Rachel Applegate
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Rachel Applegate24th April 2018
Working in partnership with students - CAN 2018
The Change Agents’ Network is a network of staff and students who work ‘in partnership to support curriculum enhancement and innovation’. It is supported by Jisc. This year’s annual conference took place in Winchester. The theme was ‘Partnerships in an...
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Rachel Applegate9th April 2018
Learning Technology - What's out there? Learning Analytics
Welcome to our short blog series as we highlight learning activities and technologies you want to know more about. This month we'll tell you about... Learning analytics ‘Learning analytics refers to the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about...
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Rachel Applegate18th September 2017
Assessment and Feedback case study - Using a rubric
Over the summer we've continued to work with members of staff in the Faculty on the series of case studies looking at the theme of Assessment and Feedback. In the latest case study, Dr Sabina Gheduzzi (Department of Mechanical Engineering)...
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Rachel Applegate18th July 2017
Learning technology - What's out there? Peer assessment
Welcome to our short blog series as we highlight learning activities and technologies you want to know more about. This month we'll tell you about... Peer assessment Peer assessment is when students assess and provide feedback on each others' work....
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Rachel Applegate8th June 2017
Assessment and Feedback - Case Studies
Following on from the workshop on using the Moodle assignment tool, Yvonne Moore and Rachel Applegate (Faculty Learning Technologists) have been working with staff in the Faculty on producing a series of case studies. Coming soon! The Learning and Teaching...
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Rachel Applegate1st December 2016
Questions, questions, questions!
It’s the second week of semester. There are frequent knocks at the door, and emails pinging in to the inbox on a constant basis. First year students have so many questions to ask, and need reassurance that they are on...
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Rachel Applegate1st November 2016
FED Learning Technologies survey prize winner
Firstly, a big thank you to staff who completed the Faculty of Engineering and Design Technology Enhanced Learning survey. There were 50 respondents. The results give us some useful insights in key areas including which learning technologies are a high...
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Rachel Applegate30th September 2016
TEL: latest news... Moodle upgrade and more
With Induction week drawing to an end, it already seems a while since the summer months. During that time, we have upgraded to Moodle 3.0, and we also have a new look Moodle theme. I’m sure you will have already...
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Rachel Applegate16th September 2016
Sharing thoughts from the Association for Learning Technology conference (ALT-C 2016)
Last week I made a trip to the University of Warwick for the Association for Learning Technology conference (ALT-C 2016). I joined on the final day of the three day event. Even attending for just one day, there was a...
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Rachel Applegate10th March 2016
Faculty of Engineering & Design Technology Enhanced Learning: event write up
Last week saw the first Faculty of Engineering & Design Technology Enhanced Learning event. The event followed on from on from last semester’s LITEbox Technology Panel Debate chaired by Peter Lambert. Jos Darling (Mechanical Engineering), Marcelle McManus (Mechanical Engineering), Mirella...