Academic Technology news and updates
This page contains updates about new technologies or developments in current technologies and information about TEL events that you might find useful.
Using social media for maths and statistics support
This event was held at Staffordshire University at their Stoke on Trent Campus in Wednesday 27th June 2018 and was organised by the Sigma Network.
Exploring critical pedagogy in digital education – 20th June 2018
The Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University organised an event looking at critical digital pedagogies and practice. They argued that digital environments often provide more questions than answers and that enquiry into how to teach online (not just how to upload content into the VLE) is key.
Digifest 2018
This two-day event took place in the International Convention Centre in Birmingham in March and explored ‘the power of digital’.
Module Evaluation Project
Yesterday I attended a workshop run by Gwen van der Velden with the Student Learning Experience and Engagement Committee (SLEEC) on modernising the way Warwick collects module evaluations. Gwen stressed that none of these suggestions have been agreed upon and that this project is very much in the consultation phase (so in theory everything could still change).
Extended Classroom Forum
The Extended Classroom user group and the TEL forum have been merged into the newly formed Extended Classroom Forum which is designed to provide a one-stop-shop for all things technology at Warwick.