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Faculty
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Teaching and Assessment Information and Resources |
03/03/14
1) LJMU Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards 2014
As in previous years, the nominees from the Faculty will be confirmed at our Education Committee. Can I please ask you to submit any nominations in the first instance to the secretary, Keighley Burrows K.J.Burrows@ljmu.ac.uk by Tuesday 18th March. All that is required at this stage is a name, a reason for the nomination, and the category of the award:
Category 1: Rising Star Awards (no more than 5 years teaching experience)
Category 2: Individual Teaching Awards
Category 3: Programme/Support Team Awards
Category 4: Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Innovation
Further information may be found here: http://www.staff.ljmu.ac.uk/phcpdent/tempjun2014.docx
2) LJMU Research and Practice in
Higher Education Seminars
To encourage institutional discussion and debate in learning, teaching and education, the University has launched a seminar series: ‘Research and Practice in Higher Education’. The next seminar is next week:
Satisfaction or engagement? The future
of student surveys in the UK
Dr Alex Buckley, Research Officer, Higher Education Academy
Wednesday 12th March, 4.00 pm – 5.30pm, Lecture Room 1 Redmonds Building
To book a place, please contact Rachel Boulter r.m.boulter@ljmu.ac.uk
Alex Buckley works in the Student Surveys team at the HEA, and leads on their support for institutions around using undergraduate survey data for enhancement. He is author
of Making It Count: Reflecting on the National Student Survey in the process of enhancement (2012) http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/nss/Making_it_count
and Engagement for Enhancement (2013) http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/nss/engagement_for_enhancement
3) Netop Vision6 Surf-Lock (thanks to
Harry Morton)
As we enter a period of ‘high-stakes’ assessment, a note/reminder that we have the Netop Vision6 Surf-Lock software installed in the 3rd floor IT labs. This permits staff to restrict PC use, e.g. to disable web surfing during online assessments. It can also be used to monitor all student PC screens simultaneously. Speak to Harry Morton (Rm 321a) H.J.Morton@ljmu.ac.uk for further information about its capabilities and limitations.
4) The Blackboard mobile learn app
(thanks to Chris Gilles/Alex Spiers)
Currently, around 65% (16,991) of LJMU students are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn app. Unfortunately however, not all tools in Blackboard are created equal, particularly when it comes to running effectively in the Mobile Learn app. Here is a list of all the tools\items in Blackboard that appear to run best in Blackboard Mobile Learn
o Notifications
o Announcements
o Blogs (allow text, images, video posts)
o Journals (allow text, images, video posts)
o Discussion forums (allow text, images, video posts)
o Groups
o Mobile Tests
o Tasks
o Content items (text) & live links
o PDF files
o Dropbox access (students)
If you
have any other tools\items that you think should be added to this list please
let me know
Maintained by Philip Denton. Last Update: 13/10/2015.