Author: Matt Lingard
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Anti-racism & digital learning
Within the digital learning profession there is interest in ‘race & tech’ generally, topics such as AI and racial bias for example, and in tackling structural racism in our own sector. Two years ago members of the UK HE digital learning community formed a community of practice around anti-racism which…
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Recording of Changemakers Talk
A recording of June’s Changemakers Talk: Decolonising the Curriculum London x Kent is now available. The public panel discussion was hosted by London College of Communication on Thursday 23 June 2022. In this event, LCC Changemakers Cassia Clarke and Rachel Roland Martins and managers Lucy Panesar and Amita Nijhawan are…
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Digital Learning Platforms Support for Students
About The Digital Space The Digital Space is an open-plan, creative IT hub set up with specialist software. It is located in WG26 on the ground floor of the Workshop Block. LCC students can now get in-person support for using UAL’s Digital Learning platforms from staff in The Digital Space.…
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Anonymity & online teaching sessions
Allowing anonymity in online synchronous sessions can increase the chances of disruptive behaviour. We advise against it wherever possible, to help maintain a safe space for all students and staff. Disruptive incidents in online teaching sessions are not common, but they have happened at LCC and can be serious and…
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Why Record Lectures?
Recording lectures and other synchronous sessions supports effective self-regulation of learning, offering clear benefits to all students. Recordings should primarily be seen – and described to students – as resources to supplement attendance at live sessions (on-site or online). For Autumn 2021-22, recordings will also help support students with COVID-Related…
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Providing an Inclusive Online Learning Environment
For our students to engage in the online elements of their course it’s important to get the basics right. Digital learning platforms can support a wide variety of creative approaches which need to be underpinned by strong foundations. For 2021-22, we recommend prioritising three approaches to to provide our students…
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Assignment Submissions 2025-26
Assignments must be collected online wherever possible. All summative submissions must be through one of these UAL digital learning platforms: Moodle, Turnitin, Workflow, Panopto or Microsoft Office 365. Submission methods are specified by the course team in the Unit Assignment documents (see our Guide on Teaching and Learning Resources). The…
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Students and Collaborate
Setting-up meeting rooms for students, using Collaborate for tutorials & advice on careful use of the Collaborate Guest Login feature. Student Meeting Rooms Students have lots of places they can meet online but it is good to give them an option to meet in a UAL space too. You can…
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Talking Teaching: Compassionate Pedagogy
January’s Talking Teaching event, How can compassionate pedagogy mitigate the causes of racial harassment?, provided an opportunity for participants to reflect on last year’s ERHC report Tackling racial harassment: universities challenged. The session was facilitated by Carole Morrison, an Academic Enhancement Model (AEM) Senior Lecturer at LCF and Siobhan Clay,…
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Teaching with Wikipedia
Wikipedia has great potential to help develop our students’ digital and information literacies. In July, Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Exec of WikimediaUK spoke at the LCC Academic Leaders’ Day explaining how our students might work with Wikimedia to contribute to the creation of a more equitable, unbiased and diverse knowledge ecosystem…
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