Yesterday we hosted the first meeting of the new East Midlands Learning Technologists’ Group with over 30 colleagues from across the region (HE, FE and corporate sector) in attendance. It was great to be able to share experiences with people in similar roles and the future looks promising for the group. We all face similarRead more
The Loughborough Student Charter, 2013-2014, is the third edition of a resource which is updated annually by the University’s Learning and Teaching Committee in conjunction with staff, students and student representatives from across campus. In addition to the leaflets, posters and posterboards that have just gone to print and which will be made available to colleagues in goodRead more
If you read the sister blog to this one, the E-learning Blog, you’ll know that the Teaching Centre is running a project next year called Tablets in Learning and Teaching (TiLT). It’s clear there is a lot of interest in this area among academic colleagues because within a matter of hours after sending out anRead more
From August 1st, we will be using Adobe Connect Pro v9 as our standard web conferencing / online classroom software. An outline of the program is available in this leaflet and in this Getting Started Guide. Initial tests indicate that the web meetings have better audio and video quality than previously, and the system works in a very similarRead more
Those of you wondering where the summer has gone should stop worrying, it’s only starting. However, if you’re already considering how to plan across 2013-14, you might find the University Calendar 2013/2014 which is created annually by Clare Wright (Senior Administrative Assistant, Mathematics Education Centre) to be helpful. Further details regarding the academic year ahead, including StudentRead more
Last Friday lunchtime I posted an announcement to academic staff via Learn [for non Loughborough staff: Moodle] requesting expressions of interest in our Tablets in Learning and Teaching project for next academic year. I was amazed by the response, with 40 expressions of interest received to date. At a time when it can be difficultRead more
Currently appearing in the international journal European Political Science as an advance online publication, Helen Drake from the Department of Politics, History and International Relations (PHIR) has just published an article entitled “Learning from peers: the role of the student advisor in internationalising the european studies curriculum”. The abstract reads: “This article asks whether student peer advisors can contributeRead more
Earlier this year, M.Carolina Escobar-Tello and Tracy Bhamra (both Loughborough Design School) published an article entitled “Happiness as a harmonising path for bringing higher education towards sustainability” in the international and multidisciplinary journal Environment, Development and Sustainability. The abstract reads: “This paper is a reflection of an innovative project that complements existing higher education for sustainableRead more
Our lecture capture mini-conference took place yesterday in the Keith Green Building (with thanks to CEDE for their support). The theme was: Pedagogy, policy and support: taking lecture capture to the next level and the mix of pedagogically and technically oriented sessions addressed this theme head-on. One of the main points emerging from the dayRead more
Yesterday I was one of the presenters at our lecture capture conference (about which more in my next post). I’d decided that hosting the event, giving the welcome address, presenting a workshop session, and chairing the closing plenary wasn’t stressful enough (!) so I decided to try ouy our new iPad Mini as a presentationRead more