Economics of Persuasion and Strategic Information Manipulation
An online Inaugral Lecture was presented by Professor Andrew Zapechelnyuk, School of Economics and Finance on Wednesday, 28 April 2021. The recorded lecture is now available to view.
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Digital literacy key to learners’ future success
Lockdown on March 23rd, 2020 triggered an emergency transition to online working for many. In education the process raised questions around the issue of digital literacy and its place within curricula at all levels.…
Spotlight on accessibility tools, features and resources
Digital accessibility is essential for some, useful for all. Being aware of what is new and available to you and others will ensure our teaching and learning environment is as inclusive as it can be.
New: JISC discovery tool for self-assessing your digital capabilities
The University has subscribed to the JISC building digital capabilities service, which gives staff and students access to the discovery tool.
Captions and foreign language support
Support for more languages has been added to the captioning products we use. This means if you deliver a session in a foreign language and it is recorded, captions that match the language of delivery can now be…
Blackboard Ally for Moodle courses
Ally is a tool that is being integrated with Moodle in our virtual learning environment. It focuses on making digital course content more accessible.
Noteable – Computational Notebooks in teaching
Noteable is a cloud-based computational notebook service developed by EDINA at the University of Edinburgh. It provides access to the most commonly used Jupyter computational notebooks including, but not limited, to…
Holding a conference remotely: Reflections on success
The University’s International Education Institute (IE) recently held their highly regarded EAP (English for Academic Purposes) annual conference, on the theme of Transitions and Tribulations: EAP at the crossroads,…
New and improved features in Moodle 3.9
Preview Moodle feature improvements that will be introduced when we upgrade on Monday 16 August. The upgrade includes features from versions 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9.
Pronoun guidance to be launched
In March of 2020 the Proctor asked a group of staff and students to work together on developing a guidance document for the University community related to use of pronouns. The group decided to focus on two outputs: a…