The Learning Designer is a relatively new role at Falmouth and is often referred to as an ‘academic developer’ in our community. Our responsibilities mostly involve being the voice of the intended person a learning activity is being delivered to. Through our experiences and research, we advocate for good practice, proven pedagogical practices, and the learner’s motivations.
The Electronic Management of Assessment project ran an informative pilot in Study Block 2 of last year with a small pilot over Study Block 3. The outcomes were not as conclusive as we would have hoped so we are running a larger, but more focused pilot over the 19/20 academic year. The focus is concerned with the constructive … Continue reading “Electronic Management of Assessment update”
This study block sees the first phase of the Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) project having been kicked off. The Educational Technology Team are working closely with Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE) and SPA, this phase of the project focuses on improving clarity of grading and summative assessment feedback. It was clearly highlighted in the last NSS that students have significant challenges in terms … Continue reading “Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA)”
A new project has begun to update the Learning Space. This post explains the project and how it will affect you. Why? Due to Falmouth’s ambitious expansion plans, Learning Space is being increasingly used to facilitate teaching and learning for campus based and distance students. This project will provide: A better, more resilient and secure … Continue reading “New Learning Space”
For a while now courses at Falmouth have been asking for a blogging/portfolio platform for students and staff to use for all sorts of reasons. EdTech have now implemented CampusPress and are running it as a pilot this year. It’s essentially a WordPress multisite set up, with some added extras provided by EduBlogs the company … Continue reading “Journal, a shiny new thing”