11. Continuous Professional Development (CPD): Reading time: 2 minutes
Introduction:
This section lists all the different CPD events that I have attended or prepared and delivered since 2020.
University of West London (UWL) view all events :
NOTE: These sessions are prepared and delivered FREE of charge to UWL staff and partner institutions ONLY.
As as a Learning Technologist with ExPERT Academy at UWL, I am required to prepare and deliver CPD training to staff on the use of TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning). The following are events that used to be delivered before I joined the team and I am now taking over as lead. And the last regarding accessibility is an event that I decided to deliver which has never been offered before at UWL.
UWL Flex Training
This session is designed to provide a refresher on the UWL Flexmodel of learning and teaching. Academic staff, Hourly Paid Lecturers (HPLs), and PhD students involved in teaching, are trained on or reminded of UWL Flex and its 3-main components, shown an exemplar of UWL Flex, and shown how to develop content following UWL Flex. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 16 September 2021 at 12:00 - 13:00 GMT
Blackboard Collaborate Training
This session covers the use of Blackboard Collaborate and how it aids teaching and learning remotely. It describes the main features of the platform for remote use, and their applications in a classroom setting. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 26 August 2021 at 13:45 - 15:45 GMT
Interpreting Turnitin Similarity Reports
Discusses the use of similarity reports in Turniting and their use in grading and feedback. It also explains how to interpret a similarity report to determine whether a student has plagiarised their work and steps to take to show their students how to avoid plagiarism. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 02 December 2021 at 11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Introduction to UWL Learning Technologies (for new staff)
This is an introductory sessions for new staff in which I show them all the learning technologies we use at UWL. It also explain what each technology can do and how they are used to fulfill several activities towards teaching, learning and assessment. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 17 August 2021 at 10:00 - 13:00 GMT
Accessibility in Office and the Web
This session covers what accessibility is and its importance. It also explains the types of disabilities to bear in mind when developing content for the web, and how accessibile features can be implemented in said content using Office and the Web (refers learning technologies we use). read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 28 September 2021 at 11:00 - 12:30 GMT
UWL Student Inductions - Blackboard Training
This session covers a Blackboard training overview for new students. It covers in detail how we at UWL use Blackboard, our baseline module template, where to find information on Blackboard, how to submit assignments and complete tests or quizzes, how to access their submissions, view feedback, and grades assigned by their instructors, and more. All this is to get them prepared on how to use Blackboard, ready for the start of their courses. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 23 September 2021 at 14:30 - 15:00 BST
UWL Replay - Manual Recording Training
This session covers how instructors can manually recording their sessions on UWL Replay or Panopto using Panopto Capture, the importance and benefits of manual recordings, how to schedule a single and recurring sessions to record in future, how to update scheduled sessions, and delete any scheduled sessions that are no longer needed. This is a response following several comments we have received in the passed when we used to centrally schedule sessions for automatic recording. read more...
by Mrisho Abeid | 22 April 2022 at 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
Association for Learning Technology (ALT) view all events :
These events are run by ALT members for different topics relating to CPD. I attended the following event due to differnet reasons which you can find more about by clicking each individual CPD event badge.
A Framework to Support Problem-Based Learning(mobiPBL)
Engineering is the field or discipline, practice, profession and art to cater to social needs. Cooperative and collaborative forms of learning with hands-on experience have proven to be effective leaning methods for engineering subjects. read more...
by Anuradha Peramunugamage | 16 August 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
Co-Creating Expectation
Since the start of the pandemic, teaching through web conferencing tools like Zoom has ushered in new challenges around student engagement. Lectures populated by just names or boxes and silent or empty breakout rooms. read more...
by Tom Langston and Stuart Sims | 02 August 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
What makes an effective instructional video: Insights from theory and practice
What makes an effective educational video? This seminar will suggest answers based on what we can learn from academic research and a paying close attention to current practice. read more...
by Dominik Lukes | 20 July 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
Learning technologist... what is next? Opportunities for career development in a post-pandemic world
This is an open session aimed at digital educators and professionals whose expertise and skills can be usually defined under the label of 'learning technologist' (those who are actively involved in managing, researching, supporting or enabling learning with the use of learning technology). read more...
by Mari Cruz Garcia Vallejo | 22 February 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
Assessment design to promote academic integrity using learning technology
The spotlight on academic integrity as an issue has intensified in recent times as technology continues to impact teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. A lot of the discourse centres on identifying breaches of academic integrity using technology, through things like plagiarism checkers and online proctoring tools. read more...
by Rob Lowney & Fiona O’Riordan | 15 February 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
CMALT Getting Started Webinar
The webinar will cover the structure of the CMALT portfolio, frequently asked questions, and the submission and assessment process. There will be an opportunity to ask questions. read more...
by Debbie Baff | 25 March 2020 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
The role of the Arts and Humanities in effective online and blended learning design
The recent proposal by the Johnson government to cut funding for Arts subjects at universities by 50% is just the latest in a long line of attacks aimed at diminishing the place of the Arts and Humanities within the Higher Education sector. read more...
by Neil Hughes | 28 September 2021 at 12:30 - 13:30 GMT
Panopto:
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Working with Streams, Slides, and Podcasts in the Editor
by Panopto Support | 23 June 2021 at 16:00 - 17:00 GMT
Automate Video Capture with Remote Recorders
by Panopto Support | 28 April 2021 at 16:00 - 17:00 BST
Implementing Content Retention Policies
by Panopto Support | 23 March 2021 at 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Admin Features You Might Not Know About
by Panopto Support | 16 December 2020 at 16:00 - 17:00 GMT
Advanced Training Webinar - Microsoft Teams Integration
by Panopto Support | 22 September 2021 at 16:00 - 17:00 BST
Blackboard:
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Ally institutional report overview
by Blackboard Support | 16 April 2020 at 13:00 to 14:00 GMT
Poll Everywhere:
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Welcome to Poll Everywhere training
by Self-Paced Learning | 21 May 2021 at 11:00 - 17:30 GMT
Poll Everywhere for large teams
by Poll Everywhere Support | 21 July 2021 at 20:00 - 21:00 GMT
Last updated: Monday, 12th September 2022 By: Mrisho "M" Abeid Omary