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One: John On Monday June 11th we ‘met’ via our computers for a trial run using ‘Flashmeeting’, the online meeting tool we would be using for an ‘experimental online writing retreat’. Martin Sedgley from Bradford University, Tracey White from Middlesex, Joe Allison from Plymouth and me. After introductions we agreed some very basic groundrules (whilst experimenting with the smiley, sad, surprised/shocked etc ‘voting’ options you can use whilst others are speaking!). We then shared our writing goals and did a kind informal contract with each other about what we hoped to achieve and which segments of the three-day retreat period […]

(Report by Michelle Reid)The ALDinHE  ‘Embedding Skills and Integrating Learning Development’ day was definitely embedded as a firm success. Over 40 delegates from as far away as Canterbury and Edinburgh gathered at the University of Leicester on 22nd June for a day of discussion and sharing ideas on what embedding means to us and how we can do it more effectively.The day was opened by Dr Mark Rawlinson (Academic Director of Leicester’s College of Arts, Humanities and Law) who made an engaging speech proposing embedding as a means of facilitating a review of the curricula with a focus on a […]

Digital Literacies has been emerging as an important theme in the professional development for the Learning Development community. This importance is recognised in our CPD planning framework and resource, in which the area of professional activity ‘Teaching and Supporting Students’ Learning’ contains e-learning as an important factor, with activities like: However, in order to be able to support the digital literacies of students, it is crucial that we are confident in developing our own digital capacities. The community’s views of what digital literacies mean to us, our training needs, and changes we have noticed in the use of digital technology were sought […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th July 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Lucy Hughes Hi all; I have been teaching fashion in FE for 7 years and after completing a masters 2 years ago I have been desperate to progress to HE (as much as i lve engaging with the 16-19 cohort, I […]

A big thank you to Ellen Pope at Aston for organising the venue and delicious lunch and for hosting and supporting the event throughout. Positive comments were made about the central location in Birmingham which was easily accessible from both the north and south of the country. We had a total of 41 attendees including presenters from as far afield as Falmouth and Ulster. Of the 41 attendees, 27 were in Learning Development and Study Advice roles, and 9 were Disability Advisors or Dyslexia Tutors, with the rest being a mixture of Lecturers, Careers Advisors and Mentors. There was a […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th June 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Sandra Sinfield Either this is a really busy time – hence the relatively few responses so far (and the really, really late ones, like mine) or we’ve all collapsed under the strain…The 15th was a busy day: edited a paper submitted […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th May 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Kim Shahabudin Against all sensible expectations for a Monday morning, I felt (as Becka Colley would say) extremely Tiggerish yesterday and bounced into work with a brain full of (probably unachievable) ideas. One was to rework our Study Advice website as […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th April 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Jules Dawson On the nearest day to the 15th (the 14th) I gave an introduction to LD (what we do, how we do it and to who) to a group of new staff on our General Teaching Associates programme. A really […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th March 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Sandra Well it’s taken me two weeks to fill this in – so I guess I am pretty busy – exacerbated by worse than usual email crashing all over the place.15th March was an email and admin day – so simple […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th February 2011 and/or your nearest working day . In posting your reply, you consent to the potential use of anonymised extracts from this material in resources that may in future be published by the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), for educational and professional development purposes only. Carol Elston As with most mornings I began by responding to emails; I keep joining discussion groups which prove interesting yet extremely time consuming. Once drawn in I find it difficult to unsubscribe, just in case I miss something. I’m definitely […]