I’ve been doing a bit of work with Moodle this week and in particular I’ve been looking at how to do digital badges for learners within Moodle. I’m familiar with digital badges from my time at Edinburgh. We had a digital badges service (Parchment which was Canvas Credentials which was Badgr… confused???) and it was … Read more
I managed to catch the afternoon of this really interesting day of webinars organised by Phil Anthony from the University of Kent. I found the whole afternoon really interesting, and if you are interested in watching any of the presentations, they’ve already been uploaded to the Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars YouTube channel – super efficient! … Read more
As 2025 comes to an end (and yes, I can barely believe it’s nearly 2026) it’s worthwhile to reflect on the past year. It’s been a quite a whirlwind. Not only has news and politics been pretty shocking and horrible this year (again!!!) but news about finances in UK HE institutions has been depressing and … Read more
I attended the Friday of ALT-C today and I’m glad I did, it was a very interesting and fun day. Some brief highlights from me…. I learned a new term today which I thought was really poignant – ‘lifeload’ – sum of all pressures a student has in their life INCLUDING university – some people … Read more
Many of you will be aware of our FLORA project (if you aren’t, find out more on Melissa’s helpful FLORA blog post). Named after Flora Stevenson, a pioneer of education for girls and women but also a quirky acronym – Feedback, Learning, Online Rubrics and Assessment. FLORA was really our chance to review and reflect, … Read more
We’ve been thinking about how to invigilate digital exams. I have found this hard, I’m not sure I agree with it. Somehow it feels far more intrusive digitally than in a room with an invigilator. However, I do understand that sometimes it may be necessary and not all assessment can be redesigned (particularly not with … Read more
I’ve been a technologist for more than 20 years now. Although my brain is definitely slower to pick up new technologies now the one thing I do bring to my role is experience. Most often that not, I’ve seen a similar tool or a similar issue or a similar time. What we are currently facing … Read more
