12Feb/13

Changing the Learning Landscape at Reading

February 12, 2013Dissemination, Meetings & EventsAssociation for Learning Technology (ALT), Changing the Learning Landscape, Futurelearn, Gavin Brooks, Higher Education Academy (HEA), Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), National Union of Students (NUS), Sir David Bell KCB, Teaching and Learning at Reading: responding to the rapidly changing landscape of HE, TEL Strategy Group

Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell has been hosting his fourth series of talks to staff here at Reading, inviting one of the University’s senior managers to provide a short update on their areaRead More…

11Feb/13

Pharmacy students and e-books: an update

February 11, 2013Research, Small project funding schemeE-books, Erika Delbecque, School of Chemistry Food and Pharmacy

In my September blog post, ‘E-books and students: an uneasy relationship?’, I introduced my study into e-books usage by Pharmacy students, funded by Digitally Ready. The project is now well underway. An onlineRead More…

07Feb/13

Academic publishing and interviewing: first steps

February 7, 2013Employability, Internationalisation, Small project funding scheme, Staff-student partnerships, Work/Academic placementsExisting and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework, Kimberley Watson, Modular Training for Industry, Sam Holton, School of Biological Sciences, Sir David Bell KCB, Steven Mithen, Tee Nadan, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), University of Hong Kong

I took my first steps into the world of academic writing and publishing last week when my supervisor informed me that we are going to submit my work on the Modular TrainingRead More…

07Feb/13

Digital Digest: Spotlight on video

February 7, 2013Dissemination, VideoAlison Fabian, ASSET, Digital Digest, Luke Micallef, Nadja Guggi, Neil Morris, Pete Castle, Tee Nadan, Video, Video feedback, YouTube

We are delighted to bring you the second issue of Digital Digest, our collaborative newsletter on all things digital happening around the University. Mobile video and YouTube are increasingly part of ourRead More…

06Feb/13

Making sense: digital modelling and flipped classroom

February 6, 2013Dissemination, Meetings & EventsAugmented Reality (AR), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Closing the feedback loop, David Nutt, Digital modelling, Flipped classroom, Matthew Nicholls, Milan Radosavljevic, Nadja Guggi, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning

‘Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning’ proved a hot topic for over 40 staff here at Reading who joined us for another session in our popular Teaching & Learning Showcase series,Read More…

04Feb/13

Moving forward through video feedback

February 4, 2013Dissemination, Meetings & Events, VideoASSET, Audio recording, Blackboard (VLE), Clare Furneaux, Department of Classics, Feed forward, JISC, Julian Park, Making technology-enhanced learning work for staff and students in Higher Education, Matthew Nicholls, Nadja Guggi, Neil Morris, Video, Video feedback, VLE

Ever since Neil Morris’ research seminar in November on ‘Making technology-enhanced learning work for staff and students in Higher Education’, his name has been cropping up again and again in my conversationsRead More…

03Feb/13

Interactive sculptures: Squishy circuits

February 3, 2013Dissemination, Small project funding schemeDepartment of Art, Interactive sculptures, Kate Allen, Nic Hollinworth, School of Systems Engineering, Squishy Circuits

Digitally Ready is supporting Sensory Objects, a three-year AHRC-funded research project which explores the potential of newly developed easy-to-use electronics in making the experience of members of the user-group more vital and meaningfulRead More…

01Feb/13

Students like live lectures … and online ones as backup

February 1, 2013VideoAmy Smith, Display design, Nadja Guggi, Object-based Learning for Higher Education (OBL4HE), Object-based research, Rebecca Reynolds, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology

The University of Reading is part of a JISC-funded project considering museum ethics, display design and object-based research, Object-based Learning for Higher Education (OBL4HE). As part of the project, Rebecca Reynolds, Visiting Lecturer in Museum StudiesRead More…

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