28Dec/12

I-TUTOR: Intelligent Tutoring for Life Long Learning

December 28, 2012Training & resourcesBudapest University of Technology and Economics, Eden, Intelligent Tutoring for Life Long Learning (I-TUTOR), ITEC, Karsten Lundqvist, Militos, Nadja Guggi, School of Systems Engineering, University of Macerata, University of Palermo

The University of Reading is a project partner in a prestigious project to develop a multi-agent based intelligent tutoring system to support online teachers, trainers, tutors and learners: I-TUTOR. I-TUTOR, which stands for Intelligent TutoringRead More…

27Dec/12

University and Facebook

December 27, 2012DisseminationBlackboard (VLE), Email, Enhancing Student Engagement in Curriculum Development, Facebook, Gemma Allen, Joy Collier, Matthew Almond, Nadja Guggi, Peter Kruschwitz, Philip Smither, School of Chemistry Food and Pharmacy, Social media for student engagement, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, VLE

Student communication channels was one of the areas investigated by the ‘Enhancing Student Engagement in Curriculum Development’ project undertaken here at Reading. The initiative, funded by the University’s Teaching & Learning DevelopmentRead More…

20Dec/12

Digital Digest: Your guide to all things digital around the University

December 20, 2012DisseminationDigital Digest

This week has seen the launch of our brand new collaborative e-newsletter, Digital Digest. Every month, we’ll be bringing you the latest news and comment about all things digital happening around theRead More…

18Dec/12

Student experiences with digital literacies

December 18, 2012Dissemination, Employability, Meetings & Events, Research, Work/Academic placementsBlackboard (VLE), Clive Young, Digital Literacies for Student Employability, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Glover, School E-Learning Co-ordinators (SELCs), Stefanie Anyadi, The Digital Department, University College London, VLE, Workshop

Last week, the Digitally Ready team here at Reading invited staff to a workshop on ‘Students’ experiences with placements and opportunities for developing their digital literacies at the University’. Some 20 colleaguesRead More…

17Dec/12

Poll Everywhere: would you rather be attacked by one horse-sized duck or a herd of duck-sized horses?

December 17, 2012Dissemination, Small project funding schemeAndi Nygaard, Audience response system, Department of Economics, Guy Pursey, Poll Everywhere, Simon Burke, Student response systems

Anyone standing in front of a crowd of student might be familiar with a mix of expectant and sleepy faces staring stoically ahead – their gaze occasionally brightened by the latest notificationRead More…

17Dec/12

Put it on my tab

December 17, 2012Dissemination, Training & resourcesBlackboard (VLE), Centre for the Development of Teaching & Learning (CDoTL), E-Learning Support, E-Learning Team, Guy Pursey, Remedy, Richard Steward, Turnitin, VLE

For the New Year, we’ve re-launched the e-Learning Support area on Blackboard. We, in the e-Learning Team, have been trying to address the way we provide support for a while.

15Dec/12

The opportunity to work with the Digitally Ready team

December 15, 2012Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnershipsExisting and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, International Change Programme (ICP), Internationalisation, Katerina Lazidou, Student employability, Student engagement, Tee Nadan, VLE

The Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework and our work in Creating a Global Agenda in the Biosciences and the Internationalisation Change Programme (ICP) , have recently enabled us to work withRead More…

14Dec/12

Flexible learning

December 14, 2012Dissemination, Meetings & EventsAnupam Nanda, Blended learning, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Flexible Learning, Food Advanced Training Partnership (ATP), Nadja Guggi, Richard Frazier, School of Biological Sciences, School of Real Estate & Planning, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, Tee Nadan

I’m a massive fan of our Teaching & Learning Showcase events – informal, bring-your-own-lunch gatherings with three speakers presenting on a topical issue and plenty of discussions, questions, sharing of ideas andRead More…

11Dec/12

Digitally Ready for 2013

December 11, 2012Digital Heroes, Dissemination, Employability, Meetings & Events, Research, Staff-student partnerships, Training & resources, Work/Academic placements'Sharing Good Practice' event, Academic Practice Programme (APP), Centre for Staff Training and Development (CSTD), Digital Development Forum (DDF), Digital Development Team, Julian Park, Letters to Santa, Nadja Guggi, Neil Morris, Rachel Glover, Sir David Bell KCB, Teaching & Learning Showcase events

In attempting to write this blog post to sum up what 2012 has meant for Digitally Ready, the JISC-funded project here at the University of Reading to support staff and students inRead More…

05Dec/12

Placements: Partnership with industry

December 5, 2012Employability, Meetings & Events, Placement student showcase, ResearchEmmanuel Essah, Rachel Glover, Research, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Student employability, Tim Lees

Recently the School of Construction Management and Engineering (SCME) held a half-day workshop on ‘Industrial Partnership Companies and SCME’ to showcase their placement students. The workshop included presentations from four Part 3Read More…

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Monthly Archives: December 2012