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Category Archives: Digital Heroes
The HEA Humanities Conference, 2013
MCN HEA conference T&L presentation I was recently invited to give a paper at the national HEA humanities conference in Brighton, entitled ‘Storyville’. I spoke on my use of digital modelling in the Classics curriculum – a pdf of … Continue reading
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Digital recording of lectures in a first year Classics course
I was recently awarded a Digitally Ready grant to experiment with digital audio recording of lectures in Classics. This is a topic of some interest within the University as a whole, with thought being given to audio and video capture, … Continue reading
Digital Hero, Dr Matthew Nichols, on BBC 4
One of our Digital Heros, Dr Matthew Nichols, is contributing to a BBC 4 series that looks at the colourful careers of the women behind the throne in ancient Rome, and its subtitle, ‘Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses’, hints at some of … Continue reading
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New Teaching & Learning Showcase series
We are kicking off the new year with another round of Teaching & Learning Showcase events here at Reading, starting next week with a session on the ‘Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning’. Join us on Tuesday 22 January … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Heroes, Dissemination, Meetings & Events, Small project funding scheme
Tagged Augmented Reality (AR), Closing the feedback loop, David Nutt, Department of Chemistry, Department of Classics, Digital modelling, Flipped classroom, Inclusive practices in teaching learning and assessment, Matthew Nicholls, Milan Radosavljevic, Nadja Guggi, Orla Kennedy, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Teaching & Learning Showcase events, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning
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Digitally Ready for 2013
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 in their use of digital technologies, I quickly found … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Heroes, Dissemination, Employability, Meetings & Events, Research, Staff-student partnerships, Training & resources, Work/Academic placements
Tagged '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
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Placement options at Reading: Silchester and Real Jobs
The second part of my research into digital literacies for student employability has focussed on in-curricular placements here at Reading. Every undergraduate programme now has an embedded placement option. The ‘Skirts’ model includes maxi, mini and micro placements. A maxi … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Heroes, Employability, Research, Technology in fieldwork, Work/Academic placements
Tagged Amanda Clarke, Berkshire Primary Care Trust, Department of Archaeology, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Kindle, Michelle Brooks, Paragon Community Housing, Rachel Glover, Real Jobs scheme, Richard Johnson, Sam Winslet, Silchester
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‘Sharing Good Practice’ event: Rebuilding the ancient world, digitally
One of the speakers at our recent ‘Sharing Good Practice’ event was Dr Matthew Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, who has been combining ancient evidence with 21st-century techniques to create a detailed digital reconstruction of the city of Rome … Continue reading
Digital Heroes: Building a digital community
The Digitally Ready team at Reading is proud to celebrate the University’s Digital Heroes – those who have put themselves at the forefront of digital developments, embracing the new possibilities that technology offers, to achieve more in our work here at … Continue reading