2015 September Archive | Disruptive Media Learning Lab

Blog : We are Offering Exciting Opportunities for Students!

30th September 2015
Tags: Community

After a long summer, we are welcoming back students to Coventry Campus. We had a stall at Fresher’s Fair last week, but if you didn’t catch us, we have some fantastic opportunities coming up for students! Last year we recruited students to come and join us working on projects and at our events. This is..

Blog : DMLL Features on BBC Cov and Warks

28th September 2015

On 19th September, Jacqueline went down to BBC Coventry and Warwickshire to talk to Lorna Bailey on her Saturday morning show Wake Up to the Weekend. Jacqueline talks about the Disruptive Media Learning Lab and how we help give students a real experience with their learning. There isn’t long left for you to take a listen,..

Videos / Making Lectures More Interactive with Echo360’s Active Learning Platform

Speaker: Sam Hegarty Location: The Grass About the session Sam Hegarty, Project Officer, Business eLearning, University of New South Wales provided some demonstrations of technology-enhanced learning tools that the University of New South Wales are utilising. The University of New South Wales is currently piloting the Active Learning Platform, which is increasing engagement and participation amongst..

Blog : Disruptive Educators took the Student Seat

28th September 2015
Tags: Community, Disruptive Educators

Last week we invited the Disruptive Educators community back into the lab for a meet-up, only this wasn’t any ordinary meet-up as we had a secret agenda to surprise the educators with. Using the Hill space, cushioned with beanbags, the educators were already out of the usual environment they would usually expect a ‘typical’ DMLL..

Archive Event : #disruptivebytes: Active Learning Platforms with Sam Hegarty

28th September 2015 @ 12:00 pm — 13:30pm

Sam Hegarty, Project Officer, Business eLearning, University of New South Wales will be visiting Coventry on the 28th September. He will be providing some demonstrations of technology-enhanced learning tools that UNSW are utilising. UNSW is currently piloting the Active Learning Platform which is increasing engagement and participation amongst students, especially within lectures. It allows content..

The Team / Daniel Villar-Onrubia

Principal Project Lead I work as Principal Project Lead at the Disruptive Media Learning Lab and my main interests are digital competences development, open educational practices, networked learning and internationalisation of the curriculum. I joined Coventry University as Online International Learning Programme Manager, shortly after completing my PhD at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of..

Blog : Diary of an Intern: Weeks 11 & 12 - The Effort Pays Off

21st September 2015

These past weeks have been the hardest I have worked in my life, the work done has been phenomenal, and in the brief quiet times I’ve manages to get a little respite! I can revel in some well earned self satisfaction, like seeing the result of months of effort. I’ve spent a lot of time in a..

Blog : State of the (inter)nation, Digi-Nuggets Sep 2015

21st September 2015

On a rolling basis, Kate will be looking over education and technology news from around the globe, and pulling it together for Digi-Nuggets. Just click on the image for the interactive PDF and enjoy. Digi-Nuggets, Sep 2015

Research Toolkits / Short Project Evaluation

Short Project Evaluation Description A short questionnaire that assess overall job satisfaction Authors Sylvester Arnab, Katherine Wimpenny Cost Free Total Items/questions 14 Factors Target population Employees Adaption Administration Useful Reads Download