Collective Diary

On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared here on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously used for a collective online journal by members of the LD community. The collective journal re-launched on the 15 May 2023. You can read the journal entries for each month. The shared experiences […]

On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared here on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously used for a collective online journal by members of the LD community. The collective journal re-launched on the 15 May 2023. You can read the journal entries for each month. The shared experiences […]

On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously used for a collective online journal by members of the LD community. You can read the journal entries for each month. The shared experiences and ideas have helped shape CPD resources developed for […]

It has not been a full year yet of our 2014/15 diary but as our anniversary will fall in October, my (and I imagine many others) busiest time of year I thought that I would take this opportunity, during the slightly quieter summer months, to put together my favourite moments and top observations from the blog so far. Variety The most striking thing about the blog was the variety of tasks that we are all involved in including: supporting PASS schemes; 1-to-1 support for students; running workshops for students and staff; undertaking research; delivering modules; assessment; PhD support, marketing; developing online […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th June 2015 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. Dr B On Wednesday 24th June I was invited to visit South Downs College to talk to students and staff there about referencing and plagiarism. After racking my brains for hours and hours in trying to think of how I could […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th May 2015 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. I started my day off by marking some assessments for my module that has now finished. It is my first time marking assessments and I have found it quite challenging. Luckily we did write some clear marking criteria so I can […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th April 2015 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. Today has been a bit of a catch up day. This morning I ended up in a live chat with EndNote technical support for about 30 minutes trying to sort out an issue for one of our students. Unfortunately this has […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th May 2015 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. So the day started as it usually does, sorting through emails. It was then a day of meetings. The first meeting was to discuss our workshop programme for next year. It’s actually quite exciting as we will be based in a new […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th February 2015 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. So the day started as it always does with checking my email inbox. I am terrible at managing my email and currently have 1147 in my inbox!!!! So I need to tackle this problem I think  I had an appointment with […]

Write a brief summary of any work-related activities undertaken on 15th January 2015 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. It was a day of meetings meetings meetings! I won’t go through all of them in detail but each meeting gives an insight into the things I am doing in the near future: Met with 2 colleagues who I am working with […]