Getting ‘Waterside ready’
As Learning Designers, my colleagues Rob, Julie and myself are always looking for ways to help staff with the transition to Waterside and in (re-)designing their modules and programmes to take account...
View ArticleGetting started with Quality Blended Learning
Q: How do you eat an elephant? A: One bite at a time! The move to Waterside can seem as if it isn’t really that long away, given all that you may feel you have to do inbetween now and then. Wondering...
View ArticleCountdown to Waterside – key dates
At the recent Learning and Teaching Conference, the Learning Design team hosted a ‘cracker barrel’ table to help staff think about how to approach course (re)design. Those that came to the session were...
View ArticleTalking CAIeRO with Sue Everett
In March/April 2014, Sue Everett, Kirsty Mason and Stuart Allen in the School of Helath underwent a CAIeRO on their three modules for the PGC in Public Health. Initially redesigned for fully online...
View ArticleTalking Blended Learning with Sue Everett
Having redesigned her Leading Public Health Practice module from being fully face-to-face, to blended, Sue Everett in the School of Health, reflects on the skills she developed in the process and how...
View ArticleWatering down Waterside
[Posted on behalf of Jim Harris] The following presentation by Dr. Rachel Maunder entitled “Watering down Waterside” provides a summary of a similar presentation delivered at the School of Social...
View ArticleSylvie Lomer (Centre for Achievement and Performance) Active and blended...
In this video Sylvie talks about how she has been changing the delivery of academic skills to develop the the level of integration between generic academic skills and subject specific skills. In...
View ArticleJames Smith: Blended Learning in Studio Based Modules
In this video James talks through the ways that he has changed his use of NILE to make learning more interactive and to ensure students are better prepared for class.
View ArticleWaterside Discussions, Part 1
The Learning Design team recently met up with Terry Neville (Chief Operating Officer) and Jane Bunce (Director of Student and Academic Services) to discuss a number of Waterside related issues. Among...
View ArticleHow Do I Make An Effective Educational Video?
It’s no easy thing to create an interesting, engaging and effective educational video. However, when developing educational presentations and videos there are some straightforward principles that you...
View ArticleCAIeRO and Waterside Readiness
Are you wanting to change your modules for SEPTEMBER 2017? Do you need to be Waterside ready? Perhaps the learning outcomes don’t work anymore? Or you want to change your teaching methods? Or the...
View ArticleSupport for key milestones towards Waterside
The move to Waterside is fast approaching, and there are a number of important deadlines this year for us as staff members getting ready for the move. With this in mind, here’s a quick timeline that...
View ArticleGetting started with Quality Blended Learning
Q: How do you eat an elephant? A: One bite at a time! The move to Waterside can seem as if it isn’t really that long away, given all that you may feel you have to do inbetween now and then. Wondering...
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