2017 March Archive | Disruptive Media Learning Lab

Blog : Four Dimensional Learning: Corpus Christi School Visit

31st March 2017

Yesterday Debra James and myself went to Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School on a fact finding mission around their four dimensional learning space. Corpus Christi offers provision for students from Nursery through to Year 6, and aims to provide a holistic and interactive learning experience for students from the community. Whilst Corpus Christi does a..

Archive Event : Perspectives in Education Technology : in conversation with Audrey Watters and Jim Groom

April 7 @ 10:30 am — 23:30pm

When: 10.30-11.30pm, April 7th Where: the Teaching room, DMLL In this joint talk two of our Visiting Fellows at the DMLL, Audrey Watters and Jim Groom, will be discussing issues relevant to the use of digital technologies in education and key digital skills for students and lecturers. Speakers: Audrey Watters is a writer who..

Archive Event : Seminar: Technology-Enhanced Student Attainment and Retention?

April 4 @ 2:00 pm — 16:00pm

When: 2-4pm, April 4th Where: the Teaching room, DMLL Supporting students to achieve their full potential and to succeed in completing their degrees within the required timeframe is an important responsibility for universities. Learning analytics, personalization or adaptive learning are some of the technology-based approaches that bring the promise of helping universities to address such..

Archive Event : Lego-A-Go-Go Training Workshop

June 1 @ 9:00 am — 16:00pm

The next staff training session for using Lego in Higher Education will be taking place soon! When: Thursday 1st June 2017 Where: DMLL Teaching Room To sign up for the event please visit the academic development portal and search for ‘LEGO‘. Please note that places are limited and will be provided on a first come..

Archive Event : Lego-A-Go-Go Training Workshop

May 3 @ 9:00 am — 16:00pm

The next staff training session for using Lego in Higher Education will be taking place soon! When: Wednesday 3rd May 2017 Where: DMLL Teaching Room To sign up for the event please visit the academic development portal and search for ‘LEGO‘. Please note that places are limited and will be provided on a first come..

Archive Event : CU DoOO (Coventry.Domains) Community Lunch

April 4 @ 12:00 pm — 14:00pm

Join us for the next CU DoOO Community Lunch! When: 12-2pm, April 4th Where: the Grass, DMLL We will have with us a very special guest, Audrey Watters (author of Claim Your Domain – Own Your Online Presence), who will talk about the philosophy behind this and will discuss examples. We would like it to..

Visiting Fellows / Jesse Stommel

Visiting Fellow Jesse Stommel is Executive Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies at University of Mary Washington. He is also Co-founder of Digital Pedagogy Lab and Hybrid Pedagogy: a digital journal of learning, teaching, and technology. Jesse is a documentary filmmaker and teaches courses about digital pedagogy, film, and new media. Jesse..

Visiting Fellows / Martha Burtis

Visiting Fellow Martha Burtis is Director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In this role, she oversees a peer tutoring program that supports students at UMW who are engaged in digital projects. Prior to working as the DKC Director, she served as Special Projects Coordinator in UMW’s..

Visiting Fellows / Peter Gouzouasis

Visiting Fellow January 25 – 28th, 2016 we will welcome Professor Peter Gouzouasis to the lab from the University of British Columbia, (UBC). Over the past 25 years, Peter Gouzouasis’ work at UBC has evolved through three connective strands: (1) teaching and learning in music (including digital media and technologies), (2) developing an understanding of..

Visiting Fellows