Events

2018/19 Learning & Development Programme

Moodle training

Moodle Basics

This course is open to all LSE staff who need to update/edit Moodle courses. It provides an introduction to basic skills required to update/edit a course in Moodle.

Date: Wednesday 12 September

Time: 2-3pm and 11am-1pm

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This is a flexible session covering any Moodle topic you require assistance with to help prepare your Moodle courses for the new academic year. The only requirement is that you have used Moodle previously; complete beginners should attend Moodle Basics.

Date: Friday 14 September

Time: 11–12:00

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Moodle for academics

An introduction to the use of Moodle for teaching staff. By the end of the session participants will be able to; edit a Moodle course, be familiar with the Moodle activities, have experienced several features of Moodle as a course participant and will have reflected on they you could use the different features for blended learning.

Date: MT Week 2 – Tuesday 9 October

Time: 10-11am

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Michaelmas Term

Moodle for academics

Date: MT Week 2 – Tuesday 9 October

Time: 10-11am

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ABC Learning design for blended courses

ABC is an effective and engaging hands-on workshop. In just 90 minutes teams are able to work together to create a visual ‘storyboard’ outlining the type and sequence of learning activities (both online and offline) required to meet the module’s learning outcomes. ABC is particularly useful for new programmes or those changing to an online or more blended format.

Date: MT week 3 – Wednesday 17 October

Time: 12:30-14:30

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system

Visual media for assessment

Visual media presents many options for teachers looking to diversify assessment. It is increasingly common to find visual media assessment types – poster presentations, photo montages, photo essays, documentary shorts – being used to provide students with another way of further developing and applying their critical and analytical skills. With high levels of both mobile and tablet device ownership among student populations, visual media for assessment even presents some interesting possibilities for large-scale teaching and assessment. In this workshop, we will explore these options and, as a group, will work to identify and develop some ideas for integrating visual assessment into your teaching.

Date: MT week 6 – Wednesday 7 November

Time: 12-2pm

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system

Assessment and technology

Date: Friday 23 November

Time: 12:30-2pm

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system.

Lent & Summer Term

Creating engaging Moodle activities with H5P

Authoring tools can be used to produce interactive learning objects containing a variety of media, including video and audio. This session will introduce participants to H5P, a new tool in Moodle that is available to all teaching staff to create interactive resources for self-paced learning. During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to create several different H5P activities, learn about how to align these with collaborative tasks and how to build narratives for the online component of their courses.

Date: LT Week 4 – Tuesday 5 February

Time: 12-3:30pm

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system.

Flipped lectures

Flipped learning is a pedagogical model that reverses the traditional approach of teacher-led instruction during contact time, and independent, activity-based learning outside of the lecture or seminar room. Reflect on how you can “flip” your lectures to make more effective use of contact time with your students and give yourself more options for how to plan and approach large and small group teaching.

Date: LT Week 8 – Friday 8 March and ST Week 1 – Wednesday 1 May

Time: 12-1pm

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system.

Assessment and Technology

Date: ST Week 4 – Friday 24 May

Time: 12:30-2pm

This session is part of TLC’s Atlas programme. Book your place on the training system.

Bespoke

Using Learning Technology in Class

Explore the many options you can use in your class to improve teaching and learning without having to be a tech expert!

These courses run on an as and when basis.

register your interest as an individual on the training system
We also deliver bespoke offers to groups and departments. Contact Lti.support@lse.ac.uk to discuss your needs and how we can help.

Engaging Assessment with Technology

A session on the various ways technology can support assessment and improve student engagement.

Students as Producers: Filmmaking

An introduction to the benefits and implications of using student-made documenatry filmmaking in your course.

Driving Student Engagement in Moodle

Discover Moodle’s functionalities and online learning pedagogies to promote engagement with your course and outside the class.

Students as Producers: Blogging

A session on the various ways you can embed blog writing into your course and its assessment.

Promoting Active Learning

An overview of the ways to encourage students to play a more active role in their learning through innovative pedagogical approaches and technology.

Flipped Lectures

Reflect on how you can “flip” your lectures to make effective use of the face-to-face time with your students while differientating them from seminars and classes.

Game-Based Learning

Whether online or physical, discover how different types of games and their mechanics can be used in teaching and improve learning outcomes.

Gamification

A session on the approach that consists in using the mechanics of game design in a non-gaming context such as education and how to embed them in your course to enhance learning.

Effective (Powerpoint) Presentations for Teaching

Discover the characteristics of an effective presentation, get tips on good design and explore various tools and features to support your presentation.

Using Social Media for Teaching

This session provides a general introduction to social media tools with a focus on their possible applications for teaching and learning.

Moodle
We offer training on editing and using Moodle for teaching for a variety of groups and levels. Speak to us about creating a bespoke session or attending our Moodle basics, Moodle refresher or Moodle for academics sessions.

NetworkED is a seminar series organised by LSE’s Learning Technology & Innovation team (LTI). The series invites speakers from education, computing and related fields to discuss how technology is shaping the world of education. Technological developments, particularly the internet, have led to changes in the way institutions can deliver teaching, but are also impacting on students’ skills and their expectations of higher education. The seminar series is live streamed to enable an audience from around the world to listen and participate online.