Background During the preparation of my CMALT portfolio, I attended some webinars organised by the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) and I enjoyed the collaborative atmosphere of these events. As soon as I heard about the formation of a new Special Interest Group in Digital Assessment (SIG DA) in September 2024, I expressed an interest. […]

Please see below a list of some new features / UI changes in Media Hopper Replay that will be going love on 30 June 2025. New Media Player – The new media player should consolidate all the different media player UI that was previously in the platform into one consistent interface across the platform. This […]

By Amanda, from Scotland, studied Religion and Literature   I have just finished a masters in Religion and Literature at the University and I’ll be doing my graduation in McEwan Hall tomorrow, which I’m very excited about.    I have been thinking, how did I come to do that in my fifties? Well, I’m a Baptist minister and I had been considering further study for a while. I happened to meet the person who’s now my supervisor on a random committee that we had both been invited to join. […]

In this post, Yuemiao Ma, Sarah Ward and Lindsey Horner describe the ‘Towards Publication’ project, which aimed to support Postgraduate Researchers and academic staff in working towards academic publishing through supportive seminars and writing retreats in Moray House School of Education and Sport. This post belongs to the Student Partnership Agreement 2025 series. Introduction Writing […]

Our undergraduate and postgraduate students have many demands on their time, with an increasing number reliant on paid work to help fund their studies. It’s no surprise then that prospective students are keen to understand their study commitments so they can understand their likely capacity for paid work while at university. School editors can use […]

Certain information is associated across the senses. Some of these crossmodal associations are shared by most people. For example, in the Bouba/Kiki-effect, more than 95% of people around the world match the spoken word “Bouba” with a rounded shape and the spoken word “Kiki” with an angular shape. Other crossmodal associations are subjective; while some […]