When Vicki and I found out a few months ago that one of the new Futurelearn MOOCs we’d be supporting was on Burns and was due to launch on Burns night (25th January 2016) we were excited and a little bit apprehensive. Excited because it’s a fabulous subject and we knew that there was a… Continue reading →
Last week was ALT-C, the annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology. This year it was down in Manchester, and – much to our surprise and delight – it was beautiful weather throughout the three days that we were visiting. Kerr Gardiner, Niall Barr and I (Sarah Honeychurch) all had presentations to give. I was first,… Continue reading →
Over the weekend, the International Association of Medical Education held its e-Learning symposium in Glasgow. Unsurprisingly, a large focus was on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with both keynote speakers focusing on this area. Professor Allison Littlejohn (Chair of Learning Technology and Academic Director of Learning & Teaching at the Open University) talked about her… 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 →
By Leah Marks. University Teacher, Medical Genetics As I looked at the calendar earlier this week, I knew the date felt vaguely familiar but couldn’t quite place it. Suddenly it dawned on me why the 19th May was engraved on my memory – it was that day last year that Glasgow’s first MOOC ‘Cancer in… Continue reading →