MELSIG event at the University of Chester

The Gathering of the Clans brings together colleagues in the North West region: ALTNWE, ELESIG and MELSIG11th June 2015 at the University of Chester For people who follow MELSIG and attend our events this event provides you with an opportunity to share your practice using the delegate Thunderstorm slots – short presentations that will get the…

Focus on Video

MELSIG will refocus on video for our next event which is hosted by the University of Nottingham on the 20th January 2015. Titled ‘Creative Lecture Capture, Webinars & Screencasting‘, the day’s programme is developing rapidly. The event comes out of a long-standing interest to understand how the sector will make use of institutionally driven video…

MELSIG’s interest areas

It’s worth posting the scope of MELSIG’s interests from time to time. Our next event at the University of Sussex focuses on interactivity and inclusivity in teaching and learning and how social, smart and digital media can enhance this. Undoubtedly the event will refer to other MELSIG interest areas: the opportunities of digital and social…

Next event: Digital Media Interaction and Inclusivity

Here are details about the next MELSIG event. Host: University of Sussex Focus: The use of digital and social media promoting inclusivity and interaction to enhance and transform learning Date: 9th September 2014 Location: Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) Teaching Building, University of Sussex (46 on campus map https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=campusmap.pdf&site=271) Hashtag: #melsigus As usual, the programme will develop over the coming…

Free University of Manchester webinar: Creating interactive online teaching packages using iSpring – 1st July

This may be of interest to colleagues: The Manchester Distance Learning Network is pleased to present this online webinar: Creating interactive online teaching packages using iSpring. Date: July 1st 2014 Time: 1pm It will be presented by Ian Miller, eLearning Manager for the Faculty of Life Sciences, and an iSpring expert from the US. iSpring…

SmiLE! Smart Learning Environments for Smart Teaching

HEA STEM: SmiLE! Smart Learning Environments for Smart Teaching Date: 21 Mar 2014 Start Time: 12:00 pm Location/venue: Sheffield Hallam University, Aspect Court, City Campus, Howard Street Sheffield Smart technologies can promote autonomy, flexibility and innovation where individual academics are open to recognising and exploring the opportunity. Creative academic practitioners, using personal tablets and apps, are able to…