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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Virtual careers fairs
The Careers, Placement and Experience Centre (CPEC) here at Reading has invested in virtual fair technology, which has enabled the service to extend its traditional offer of careers fairs and provide students with a virtual environment in which to interact … Continue reading
Digital literacies and skills for 21st-century learning: Steve Wheeler visits Reading
Digitally Ready is proud to welcome Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technology at Plymouth University, who will be visiting Reading on 30 April to speak about ‘Digital literacies and skills for 21st-century learning’. This seminar will explore the challenges universities will … Continue reading
(Video) Lessons learnt the hard way last forever
Hello, I am Katerina Lazidou, a research student working on a small project funded by the Digitally Ready team. This small project is being conducted for the School of Biological Sciences here at Reading, with Dr Teeroumanee Nadan and Dr … Continue reading
Placement support online – for staff and for students
Our research study into digital literacies for student employability, focusing on WRPL and the University’s placement schemes, revealed that many students are as yet unaware of the full range of opportunities on offer, and that some work remains to be … Continue reading
Learning on Screen Awards
Congratulations to our Digital Hero Matthew Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, who has been shortlisted for a prestigious Learning on Screen Award by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUVFC) in the Courseware and Curriculum Non Broadcast/Multimedia Award … Continue reading
Closing the feedback loop
A couple of weeks ago, I foolishly promised readers of this blog a catch-up on the latest session in our Teaching & Learning Showcase series – ‘Closing the feedback loop’, which took place here at Reading on Tuesday.
Posted in Dissemination, Meetings & Events
Tagged Closing the feedback loop, Henley Business School, Inclusive practices in teaching learning and assessment, Kara Swift, Matthew Nicholls, Nadja Guggi, Rachel Redrup, Reading University Students' Union (RUSU), Stuart Morris, Teaching & Learning Showcase events
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Show & TEL: Progress with Digitally Ready
Digitally Ready requests the pleasure of your company at our lunchtime ‘Show & TEL: Progress with Digitally Ready’ on 1 March, 12.30–2.00 here at Reading. This session is open to all Reading staff with an interest in using digital technologies in … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Meetings & Events, Small project funding scheme
Tagged Clare McCullagh, Department of Art, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Gavin Brooks, Gerry Leonidas, Guy Pursey, Kate Allen, Nadja Guggi, Nic Hollinworth, Nina Brooke, Sam Holton, School of Biological Sciences, School of Systems Engineering, Show & TEL: Progress with Digitally Ready, TEL Strategy Group, Vicki Holmes
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Getting it right: our new PGCAP
Here in the Centre for Staff Training & Development (CSTD) at Reading we’ve been working for some time behind the scenes to design a new Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) to replace our current programme in 2013-14. The new … Continue reading
From paper (lots of it) to pixels
A distinguishing feature of the BA programme in Typography are the professional assignments we run with external clients – our Real Jobs scheme. These ‘in-house placements’ allow inexperienced students to deal with professional work in a staged and supervised way, … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment & Feedback, Dissemination, Employability, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Gerry Leonidas, Jake Giltsoff, Real Jobs scheme, Rob Banham, Robbie Sterlini, WordPress
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Art studio network: Students take the wheel
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” (John Dewey) A few months ago I contributed a blog post here about OSCAR, the Online … Continue reading