Online exhibitions using Journal – a case study of the Miniatures showcase

Posted on by Roo Pescod

In response to multiple requests during the pandemic the Digital Learning Team developed a reusable template to facilitate exhibitions which has continued to be popular with staff and students thanks to its clean layout and simple use. One fantastic example, now entering its third consecutive year is the Miniatures showcase, an extra-curricular exhibition run both … Continue reading “Online exhibitions using Journal – a case study of the Miniatures showcase”

Educational blogging for Falmouth’s fully online Students 

Posted on by Roo Pescod

Falmouth Journal Falmouth University is going through a period of rapid growth, by significantly increasing the amount of online degrees that we offer to students. This offer already includes an impressive variety of creative courses including degrees in Visual Communications, Creative Writing, Fine Art, Indie Game Development, Comedy Writing, and many more.  Delivering effective online … Continue reading “Educational blogging for Falmouth’s fully online Students “

Common pitfalls for staff using Learning Space

Posted on by David Pollard
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Lecturers are expected to create content on VLEs such as moodle, sometimes with no training in technicalities or design (be it graphic or instructional). Below are some pitfalls noted while dealing with helpdesk queries relating to Falmouth University’s VLE, Learning Space. Poor “Chunking” Each module has its own page split into weekly sections. Within a … Continue reading “Common pitfalls for staff using Learning Space”

Collaboration via Learning Space

Posted on by Dominic Martignetti
Collaboration

In this article, Digital Learning takes a look at a shared space within the Learning Space built for the School of Film and TV. Collaborative learning will not be unfamiliar to our students, indeed it’s built into the curriculum in ways students will recognise such as group work and projects. These collaborative opportunities will be … Continue reading “Collaboration via Learning Space”

Keeping Connected – Developing distributed team working practices

Posted on by Rob Stillwell
handshake through computer screen

As a relatively new arrival to the team (3 months in) I felt it might be good for me to share and briefly discuss this article capturing the excellent work that has gone on at Falmouth developing an excellent environment for online working. Having had mixed experiences in the past with working remotely and the … Continue reading “Keeping Connected – Developing distributed team working practices”

MURAL: Digital Learning’s top tips for facilitation

Posted on by Sophie
Facilitation

As we reflect on a successful roll out of MURAL across all 9 departments, we continue our series of posts with our practical top-tips for facilitation. 1. Start simple MURAL has brilliant functions for slick facilitation and media-rich contributions from students and staff, but we recommend you start simple and ease your students (and yourself) … Continue reading “MURAL: Digital Learning’s top tips for facilitation”

5 Things We Learned From Meeting MURAL

Posted on by Scott Redrup
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A few weeks ago we invited all of our colleagues at Falmouth University to an event presented by the team behind MURAL. For those not in the know, MURAL is a digital tool that enables collaboration online between staff and students. It allows users to easily share ideas, images and designs for brainstorming and teaching … Continue reading “5 Things We Learned From Meeting MURAL”

Electronic Management of Assessment update

Posted on by Adel

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”