating between Thursday 14 November and Friday 20 December. The theme for DRM 2024 follows the national theme of ‘Disability Livelihood and Employment’, highlighting the current and historical opportunities and challenges the disabled community may face when accessing work or in everyday life. Disability Recognition Month …
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