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 …
Teaching and Learning at UNNC
November 20, 2013
Prof Julie Sanders: “It has been a busy start of the year here at UNNC. Our student induction weeks took place at the start of September and included family ‘Q and A sessions’ in each of our three Faculties and lots of student-led events. We now have a growing group of international students from over …
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, …
Learning in groups – seminars and projects
October 14, 2013
Video >> Student views on the value of learning with others and ways to make sure the group works together well. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
Making use of the library
October 7, 2013
Video >> Library staff and our students talk about what’s in the libraries and how they use them in their studies. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
Getting used to studying at University
September 23, 2013
Video >> Students talk about what it was like starting at University and how they’ve got used to the new ways of working and the new expectations on them and their learning. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
Students on placement: supporting learning with a Mahara portfolio
September 2, 2013
Judith Wayte: “Don’t ask what the technology can do for you, rather what the pedagogy needs – Gilly Salmon; Professor of e-learning and learning technologies, University of Leicester” “Say at the outset – it’s just a piece of software” “I first used the first of these quotes when giving a presentation at the Assessment in …
Blended learning approaches to teaching computer science to a diverse audience
August 22, 2013
Gail Hopkins: The Context “The School of Computer Science offers several MSc courses of which the MSc in Information Technology and the MSc in Management of Information Technology are the most popular. These two MSc courses are taken by students from a range of nationalities including UK and non-EU overseas students. As such some students …
Using online portfolios to facilitate feedback, provide evidence of progress and encourage the development of academic skills’
August 14, 2013
David Button: Context: “CELE is an international centre based on three campuses, the UK, Malaysia and China. In the UK CELE run 4 terms of Pre-session English for Academic Purposes courses taking students at 4 levels of English competence. Students are a mixture of undergraduates and postgraduates. All 400+ students will be using an e-portfolio …
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