It’s hard to believe just over a week ago one of the biggest learning technology events in the UK took place – the Association for Learning Technology conference, or ALT-C, as it’s known. Held at the University of Warwick between 6-8 September, 2016, the conference included some inspiring keynotes. Josie Fraser cautioned on the dangers… Continue reading →
On Friday, we were privileged to host an LTC lunchtime CPD workshop run by UCL Digital Education colleagues, Drs Clive Young and Nataša Perović, on their ABC Curriculum Design approach. There were 32 participants from across all four colleges, and the energy in the room was indicative of the huge interest generated. The ABC Curriculum… Continue reading →
Shazia and I have been using Facebook groups since 2010 (originally with Lorna Love to support what we call VPAL – virtual peer assisted learning. We’ve presented at many conferences and written papers about it, the past being at Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference in December last year (paper forthcoming). Recently Dustin Hosseini from… Continue reading →
On 4th March, LTU ran its first #BoldChat session, on the topic of blended and online learning development. The Tweetchat was inspired by having taken part in other Tweetchats like #LTHEchat which takes place on Wednesday evenings, 8-9pm UK time. Sarah and I wanted to try this bitesize CPD approach for staff at Glasgow interested… Continue reading →
Further to Sarah’s previous blog post, we will soon be running our first #BoldChat session on Twitter. We find tweetchats really useful as a form of ‘bitesize CPD’, and would like to encourage everyone interested in blended or online learning to join us. The format for #BoldChat is a slow chat which means that you… Continue reading →
Last month, I had the privilege of participating in two ELESIG (Evaluation of e-Learner Experience Special Interest Group) events, at UCL (ELESIG London) and St Andrews University (ELESIG Scotland), and an M25 Learning Technology Group meeting, also held in UCL. ELESIG London (‘Come Evaluate with me’) on 11th November was organised by Leo Havemann from Birkbeck… Continue reading →
This blog post was inspired by a fascinating discussion with Moira Rankin (Senior Archivist) and Rachael Egan (Heritage Engagement Officer) about the role of the Library’s historic collections in learning and teaching. This is a really exciting time for us in the Learning & Teaching Centre and the University as a whole. Within the last… Continue reading →
On 19th August we had a visit from David Major, the learning technologist from Futurelearn (the company we are partnered with to run some MOOCs). We currently have nine new MOOCs being developed, and it was lovely to gather together representatives from across the courses in one room. It was a lively day – David is a fount… Continue reading →
On 6th July, the University of Glasgow hosted the inaugural meeting of ELESIG Scotland. ELESIG was established in 2008 by Professor Rhona Sharpe and colleagues as a special interest group for the evaluation of e-learner experiences “to build capacity for undertaking evaluations and investigations of learners’ experiences of using technology in education”. The Scottish launch… Continue reading →