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Recent articles about teaching and learning at LCC
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Microsoft Loop in Teams Chat
Microsoft loop is a great collaborative tool which has just been rolled out to Teams. It allows users to add a component to a chat which other people can edit and add to. This tool is of particular benefit if you run your tutorial groups or other small group meetings…
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Make accessibility a habit: Power Point
As with word documents you want to make your presentations accessible. If you follow a few simple guideline during the design process your presentations will be easier to read and process for everyone. In this blog post we are going to look at the following; Font Size Contrasting Colours Alternative…
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Integrated Dictation Tools
Dictation or speech to text is often a forgotten about tool. If you or your students are visually impaired or you find it useful to verbally express your thoughts or for notetaking, then it’s worth exploring dictation tools. It can also be used for giving formative feedback on word and…
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Managing tutorials with Moodle Scheduler
This article introduces Moodle Scheduler, a tool for scheduling meetings and tutorials with students. Organising student tutorials can be frustrating when you don’t always know who is going to show up and when. Sometimes timings get muddled or multiple people turn up for the same appointment, which is why it…
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Using the Moodle Wiki for collaborative sharing and editing
This article introduces the Moodle Wiki, a versatile tool for group work, collaborative research, or building a database of shared knowledge. Collaborative tools like Miro and Padlet are becoming increasingly popular, but often these tools involve students contributing individually rather than working collaboratively. If you’re looking for a truly collaborative…
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Supporting students’ journeys towards academic success: LCC Academic Support
Academic Support is open to all our students, including pre-degree, undergraduate and postgraduate students. We work with students on their learning development – to enable them to develop as learners, enhance how they study and nurture their creativity. We offer embedded, integrated learning development workshops to all courses. Each School…
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2022 Staff Sabbatical Leave Scheme
The sabbatical leave scheme is now open for applications under the Research, Knowledge Exchange and Teaching pathways. All 3 pathways now allow staff to take sabbatical leave to undertake activities that support UAL’s strategic objectives. For further information visit the canvas page under each scheme. Research The Research Sabbatical Leave…
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Student Changemaking and Advocacy: What and How?
Last term we updated you on how LCC are working with students towards racial and climate justice. In this post we aim to unpack the processes and practices of Changemaking and Advocacy and offer further guidance to staff on working with our LCC Changemakers and Climate Advocates. London College of…
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Capitalise on Captions
Captions for video content are embedded into everyday media consumption such as YouTube, Netflix and other social media platforms. As much as 92% of videos on mobile devices are viewed without sound. Therefore when students come into learning environments they have the expectation of captions on their educational media. It…
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Creativity and Global Challenges: Creating Change through Making
A Transnational Education Project between UAL and National Institute of Design, India This is an open call to all UAL academic, technical and digital learning colleagues for a British Council funded that aims to build on the strengths of two world-leading art and design institutions in creating new ways of…
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