Case-based online self-study: a patient-centred approach to Pharmacy
February 6, 2014
Video>> Michael Randall (Life Sciences) and colleagues have produced a new Pharmacy course embodying a pre-dominantly patient-centred approach to learning. Some self-study materials, made using Xerte Online Toolkits, allow students to prepare for workshops by studying patient scenarios. (Apologies for some poor sound quality) For further information and guidance on developing online courses, visit the University’s …
Developing online study materials using Xerte Online Toolkits
January 29, 2014
Video>> Ali Curzon (Veterinary Medicine and Science) demonstrates how she teaches biology to the Preliminary Year of the six-year veterinary course (BVM, BVS with BVMedSci) using an online course she developed with Xerte Online Toolkits. This is a recording from the January 2014 E-Learning community. For further information and guidance on developing online courses, visit …
Moodle Everywhere: a new lecturer’s angle
January 13, 2014
Simon Harrison: “How are you using Moodle this semester? “As a new lecturer here, I’m experimenting in two different ways. “For my undergraduate module, I post preparatory slides ahead of time that I design to either guide students through the assigned reading or to offer a preview of the slides I’ll use in class. After …
The new Nottingham Pharmacy degree: a dual campus venture
December 5, 2013
Cristina de Matteis: “In September 2012 we launched our new four year pharmacy (MPharm) degree in Nottingham and Malaysia; the culmination of more than 3 years of planning, innovation, design and implementation. This degree is a radically new approach to the education of pharmacists and meets the new General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) standards [1]. Here …
A faculty-wide mechanism for optimising teaching
December 2, 2013
Dr Kay Bond “In common with many units across the University, the Faculty of Engineering faces a number of significant challenges, amongst which maintenance of high quality teaching and excellent student experience in the face of efficiency savings rank highly. Additional, engineering-specific, challenges come from the need to respond positively and professionally to the demands …
Lectures, Laptops, and Learning
November 26, 2013
“The beauty of YouTube is that it’s … chock-full of fantastic educational content for students and teachers alike to access and learn from.” Dr Philip Moriarty: “That quote is taken from a short blog post entitled “Serve up Some YouTube EDU This Summer” (which I stumbled across just as the summer was ending). “As someone …
The Sustainability ‘NOOC’: learning from a multi-disciplinary online course
November 25, 2013
Dr Sarah Speight: “In spring 2013, I led a pilot project to foster a sense of community amongst students and staff across our three campuses through learning together. Working with Learning Technologist Helen Whitehead, we constructed the first ‘NOOC’ or Nottingham Open Online Course, called ‘Perspectives on Sustainability’. “Helen and I came to the project …
The Teaching Transformation Programme
November 19, 2013
Prof Alan Ford: “It has been an exciting year internationally and nationally in teaching and learning, with headline grabbing news in online learning – MOOCs – and potentially radical proposals emerging for a redesign of the UK assessment regime through the adoption of GPA. Here in Nottingham we have made our contribution to these developments, …
Using Pencasts to create online learning objects
November 8, 2013
Video >> Gail Hopkins: “Computer Science is a technical subject, some areas of which can be challenging for students to grasp. Additionally the subject is such that it is important to grasp earlier concepts before moving on to more complex ideas. Therefore it is especially important that students understand concepts in a timely manner and …
Managing time and competing priorities
September 30, 2013
Video >> Students on fitting work and play into a busy schedule, making sure that the balance is right for them. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
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