Student participants are required for a new research project conducted by staff within STEER, which aims to explore students’ experiences with online teaching and learning, to establish areas of priority and concern. The project takes place between February and April 2021 and involves keeping a diary and attending focus groups.
We are pleased to announce that bookings for our upcoming Course Leader Winter Fest 2020 are now open. Visit our events and activities page for details.
Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula? With particular reference to this year, this virtual conference will explore where we go from here in terms of teaching and learning in HE, and how will we deliver the curricula of the future. Calls for papers on the conference’s seven thematic areas are now open until 22 January 2021.
Professor Roger Eccleston (DVC Academic) has recorded a video update explaining some of the measures taken to enable us to confidently offer students safe access to the best learning experience while Covid restrictions are in place, ensuring a safe return to campus for all. The video highlights many of the safety precautions put in place on campus as…
Key News Blackboard migration to the cloud A reminder that Blackboard will be migrated to a new cloud-based infrastructure during this weekend (28 August – 1 September). Blackboard will be unavailable Friday 5pm-Saturday morning, followed by a read-only period until 1 September where changes should not be made in Blackboard though files can be downloaded…
The QAA have published a useful article Building a taxonomy for digital learning that aims to build a common language to describe digital approaches of teaching and learning.
The Academic Development & Diversity team has developed a new Academic Development Events Database. This tool aims to provide an overview of academic development events, conferences and workshops available to Hallam staff in areas such as: Digital Thursdays – July 2020 – September 2020 Course Leader Induction Programme – July 2020 – end August 2020 Narrowing the Gaps…
Introducing Blackboard Annotate The current inline grading tool in Blackboard, New Box View, will be replaced by Bb Annotate, a more comprehensive annotation tool with a wide array of features. Our transition to Bb Annotate will begin on August 10. After Bb Annotate is switched on, it will work immediately for newly submitted assignments. Previously…
You’re invited to join PebblePad for a series of online summer workshops. These are designed to support you if you are starting/continuing your research journey. Pebblepad will have a number of experts in the field to lead you through the steps to publication including Dr Liz Austen, Professor Sally Brown, Dr Duncan Cross, Sue Beckingham,…
Epigeum (part of Oxford University Press) are hosting the following free webinars; Contract Cheating in the Context of Covid-19: Five Key Ideas to Consider Thursday 18 June – 11:00am BST Hosted by: Dr Thomas Lancaster In the webinar, Dr Lancaster will be providing an overview of the contract cheating landscape in relation to Covid-19, with…