Earlier this month, on the last day of the PebblePad 2024 conference in Edinburgh – as part of my presentation – I had a chance to share my reflections on an interesting issue (interesting to me that is!) which I call “the conflict of efficiencies”. Having been involved in designing and supporting e-portfolio implementations for […]

A few brief reflections on the sessions I attended at the University of Edinburgh’s virtual Learning and Teaching Conference, 15-17 June 2021. Curriculum Transformation Keynote speaker Kerri-Lee Krause gave us important advice on how best to manage and consult during a curriculum transformation project, and the thing that stuck with me was her example of […]

In early June Abertay University in Dundee hosted a pre-conference workshop of the EUNIS (European University Information Systems Organisation) E-Learning Task force, on the current “hot topic” of Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) and Assessment Analytics. The event was delivered in partnership with JISC because of its current work on Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) […]

A personal view of the Partnership in Assessment and Feedback event in Edinburgh, April 2014. I hadn’t expected it to be fun. But it was, thanks to a range of interesting speakers and, more importantly, a range of participants willing to engage with the issues being raised and discuss how some of these ideas might […]

On 4th June the University hosted a meeting for the ceLTIc Project  to share experiences of, and work on, the Peer Assessment tool WebPA.  Speakers from Queen Margaret University, Hull, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Imperial College outlined projects using WebPA, some over a number of years, some still pilots. That experience included suggestions for others thinking […]

The relationship between the University of Edinburgh and The University of Copenhagen (TUCh) was already initiated through a visit by senior staff from Copenhagen to Edinburgh in January 2013. Hosted by Edinburgh’s Institute for Academic Development, the group identified a number of areas in which collaboration would be mutually advantageous. Sharing good practice both in […]