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• Reflecting on the ESLTIS24 Conference: Developing Educator Identities and Building Academic Communities 17th September 2024
• Exploring New Developments in Student Surveys and Campus Design in Vienna 17th September 2024
• Thinking, Collaborating and Growing: A reflection on attending the International Society for Music Education conferences and its impact on my own teaching practices 11th September 2024
• Cementing a community of learning, herbs, bag painting, spoon throwing and a silent disco  11th September 2024
• Advance HE: Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, Nottingham Trent University, 2 July 10th September 2024
• Box of Broadcasts Error – 09/09/2024 RESOLVED 9th September 2024
• Plots and storyboards: What visualising learning journeys revealed as I designed a new programme. 27th August 2024
• Adobe Express Error – 12/08/2024 12th August 2024
• Instagram: Transforming Higher Education Engagement Beyond the Classroom 2nd July 2024
• Learning Design Case Studies 3rd January 2024
• Co-creating and co-delivering resources with students 7th November 2023
• Why we went on a spacewalk: Supporting intended learning outcomes with virtual reality (VR) in seminars 10th October 2023
• Autograder for programming assignments via Gradescope 26th July 2023
• Using Virtual Reality experiences for Psychology of Education 25th July 2023
• Body Art, Apps and Parties: Creative Knowledge Translation 29th June 2023
• Assessment As Learning: Collaborative Peer Assessment 26th April 2023
• Dual delivery of archaeology lab sessions 16th March 2023
• Why is their work better than mine? Using a showcase event to harness the power of conversation, comparative judgement, and self-generated feedback 2nd March 2023
• Using an e-portfolio tool for reflection and communication in global education 16th February 2023
• Using Matterport to create a virtual student induction 12th January 2023
• Better seminar participation through annotation exercises 5th August 2022
• Engaging students with innovative group assessment creating academic posters 20th July 2022
• The benefits of regular formative Blackboard quizzes 23rd June 2022
• Developing Student assessment literacy though Peer assessment 26th May 2022
• Developing and Sharing Innovative and Responsive Assessment 11th April 2022
• My Passport to Success! – Empowering Students in Higher Education through Critical Self Reflection 7th April 2022
• Using Virtual Reality to Explore the Valley of the Kings 22nd March 2022
• Driving student engagement with financial news 17th March 2022
• Active language learning with VoiceThread 24th February 2022
• Virtual Field Trips using Google Earth/Maps 22nd February 2022
• Interactivity via Whiteboards 17th February 2022
• Authentic immersive reading with social annotations 16th February 2022
• Using Padlet to drive student engagement and contributions during online seminars 10th December 2021
• Workflows for better Zooming and lecture recording 13th October 2021
• Student Perspectives on the Move to Online 8th September 2021
• Capturing and reflecting on individual learning journeys through a photographic competition 23rd July 2021
• Using Padlet to provide a clear course structure and guide students through an online module 23rd July 2021
• Group activities in breakout rooms and interactive online teaching 20th July 2021
• Using an Online Interactive Textbook for Content Delivery 20th July 2021
• Providing student support via live instant chat 8th July 2021
• Groupwork to produce a collaborative radio programme/podcast 1st July 2021
• Co-designing the curriculum with students and employers 28th June 2021
• Delivering interactive lectures for large student cohorts using Adobe Spark (now Adobe Express) 22nd June 2021
• Recording short pre-lecture video clips to introduce lectures and key themes 1st June 2021
• Delivering Teaching Materials with Adobe Spark (now Adobe CCE) 27th May 2021
• Using a Spark (now Adobe CCE) to guide preparation for a class 25th May 2021
• Using VoiceThread to provide accessible weekly introductions to key course content 25th May 2021
• Using Padlet for math tutorials to make classes interactive 21st May 2021
• Using peer assessment to improve essay writing skills & understanding of assessment criteria 20th May 2021
• Using Adobe Spark (now Adobe CCE) for interactive online lectures 17th May 2021
• Using live polling with Mentimeter to increase student engagement and link theory to everyday experiences 13th May 2021
• Assessed group presentations with VoiceThread 11th May 2021
• Criminal Law Study Buddy Scheme 28th April 2021
• Fostering student connection: ‘Business Lunch’ and the Tandem scheme 28th April 2021
• Using interactive and engaging online live activities 23rd April 2021
• Revising Translation Assessment for Online Examinations 23rd April 2021
• Making course unit readings meaningful and purposeful for students 22nd April 2021
• Creating social and group connection through a lifeline exercise 26th March 2021
• Increasing student engagement with Padlet 24th March 2021
• Summative Assessment: Research Posters through Padlet 18th March 2021
• Intercultural Zoomery in a time of Covid-19 16th March 2021
• Resource Development: moving a traditional face to face activity online 12th March 2021
• Delivering Peer Review Online 12th March 2021
• Creating a narrative: using Adobe Spark (now CCE Express) to present material 11th March 2021
• Delivering synchronous medium size Q&A tutorials effectively using a visualiser and Piazza 11th March 2021
• How to get started with recording content videos 11th March 2021
• Digital timelines and online exhibitions – assessing the aesthetics and politics of Italian Fascism 10th March 2021
• Advanced Video Production Techniques 8th March 2021
• Train Yourself: quiz questions to support learning Latin 28th February 2021
• Supporting International Students 28th February 2021
• Student Marking exercises 27th February 2021
• Collaborative Reading using Annotation Software 25th February 2021
• Drop-in Sessions Online 24th February 2021
• Building Communities of Learning Online 24th February 2021
• Using Padlet to enhance the Student Experience 23rd February 2021
• How to Effectively Organise Your Blackboard Course Content 18th February 2021
• Tour of Engagement Tools and Blackboard Layout on Large Undergraduate Units 9th February 2021
• Using Quizzes and Breakout Rooms in Live Sessions 2nd February 2021
• My Experience with Discussion Boards 9th September 2020
• Summative Quizzes and Continuous Assessment 7th November 2019
• Teaching with Twitter: an extension to the learning environment 6th November 2019
• Online Journals as a Tool for Learning 6th November 2019