If you have trouble remembering what goes where, or have never had to fill in the academic fields of Newcastle University’s Module Outline Forms (MOFs) then this video may be a useful reminder.
Available from both NUVision and YouTube, it should be easy to embed in school webpages, on Blackboard, and to share with colleagues.
Made in a collaboration between FMS and LTDS, we hope it is useful across all schools. We welcome your feedback or ideas of how you might use it locally.
A number of key themes have emerged from the free text comments provided in the VLE Review staff survey which will be explored in a series of staff focus groups in January 2018.
These will help us to determine what you want to be able to do on a course /module and the functionality that you require in the VLE to meet these aims.
All staff are welcome. An additional Professional Services staff focus group will also be held.
The dates and themes are: Continue reading “Have your say – Virtual Learning Environment staff focus groups”
The Learning and Teaching Development Service has moved offices.
From January 2018 we can be found in a new dedicated space on the first floor of the Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms. Continue reading “LTDS has a new home!”
QAA/Jisc/HESA Business Intelligence Labs
Over the past few months three members of the LTDS team have undertaken the role of ‘Development Team Member’ as part of a QAA team within the QAA/Jisc/HESA Business Intelligence labs project. The idea is that members of the Higher Education community develop data ‘dashboards’ that analyse existing data in new ways. If deemed of interest to wider sector these dashboards may be published on HESA’s HeidiPlus Community Dashboard site.
Using ‘Agile’ methodology and working with colleagues from Durham, Cardiff Met, Queen’s University Belfast and Bournemouth University (alongside support from a QAA ‘scrum master’ and data and tableau experts), we set out to develop a data dashboard that would allow a university to consider the student journey/value added/learning gain, by looking at different factors and how they affect outcomes and leaning gain, so that support and gap areas and effectiveness of interventions can be identified.
Working remotely with only four face to face meetings the team narrowed down the data source to HESA and DLHE data to analyse the outcomes of students from different backgrounds and answer the following questions;
The final outcome was a set of data dashboards that can aid an institution to assess their position in terms of adding value. The dashboards were presented to a Jisc/HESA experts group with a voting session at the end. The work produced by the team received strong support and it is hoped that some of it will be earmarked to be made available in Heidi Plus Community Dashboards Beta in 2018.
You can find out more about the Business Intelligence labs project by following the link. If you would like further information regarding the project please contact LTDS@ncl.ac.uk
The submission dates for ULTSEC Innovation Fund have been announced for 2017/18.
Autumn – Monday 20th November 2017 4pm
Spring – Thursday 12th April 2018 4pm
Summer – Wednesday 30th May 2018 4pm
Semester 1: Monday 22nd January 2018 4pm
Semester 2: Monday 21st May 2018 4pm
We will be running some webinars and workshops which will be available to book via the Learning and Teaching Development Programme shortly.
The dates of the workshops are:
The dates of the webinars are:
If you have been thinking about more flexible forms of module or programme delivery, then there are some resources which you may find helpful.
You will find:
There is also guidance on tailored workshops available and a ‘How To Build a Great Futurelearn Course’ course (approx 8 hours) which we can add you to. For further information or to discuss your ideas contact online-courses@ncl.ac.uk
UKCISA (The UK Council for International Student Affairs) is offering small grants for projects (£2,000) and research (up to £5,000) to support the international student experience. Continue reading “Funding Opportunity: UKCISA Supporting International Students”
Workshop: Exploring career development via teaching and learning
3rd July 2017 – The Core
This one-day workshop is for all academic staff interested in developing their career on the basis of teaching.
This interactive day will involve: identifying activities that may lead to reward and recognition, reflections from successful colleagues both internally and externally, and developing action plans.
It will be a space to discuss approaches to building your career, gaining internal, or external, validation of excellence and to consider your individual development path.
See the programme of the day: programme_final
Places are limited. To attend please complete the booking form.
All are welcome to the final NUTELA 3Ps event (Pizza, Pop and Practice) of the academic year:
Show and TEL and Have a Go: Open Lab.
7th July 2017 Bamburgh Room – Kings Road Centre. 12:00- 14:00. Continue reading “Next NUTELA event: Open Lab showcase”
The Higher Education Academy have just released their list of upcoming events which can be found here http://mail.heacademy.ac.uk/12ZA-4Z4E8-CB5ILPSUD6/cr.aspx.
Please note the University is a Strategic Partner with the HEA and we are entitled to get the relevant rate for events. (You can check the rate by going to the information about the event and selecting Newcastle university in the Price details box.)
Note there is an early bird booking discount until the end of July.
