What is digital literacy? Is it about aquiring a checklist of new media skills? Is it about technical training that takes you up certain levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced etc? Is it about tools, software, devices? In this video Jim McCellan, course leader for Journalism BA Honours at the University of Westminster, talks about teaching […]
Social networks like Facebook and Tumblr are very popular, with 1.35 billion and 450 million users respectively at time of writing. The likelihood is, many of our students are already using one or other of these platforms, and it’s possible we might also be able to use them for learning and teaching. In this account (1267 […]
Digital literacy is a key skill students must develop both to succeed at University and to thrive in our digitally connected, global society and Academic librarians have long provided teaching sessions to equip students with the research skills they need. These might be scheduled as one-off sessions in the library but are more effective and have greater […]
Teaching observations, also called peer observations or learning conversations, are a way of developing our teaching practice through a supported, reflexive process. In this video, Angela Kingston, a professional exhibitions curator, talks to Dr Anne Samson about how the observation process has helped her to step outside her role as a professional curator and think of […]
Audio feedback can be a very engaging, vivid way for students to receive feedback. In this presentation from the 2013 Westminster Learning Futures webinar series Mykaell Riley from the Faculty of Media, Arts and Design talks about his experiences of using audio feedback. Mykaell is using the facility within Turnitin to record audio feedback for students. […]
