Author: Simon Thomson – Director of Flexible Learning, The University of Manchester In June, I had the pleasure of being invited to keynote at the University of Central Lancashire’s ‘CCL Connect: Leading the way in modern learning’ event, around my Read more…
Author: Nick Treuherz, Lecturer in French, School of Humanities, Language & Global Studies As teaching practitioners getting into technology-enabled approaches and tools, we are always looking to new tools and advanced methods to enable our students to learn and make Read more…
Author: Carly Garratt – PASS Co-ordinator, University of Central Lancashire You could, it’s true. But why would you? It surely takes extra effort, if not at the beginning, then at least when you realise you have left a considerable amount Read more…
Authors: Karen Margaret Wright – Professor of Nursing (UCLan), Gioele Attardo – Adult Nursing Lecturer (UCLan), Tiffany Sinclair – Senior Lecturer in Mental Health (UCLan) [Blog header image by Gioele Attardo] The Research Informed Teaching (RiT) protocol for the University Read more…
Author: Philip Longwell, Study Skills Tutor, Centre for Collaborative Learning, UCLan Introduction Giving effective feedback to learners is important in many areas of higher education. Academic staff are commonly and acutely aware of the need for feedback to be timely, Read more…
Authors: Gemma Spencer, Emma Gillaspy, Abhi Jones, Julia Robinson, James Thompson, and Michael Smith (University of Central Lancashire) What? The playful rebellion is made up of an interdisciplinary group of academics on a mission to transform higher education. Whilst we Read more…
Author: Susan Putt, School of Management, UCLan In the seemingly ever-changing environment of teaching and learning in Higher Education it’s important to periodically take some time out to consider the landscape and recalibrate. It’s from this reflection that my search Read more…
Author: Penny Dineen, Study Skills Tutor, Centre for Collaborative Learning, UCLan By way of introduction Penny comes from a background of educational development, management, and organisational culture in HE, and is currently working as an Academic Skills Advisor with the Read more…
Author: Daniel Scott – Digital Curriculum Support and Developer, Nottingham Trent University When you join an online community of practice, it is often a daunting process to get acquainted with the people and a sense of the culture that resides Read more…
Author: Sam Pywell – Digital Development Coach, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, and Principal Lecturer: Social Prescribing Unit Coordinator at the University of Central Lancashire January 2022 involved the planning and delivery of UCLan’s first off-site hybrid conference. As part of Read more…