It feels like it’s time to share how things are going in the world of assessment at the University of the Built Environment since my…
With nearly 70 unique workshops and four keynotes across two days, the ALT Conference 2025 in my native city of Glasgow offered a wealth of…
While working on module development for the Spring 2025 semester I asked myself ‘How can I help students feel less overwhelmed and more confident as…
We’ve been busy again with all things assessment at UCEM. This blog post is to share some of the hard work we’ve put in and…
This post was co-authored by Adrian Shell and Paige Dao. Image by Kelly Sikkema from https://unsplash.com/ Aim and acknowledgement This blog post aims to share…
In July 2023 the Learning Technologies team at UCEM managed a significant upgrade to the VLE. An earlier blog post covers the ways in which we involved staff and students in the testing and evaluation of the upgrade. Now that the dust has settled, the team has had an opportunity to evaluate the upgrade project, identifying potential risks, concerns, and best practice for future Learning Technology projects.
This post was co-authored by Paige Dao and Elisaveta Yancheva, Learning Designers. The problem Articulate Storyline is an eLearning authoring tool first released in 2012…
This blog post is the third in a series exploring BE Ready (Built Environment Ready), UCEM’s new orientation area which launched in Autumn 2023. The…
For the start of the 2023/2024 academic year a new orientation module needed to be developed on UCEM’s VLE to provide a stable foundation for…
It can be overwhelming to find the right information or right support when needed. Also, as students progress from semester to semester they face unique challenges. Our aim therefore was to build a self-directed yet skinny orientation experience for students before they start their semester journey.