Technology Enhanced Learning

During the summer/autumn of 2016 we asked academic staff in the Faculty to complete our Technology Enhanced Learning survey. The survey aims to inform our planning so we can better support teaching staff. In discussion with the Associate Dean for...

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...

Our third event saw Dr John Orr describe how he and his colleague, Dr Saverio Spadea, used a web conferencing tool called Adobe Connect to deliver a successful, blended workshop – with 20 participants on campus and another 50 online....

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...

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...

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...

Focus on Assessment & Feedback This event enabled teaching staff to share an example of how they’ve used technology to enhance assessment and feedback activities.  We recorded this to share with everyone and here we offer a brief summary. (The...

Please come along to the second Technology Enhanced Learning event on 24 June 2016 11:15-12:05, CB 3.5 Assessment and feedback using the Moodle rubric - Sabina Gheduzzi (Mechanical Engineering) Using a Moodle database for peer assessment with a large cohort...

Have we met yet? We've been introducing ourselves through meetings and events (such as the Faculty TEL event), but if we've not yet had the chance to speak with you, here's a reminder of who we are and what we...

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...