2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Creating An Engaging Module in Blackboard
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Creating An Engaging Module in Blackboard
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Overview / Event description This session invites you to discover the pedagogic value of creating a visually engaging and user friendly module page in Blackboard Ultra. Objectives We will be covering:AI tools to auto generate modulesLook and Organisation of Teaching MaterialsSupport LinksEnga…
Wednesday, July 23 2025
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- A guide to Flexible Assessments
2025 APD Festival- A guide to Flexible Assessments
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Overview / Event description An overview of flexible assessments, advantages and potential issues as well as how it can be incorporated into a module assessment strategy. Objectives This session will provide examples of flexible assessments that academics can adapt to their own modules.The se…
Monday, July 28 2025
11:00 AM
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11:30 AM
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Powerful Presentations: leveraging Images for pedagogical success
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Powerful Presentations: leveraging Images for pedagogical success
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Overview / Event description This session invites you to discover how you can utilise visuals within Blackboard. You will also look at advanced PowerPoint features to make your learning resources as engaging as possible. Objectives To understand the importance of visuals in learning and teach…
Wednesday, July 23 2025
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Lights, Camera Learn! Using Video Creation in Education
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Lights, Camera Learn! Using Video Creation in Education
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Overview / Event description This session takes a look at optimising the way you can use video as a pedagogic tool to enhance student engagement. Objectives - To look at how videos can be used to promote learning- Highlight and demonstrate the tools available at UoW for educational video crea…
Wednesday, July 23 2025
2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- Improving engagement in class with PollEverywhere quizzes
2025 APD Festival- Improving engagement in class with PollEverywhere quizzes
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Overview / Event description In this session, we will be going over the importance of formative assessments and how these can be carried out quickly and effectively using Poll Everywhere. We will also be looking at how PollEverywhere can be tailored according to your pedagogical needs and the basi…
Wednesday, July 30 2025
11:00 AM
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11:40 PM
2025 APD Festival- Being an External Examiner: Information and guidance for academics considering taking an external examining..
2025 APD Festival- Being an External Examiner: Information and guidance for academics considering taking an external examining..
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2025 APD Festival- Being an External Examiner: Information and guidance for academics considering taking an external examining role at another HEI Overview / Event description In this session we will provide information and guidance on the role of an external examiner. We will be discussing wh…
Tuesday, July 22 2025
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- Reframing Student Engagement through Compassion and Community Cultural Wealth
2025 APD Festival- Reframing Student Engagement through Compassion and Community Cultural Wealth
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Overview / Event description Reframing Student Engagement through Compassion and Community Cultural WealthThis dynamic online session will invite participants to reflect on their practice and learn new approaches to fostering compassionate and inclusive student engagement and environments.The sess…
Thursday, July 24 2025
10:00 AM
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1:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Building Relationships using Blackboard
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Building Relationships using Blackboard
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Overview / Event description In this session, we will highlight the importance of building relationships with students to foster inclusivity and engagement. We will show how, even in a digital environment, this can be achieved. Objectives To develop positive relationships with students from Day…
Wednesday, July 23 2025
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Measuring Learning (Formative Vs Summative Assessment)
2025 APD Festival- Digital Pedagogy Day: Measuring Learning (Formative Vs Summative Assessment)
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Overview / Event description In this session, we will explore the rationale for and the benefits of using assessment as a learning tool, looking at how it can be quickly and effectively implemented it in your classes. We will also look at how to best engage students in the feedback loop. Objec…
Wednesday, July 23 2025
3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
2025 APD Festival- Beyond surveys, focus groups and interviews: supporting students to use a range of approaches and methods...
2025 APD Festival- Beyond surveys, focus groups and interviews: supporting students to use a range of approaches and methods...
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2025 APD Festival- Beyond surveys, focus groups and interviews: supporting students to use a range of approaches and methods in their dissertations and projects. Overview / Event description In this session participants will have the opportunity to discuss a range of research approaches and…
Thursday, July 17 2025
2:00 PM
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3:30 PM