2 Keynotes, 1 Week

This week was a busy one for CDEL as they were asked to provide keynotes for two separate conferences; the first at the "Sharing Practice: Open approaches to teaching and learning" conference held at the University of Lincoln on 21st June 2012 and the second at the "Excellent Teaching & Learning - How Can Technology Help?"conference held in Merthyr Tydfil, held for schools, FE colleges and universities taking part in the Heads of the Vallies Education Programme (HOVEP) on the 27th of June  2012.


Both keynotes showcased different aspects of  how CDEL supports staff and students within the University of Wales, Newport demonstrating the exemplar use of learning technologies employed within the university and the "pedagogy first" approach the team takes to ensure that enhancing the student experience is always the number one priority. 


Both talks were met with very positive feedback, within the conferences and online via Twitter. The new contacts made at both events are now providing the team with new opportunities to share best practice and raise the profile of the University of Wales, Newport as a whole.

Videos of both keynotes are below:

 

HEA funding opportunity to host events in 2012-2013 workshop and seminar series

The workshop and seminar series aims to encourage innovation and the sharing of best practice in learning and teaching based on evidence and research. Each event attracts a bursary of £750.

Through this series, institutions are invited to disseminate findings from research or evaluation work, or share evidence-informed policy and/or practice in the one of the thematic areas of

• employability;
• flexible learning;
• internationalisation.

The 2012-13 series will focus on the three priority areas: graduate employability, widening access through flexible learning and enabling students to study, live and work internationally (internationalisation).

To find out more and apply, please visit: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/seminar-series#themes, emailthematic.seminar@heacademy.ac.uk, or call us on 01904 717500.

Round 1 (October 2012 - January 2013):       Call opens: 19 June 2012        Closes: 16 July 2012

Round 2 (February - July 2013):                     Call opens: 1 October 2012   Closes: 29 October 2012

If you are interested in applying, please contact CELT at celt@newport.ac.uk.

HEA Wales Bulletin 25 June 2012

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) Wales bulletin is designed to keep all colleagues and contacts up to date on the latest news, events, resources and funding opportunities.


To view the bulletin click here 

HEA: HEA Wales Bulletin

The HEA Wales bulletin is designed to keep all colleagues and contacts up to date on the latest news, events, resources and funding opportunities.  For more information click here

HEA: Arts & Humanities Bulletin

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HEA: Black and minority ethnic (BME) students funding opportunity

The HEA is offering funding of up to £10,000 for projects which improve the attainment of black and minority ethnic (BME) students. The successful bids will also contribute to our knowledge about effective approaches to improving the retention and success of BME students. The closing date for submissions is 6 July 2012.

Please see the website for full details and how to apply: http://mail.heacademy.ac.uk/12ZA-U7S5-5FML0W-BQG9A-0/c.aspx

CDEL @ The CELT Conference 2012

On Monday 11th June, CDEL hosted a stand at the 2012 CELT Conference, held at the University of Wales, Newport's Caerleon Campus.

Internal and external delegates were given the opportunity to ask representatives from the team about CDEL's role within the University and also how they work with external clients. A rolling presentation was screened throughout the conference and delegates were invited to take part in a 'What does Learning Technology mean to you?' Youtube video recording session.

The CDEL representatives spoke to many of the conference delegates and offered advice and information wherever possible on a range of e-Learning issues. CDEL hope that those in attendance had a useful and thought-provoking day and we hope to get the opportunity to see, and even work with, many of you again.

CDEL Launches Webinar based training for staff at the University of Wales, Newport.

We are thrilled to announce the success of last week’s first cross campus Webinar training session ran here at the University by the CELT's Digitally Enhanced Learning team (CDEL).  A webinar is a live, web-based event, that incorporates audio and visual elements as well as enabling attendee interaction.  A training session ran in this way can be attended virtually, the trainer sharing their screen with their audience.

The training was delivered from the CDEL office at the Caerloen Campus and watched by trainees at both the Caerleon and City Campuses, participating as individuals from their machines.  At Tredegar, seven trainees gathered in one room and watched on a Smart Board. They watched their trainer on the screen and listend to their comments using a real time screencast system. Attendees interacted with the trainer asking lots of questions and discussing what had been shown.

This particular session was on ‘What’s New in Moodle 2’ but literally anything informative that does not need on hand facilitation can be delivered in this way.   The web based software used in this case was Join.me and Skype, both of which are free to use and available online.

How does join.me work? Take a tour and discover join.me.

Skype Explained visually

The benefits of using Webinars to facilitate teaching and Learning

In this blog post, George Levy outlines some of the main benefits to using webinar technology, please click here to read it.

CDEL will be running regular Webinars, on a variety of technologies, for staff and students within the University & we also plan to showcase some of these at the forthcoming CELT Conference which is taking place at the University of Wales, Newport on June 11th 2012.

• Please click here to learn more & book your place at the conference.