1. Rae Karimjee, Educational Developer
Rae@city.ac.uk
Andy Oliver, Lecturer in Learning Development
Andrew.oliver.1@city.ac.uk

2. Our central aims
To make City University London a place where learning and teaching are valued and
respected.
To engage staff and learners in a dialogue about how to promote innovative and
quality learning and teaching.

3. Educational Technologies
The MILL To achieve these aims Events and Seminars
the LDC does the
following:
Educational Research
Teaching
Courses (MA and PhD) Awards

5. Which of these technologies will you be using
the most for your professional practice?
1. Moodle
2. Portal
3. Teaching pods
4. Clickers
5. Other

6. If you will be using Moodle
The LDC can:
 Offer training on how to use these systems
Give advice on the best way to present information
Embedding the tools within teaching and related practice
Help with troubleshooting

7. If you will be giving presentations:
The LDC can:
Show you how to use the Teaching Pods
Provide you with ‘Clickers’
Help you record your presentations using Adobe Presenter

8. If you want to network with staff
across the University:
Come along to the annual Learning and Teaching Showcase
to find out what projects are happening around the
University and meet more than 100 colleagues.
Come along to the annual Learning at City Conference to get
an insight to academic life at this University and to witness
the annual Learning and Teaching awards ceremony.
School liaison model – providing advice & sharing expertise
MA in Academic Practice – for anyone involved in supporting
students

9. If you are involved in teaching and/or
research:
The LDC offers:
A range of academic practice programmes, including the
MA Academic Practice, bespoke modules, and seminars.
A PhD programme
An annual Learning Development Conference
A Learning and Teaching Journal

10. There is a wide range of expertise in
this room!
Not everyone here teaches.
But we all support students.
So how is the role of the LDC relevant to you?
The LDC is careful to explore and promote learning and
teaching from a wide perspective.
For instance…

11. Ever thought about how you get
through the day?
Each one of us in this room has different
preferences in the way we engage with
tasks.
We all learn and work differently.
Let’s show you (get ready to stand up and
move things)

12. It’s the learning styles line-up!
Imagine you have a task to do. It’s new and challenging, and you
want to look good.
You have 2 choices:
1. You do something straightaway and see what happens
(one end of the line). (Andy)
2. You can get more info and some kind of framework
(other end of the line) . (Rae)
Where would you put yourself along that line?

13. It’s the learning styles line-up!
Now imagine the same situation but you choose between:
1. reflecting and observing others (one end of the
line). (Andy)
2. OR making a plan and trying something out (the
other end of the line). (Rae)
Stay at the level of your first position on the first line but
move backwards or forwards either along the second line.

14. Wow – people all over the place…
Look around, see where
Reflector everyone else is, think
about the implications.
Talk to someone in a
Activist Theorist very different position
and try to understand
that different approach.
What task were they
thinking of?
Pragmatist
Would they place
themselves elsewhere
for a different task?

15. ldc@city.ac.uk
School LDC Contact
Cass Sian Lindsay & Sandra
Partington
SEMS and SOL Andy Oliver & Steve McCombe
Law Pam Parker & Rae Karimjee
SCHS Neal Sumner & Stef Smith
Central Services Stef Smith, Pam Parker,
Annemarie Cancienne & Keri
Lloyd
Social Sciences and Arts Patrick Baughan & Olivia Fox

16. Visit our website: www.city.ac.uk/ldc
Read our monthly blog: www.city.ac.uk/blogs/ldc