Crowdsourced Icebreaker Activities
By Rob Higson – Learning Technologist (Curriculum Development) A significant challenge for any new cohort is quickly creating an environment in which students can socialise...
Category: Student Experience
Online Escape Room Tool Guide
By Charlotte Ellis (Learning Technology Media Adviser) There are lots of online tools that could assist you with either transferring your physical escape room to...
Escape Rooms
By Charlotte Ellis (Learning Technology Media Adviser) An escape room experience within the classroom involves a gamification idea for a fun and memorable experience to...
The Importance of Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms and How to Use Them
By Chris Bell (Senior Learning Technologist – Digital Practice) Breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate allow a session leader, tutor or moderator to split a cohort of students...
Creating and captioning videos using Panopto for flipped learning and revision summaries
By the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Team Panopto video recordings can be used as a flipped learning resource for teaching or can be a great...
Attainment Gaps: A Personal Perspective
By Professor Ian Turner I have always been aware of the social injustice in the world in which we live, but it was not until the #BlackLivesMatter...
Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme 2021: possible project topics
By Dr Chris Ribchester (Associate Professor) The previous URSS blog highlighted different research groups around the University who have expressed interest an interest in supporting...
Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (URSS) 2021
By Dr Chris Ribchester (Associate Professor) This year’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme was launched on Friday, 12 March. The URSS is an opportunity for you...
Microsoft Lens – Digitise your work
By Dr Jordan Phethean (Lecturer in Economic Geology/Metamorphic Geology) With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the switch to 100 % remote learning, lecturers...
Using Canva as a group starter activity
By Matt Gilooly (Learning Technology Media Adviser) This video looks at how you can use Canva to do a group starter activity as a warm up and socialisation for your students, before getting on...