LITEbox Event
Events run as part of the LITEbox initiative
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How to manage your online profile
Another successful event ran by the Students' Union Skills Training team took place recently, on the topic of managing your online profile. Topics include social media, privacy, and tips for the perfect LinkedIn profile. The event can be viewed back...
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Using tablets and other technology in research-inspired teaching
Dr Kit Yates shared his experiences of using the media to publicise research, research inspired teaching, and also using iPads in class for teaching. A brief write up is below, and you can also download the full presentation for more...
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LITEbox event: Moodle for summative assessments to reduce marking time, minimise selective learning, and provide timely feedback
This session has happened, view the write up with case study and tips on implementation Large cohorts of undergraduate students can produce a great amount of marking in exam time. How would you like to reduce the time you spend...
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Technology Showcase
On 19 February, four short presentations took place followed by a poster display. This event showcasing the use of technology within learning and teaching from different staff across the University gave the attendees an opportunity to share and discuss ideas,...
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Improve your presentation skills
Recently, a couple of Students' Union Student Trainers ran a fantastic session to a group of students on how to improve your presentation skills. This successful event is a repeat of one which ran in Semester 1, and can be...
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Using tablets and other technology in research-inspired teaching
This event has now taken place, a write up is available including benefits and drawbacks of using the iPad to teach in lectures Dr Kit Yates is a relatively new lecturer who has been fortunate enough to have some of...
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LITEbox event: Peer evaluation discussion: Moodle Workshop & WebPA
This event has taken please, please read back the event information or watch a recording of the session This workshop will inform the participants about the Moodle Workshop facility as used for feedback on essay proposals, and will include a...
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Audience response systems
Dr Richard Joiner introduced the session, which is available to watch online, by giving the audience an example of an Audience Response System (ARS), otherwise known as an Audience Voting System (AVS) or Electronic Voting System (EVS), in this instance,...
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LITEbox event: 5x5 technology showcase
This event has now happened, please read the write up to find out more about each technology This event will consist of 4 presentations from staff around campus who each have an interesting or unique use of technology. Each presenter...
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A flipped teaching toolkit for a quantitative module
Dr Aydin Nassehi began his LITEbox session, available to watch online, by explaining a typical problem with the “standard” classroom approach: students claim to be too busy meaning they often miss lectures, tutorials and out-of-class study time, leading to a...