As Covid has forced teaching online it seemed a great time to really update my module on data visualisation. This module has always suffered from bad feedback, predominantly because it challenges students across their whole skillset (these are Digital Media students) from coding to creativity to user experience, design and use of multimedia. It is […]
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Part of the learning ecosystem is trying to embed positive behaviors in the users. I have been very impressed with the growth mindset work done at the Infant School I am a Governor at. The Head Teacher and the team have spent time focussing on learning walls where all the work the students are doing
My definition of a high-performance ecosystem is one which incorporates all the elements of having good UX as defined by Don Norman: “No product is an island. A product is more than the product. It is a cohesive, integrated set of experiences. Think through all of the stages of a product or service – from
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With uncertainty around what will be possible for teaching when we resume in October one thing that is critical, to ensure students not only turn up, but are also ready for study, is the induction process. This year, to really help and support students, induction not only needs to be extended to reach out to
HE Induction under Covid-19 – Connecting Early Read More »
You could argue that Universities were practicing social distancing long before Coronavirus came along. With the pressures of reducing student numbers due to the population dip, increased pension costs, and the fixed tuition fee, the fiscal squeeze has meant Universities have had a laser focus on saving money. One of these ways has been to
What next for ‘online’ and ‘learning’ in HE after Coronavirus? Read More »
After the 2 staff sessions, I had sessions with 2 groups of course reps from across the School. Again they were primed as to the purpose of the meetings and what we would be covering and they all came with some really good ideas. (There is a caveat to the info below that these are,
World-Class education the student perspective Read More »
This is a current project where, as a School, we are looking at how we define what world-class education looks like for us. The intent is to give us a framework for decision making as we go forward rather than try to define exactly what this means as clearly there would be no one, specific
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