#SocMedHE18 was held at Nottingham Trent University on the 9th January 2019 and jointly hosted by the Trent Institute for Learning and Teaching and the School of Arts and Humanities. There have been some amazing reflections and blogs about #SocMedHE18 (that you can find on the event wordpress site) and now I’ve tidied up the last bits of event admin, […]
PebblePad is an ePortfolio tool which is widely used in the educational sector and in some professions since 2004. It is a flexible multi-purpose ePortfolio tool which can be integrated into teaching and learning at all academic levels, providing an excellent platform for recording and reflecting on extra-curricular activities (including engagement with employment, volunteering etc) and which is available to […]
At NTU there is an online Software Centre which allows all staff to add or update software on your own PC. So if you are struggling with an old Adobe version or you need to update Office 365 to get all the new functionality – this is the place to do it! To get to the application – type ‘Software […]
Language in Tandem is an initiative from the Global Lounge at Nottingham Trent University which pairs students with a native speaker of a chosen language. Below is a guest post by Beth Cross, a final year student in the School of Arts and Humanities who created a video about Tandem for a Modern Languages assessment. “What better way to use […]
A few weeks ago, I was looking for a creative way to engage small groups of students in the essentials of building and maintaining a Professional Online Profile, as part of an employability and careers event for up to 300 Single and Joint Honours History students. The event was planned in a world cafe style with timed slots at each […]
New for 17/18 is the launch of the Digital Partners action research projects.Each member of the LTSU team is taking a specific learning and teaching challenge and working with an, or a team of, academics to explore the issue and provide a solution. As the projects are action research there will be evaluation and refection following implementation of the initial […]
Last month was Black History Month, and this year fascinating debates were raised after a group of students from the University of Cambridge made complaints that they could study their whole English Literature degree without ever once reading a non-white writer. This is not the case for English students at NTU, where there has always been a strong tradition of […]
The story of our first Facebook live visit (or a ‘Fisit’) in the School of Arts and Humanities. Belonging and community have long been identified as key areas that can impact on retention and engagement in HE especially in the early days of starting a course. Having redesigned our welcome week to include more community building and belonging activities, it is […]
NEW for the 17/18 academic year and coming to a staff room near YOU, are the LTSU’s drop in ASK sessions! Each week in Clifton and City, a member of the LTSU will be available to answer any Learning Technology niggling queries you may have, support you with any issues and pass on any super new tool, ideas and projects […]
Go Places is a personalised ePortfolio [PebblePad] based resource for first year students in English, Media, Creative Cultures, History, Languages and Global Cultures in the School of Arts and Humanities. The students will have access to Go Places throughout their undergraduate study and also after they graduate enabling further development of personal and professional learning. I recently presented the thinking […]
