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Hosting a MELSIG event

Are you interested in hosting a MELSIG event? With the next event happening in the next couple of weeks it is a good time to think about what happens next, especially as this event, just like the previous 29 MELSIG events ran out of tickets within days. People clearly value MELSIG events. It is a…

Voices of Innovators

You may be aware that the MELSIG community is crowdsourcing toolkits to support academic innovation. On the 21st of June we are running the next MELSIG event in Sheffield using Toolkit in a Day methodology. One of the secrets to that is to encourage people to submit useful materials beforehand. This call goes out to the…

Call for Examples of Good Practice

Participants at the MELSIG event later this month in Sheffield are building three online toolkits to share and inspire good innovative teaching practice with digital and social media. Have you experience and knowledge to share? These open toolkits will focus on: Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes Social Media for Learning Flipped Active & Blended learning (FAB)…

Register for our June MELSIG event

Tickets usually go very fast for the MELSIG events. We have just 100 places. Information about the event and a link to our Eventbrite registration are here. We are going to be building 3 very useful and inspirational toolkits together. In the process, we are going to learn about and share what we know about these…

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Global Twalkday

Global #Twalkday Wednesday 3rd October 2018 Theme: Doing, being, becoming, belonging and connecting Time: 3pm GMT (but options for other time zones to be decided) What is Twalkday? The Twalk will be co-ordinated globally and is planned to coincide with the start of a new academic year. It provides teachers with an opportunity to think…

Our next event: Enhancing Practice with Digital and Social Media

The next MELSIG event will take place on 21st June at Sheffield Hallam University. The day will have a practical focus looking at three approaches to enhancing academic practice with digital and social media. We will explore three ideas together side-by-side, whether we are new to using digital and social media for teaching and learning…

Toolkits – a place for MELSIG co-production

MELSIG is known for its events, which I hope will continue for many years to come, however the co-development of toolkits is something that the extended community do with relative ease. The Voice of Innovators section in the Audio Feedback Toolkit features 3 minute long audio contributions submitted in response to a call issued to…

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Audio Feedback – Voices of Innovators

The Audio Feedback Toolkit is ready! But the call for innovators remains open. Please continue to send 3 minute long recordings describing how you use audio feedback including three tips so that others can follow your lead. This has to be the best part of the toolkit – thank you to all of you who submitted a 3 minute…