Posts By: dbiggins

How to complete the digital skills self-assessment

In response to requests for help in completing the Digital Skills Self Assessment, we have created a 9 minute video which runs through the questionnaire, explains the questions being asked and the types of responses. Click here to watch the video. Click here to complete the digital skills self assessment. This video was created using… Read more » about How to complete the digital skills self-assessment

Modular Masters Development – Building Flexible Delivery into the Curriculum

Background Masters level programmes are often delivered to diverse students populations; learners may be mature, in employment, seeking personal and professional development for promotion, from the local, regional or international areas. Flexibility is an issue that helps in recruitment as students will value being able to fit formal study into their complex lives. This paper… Read more » about Modular Masters Development – Building Flexible Delivery into the Curriculum

National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) – Preparation Workshop

Professor Stephen Tee, Dean of HSS and a National Teaching Fellow, will be leading a workshop for colleagues interested in applying for individual or team NTF status, this year or in the future. The session will be held on Wednesday June 1st at 3.00 pm in R704, Royal London house. All welcome.

A review of today’s MOOC workshop

This afternoon we held the MOOC workshop with Blackboard’s Anne Cross and Ashley Wright. According to Russell et at (2013), MOOCs are changing education.  For example MIT’s computing courses can attract over 100,000 students (Chandler 2014).  MOOCs demonstrate one way of opening up education to a much wider, global audience, many of whom would otherwise… Read more » about A review of today’s MOOC workshop

Have you completed the digital skills self-assessment?

For the digital skills self-assessment questionnaire, we currently have 174 responses.  A big thank you to all those people who have completed the online questionnaire since it was launched in February. We would ideally like all academic staff to complete the survey so can you spare 15 minutes to help us please?  Completing the questionnaire… Read more » about Have you completed the digital skills self-assessment?