Skip to main content

Digital education

ALT Winter Conference 2020, blog post 1

ALT Winter Conference 2020, blog post 1

Posted on 22 January 2021 by cesi

Updates from the ALT Online Winter Conference 2020 On 15-16 December 2020, members of Cardiff University’s Digital Education team attended the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Online Winter Conference. In […]

Team Tuesdays – Meet Lily, Administrative Assistant

Team Tuesdays – Meet Lily, Administrative Assistant

Posted on 7 January 2021 by cesi

Name: Lily Ginns Role: Administrative Assistant What is your role in the CESI team? I provide day-to-day administrative and project support to the CESI team and act as a Project Lead for the […]

‘Techno’ Detox – Are you ready to ‘switch off’?

‘Techno’ Detox – Are you ready to ‘switch off’?

Posted on 9 December 2020 by cesi

Our relationship with digital technology and the online environment feels almost natural by now. In real terms however, this is a fairly new enhancement to our daily lives. In just a […]

Tracking student engagement online

Tracking student engagement online

Posted on 18 November 2020 by cesi

One of the key aims of the digital learning framework is to promote student engagement with their learning, something which can be more challenging when students are studying remotely. However, […]

Personal Tutor Profile: Samantha Holloway, School of Medicine

Personal Tutor Profile: Samantha Holloway, School of Medicine

Posted on 9 November 2020 by cesi

Tell us a little about yourself, what School you’re a Senior Personal Tutor in and how long have you been involved with Personal Tutoring?I’m based within the Centre for Medical […]

Engaging students in 2020

Engaging students in 2020

Posted on 4 November 2020 by cesi

How have the events of this year changed the way we need to engage with students? Collaborating with students to help shape their university experience is more critical than ever […]

Sarah Lethbridge: Fy mhrofiad gyda Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Sarah Lethbridge: Fy mhrofiad gyda Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Posted on 21 October 2020 by cesi

Ah, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra... gwyddwn ei fod yn aml yn cael ei feirniadu.  Dechreuodd rhywun ei feirniadu hyd yn oed pan oeddwn i yng nghanol cyflwyno gweminar yn dweud wrth […]

Sarah Lethbridge: My experience with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Sarah Lethbridge: My experience with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Posted on 21 October 2020 by cesi

Ah Blackboard Collaborate Ultra… it has been known to get a bit of a bashing.  Someone even started having a go at it whilst I was in the middle of […]

Working collaboratively to support digital education

Working collaboratively to support digital education

Posted on 7 October 2020 by cesi

It's now been six months since the University ‘pivoted’ online in response to COVID-19, and since the first realisation that learning and teaching would look very different for the foreseeable […]

Starting the semester

Starting the semester

Posted on 1 October 2020 by cesi

Time has flown by since I last wrote for the CESI blog in mid-June . Now the new academic year is with us (and conscious that some programmes have been teaching […]