Monthly Archives: April 2013

Digitally Ready: a launchpad for digital developments at Reading

Sir David Bell KCB, University Vice-Chancellor here at Reading, spoke at last week’s event to mark how far Reading has come in digital terms, ‘Digitally Ready: Celebrating our achievements’. His ‘view from the top’ touched on the major strategic developments … Continue reading

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Digitally Ready: Recognising the importance of support networks in developing Teaching & Learning

Digitally Ready is delighted to welcome Stefanie Anyadi and Clive Young of the The Digital Department, our partner project based at University College London (UCL), who will be visiting Reading on 13 May 2013 for a lunchtime session to talk … Continue reading

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Sneak preview: Digitally Ready at PELeCON

I am writing this en route en to Devon where I will be presenting a paper on ‘Digital literacies and work placements’ at Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCON) tomorrow morning. As I was getting my thoughts together for the talk … Continue reading

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Celebrating ‘digital’ at Reading

We still have a few places available for our showcase event ‘Digitally Ready: Celebrating our achievements’ which will take place next Monday, 15 April 11.00 am to 2.30 pm. As the Digitally Ready project draws to a close, it’s time … Continue reading

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‘What did I do wrong?’: Supporting independent learning practices

My paper on the project What did I do wrong? Supporting independent learning practices to avoid plagiarism was well received in Manchester last week at LILAC. What is the project about? It is one year project at the University of … Continue reading

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Digitally Ready for employability: online placement support

I have been involved in the Digitally Ready project here at Reading since June 2012, working with Dr. Lucinda (Cindy) Becker, Placement Tutor in the Department of English Language and Literature, to improve the information available to English Literature students about academic … Continue reading

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