Category: Events

QAA Annual Conference 2021 – Quality, Resilience, Innovation and Enhancement

Universities have shown themselves to be flexible and resilient over the past year, and we should learn from this as we come out of the pandemic and look to our learning and teaching going forward. We need to help students make better choices when faced with the pressures of studying by providing the right support, and not creating a catastrophe from making the wrong decision….

Digital Landscapes: Resident or Visitor?

Natalie and I recently ran a workshop at Dundee and Angus College, with a group of staff from across the college – it was largely based on Dave White’s workshops looking at digital residents and visitors. Initially, we revisited Prensky’s digital native/immigrant work with them; like so many, they were very familiar with the terms,…

Students: Understanding your Turnitin Report. UPDATED Sessions – March 7th

We have set up 2 sessions to help you understand your similarity report from Turnitin. In this session, we’ll look at a generic report, so you don’t have to bring a report with you. The sessions are limited in size – they’re all in the Main Library. You will need to sign up – the…

My Dundee and Turnitin Training

CTIL are offering some bookable training sessions for My Dundee and Turnitin . These sessions are bookable via Eventbrite – and are limited to 15 people per session. My Dundee. An Introduction for staff who’re new to My Dundee (or who feel they need a reminder of the basics). We’ll look at: Uploading files. Adding…

#CreativeHE

#CreativeHE is a group of educators who look at creative ideas for Learning & Teaching in HE. It’s grown from Manchester Metropolitan University’s PGCert, and now itĀ operates as a community and discussion spaceĀ  to enable wider discussions and collaborations which will be of value for all of us. To get an idea of what’s happened…