The UCEM Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is built on a Learning Management System called Moodle. Every few years, Moodle implements what is known as a Major Release. In early 2022 we learned that the next major upgrade from Version 3.11 to Version 4.0 would be occurring later that year. Release notes and information from Moodle made it clear this was a significant overhaul of the platform, aiming to improve navigation, accessibility, and overall user experience. We realised this upgrade would require more planning from the Learning Technology team than a typical VLE upgrade would.
Category: Collaboration
Forum discussions are an integral part of online education. They are the medium through which students and tutors interact, share, learn and thrive. However, when it comes to assignment forums, student behaviour can differ. This is mostly because of the notion that the question being asked may be judged, thinking it silly or not sure whether to ask or not. This blog covers how Digital education team provided the solution to help students overcome their barrier.
This year we were shortlisted for the accolade of ‘Learning Technology Team of the Year’ by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), which is the…
Yesterday we (Marieke Guy and Tharindu Liyangunawardena) facilitated a session at the ALT annual conference on ‘Making your mind up: Formalising the evaluation of learning technologies’. ALT session The session began by taking a look at the impact on…
Commercial property management module designed during a global pandemic and across an international time gap. I joined the team in March of this year with…
In education Wikipedia has received much criticism. Built on pillars of openness and collaboration, the free encyclopedia directly challenges traditional notions of academic authority and…
UCEM has recently announced that we will be moving away from webinars in favour of ‘online seminars’. This is not just a change of terminology.…
This was a really interesting day of talks and workshops about getting stakeholders – tutors, learning designers, students, etc. – all working together to design…