Your digital practice

About digital practice

Our University provides us with a wide range of technologies to support student education and research. You can access many of these technologies in lecture theatres, clusters, labs, at your desk and via a web browser. This enables you to work flexibly and collaboratively with your students and peers at other institutions across the world. All of our digital practice development supports our University’s strategic priorities relating to digital:

• Digital Strategy for Student Education (Student Education Service website)
• Blended Learning Strategy (Student Education Service website)

Our digital practice development

We provide a series of online, face-to-face and blended development opportunities for staff and postgraduate researchers. Additionally, we have provision available on the Online Learning Training Sessions page (Coronavirus website).

Teaching and learning online

Our new programme of workshops, resources and support is available to support you in transitioning to teaching and learning online during the coronavirus outbreak. All resources and provision on this page can support you with this activity but here are some key resources you should be aware of:

1. Digital Practice site
2. Teaching and learning online (Coronavirus site)
3. Online learning training sessions (Coronavirus site)
4. Staff Frequently Asked Questions (Coronavirus site)
5. Digital Accessibility site

Lecture capture and media management

Suitability: academic staff and professional staff supporting academic practice

We offer a range of workshops on all aspects of lecture capture and media management.

• Lecture capture and media management: find out more and book

Collaborate Ultra

Suitability: staff and postgraduate researchers

Support and guidance on Collaborate Ultra is available for all staff on a bespoke basis. To learn more, please contact academicdev@leeds.ac.uk.

Collaborative lecture theatres

Suitability: all staff interested in using the redesigned lecture theatres

The redesign of three traditional tiered lecture theatres is informed by the latest research into the relationship between:

• Learning spaces
• Technology
• Pedagogy

Collaborative lecture theatres are available in Mechanical Engineering (Lecture Theatre B), Dentistry (Dental Worsley Lecture Theatre) and Roger Stevens (Lecture Theatre 8).

• Introduction to the collaborative lecture theaters (Microsoft Sway presentation)
• Self-enrol on the OD&PL Collaborative Learning Spaces (Minerva Organisation)
• Promote Active Learning in the Collaborative Lecture Theatres: learn more and book

External online provision: LinkedIn Learning

Following a succesful pilot phase, LinkedIn Learning is available to all students and staff. There is no charge for using any of these resources.

LinkedIn Learning provides flexible access to a wealth of resources to enhance your digital practice. There is an Inclusive Teaching collection (LinkedIn Learning) which includes courses on learning to teach online and making learning accessible. If you haven’t already registered, visit the LinkedIn Learning guide (IT Knowledgebase) to get started.

Our networks

Learning Technologists’ Network (LTN)

Suitability: there are 2 types of LTN membership:

1. Core members: learning technologists working at the faculty and institute level. These members are directly employed within faculties, institutes* and the Student Education Service. *This includes learning technologists working for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
2. Associate members: work in a wide range of roles and have an interest in learning technology. They include staff (in faculties and central services), postgraduate researchers and other NIHR staff.

The LTN provides you with an opportunity to keep updated with developments in educational technology, strategic priorities and collaborate. If you are a core member, there is also support to assist you with obtaining professional recognition.

• Subscribe to the LTN mailing list: the mailing list can only be accessed from networked computers or Desktop Anywhere. Advice on how to subscribe or unsubscribe from elsewhere, is available in the Creating and using mailing lists guide (IT website).
• Learning Technology Network Yammer Group: log into your university Office 365 account, go to Yammer and search for the Learning Technology Network and submit a request to join.
• Learning Technologists’ Network events: learn more and book

If you have any questions about the LTN, please contact Kirsten Thompson.

Additional resources

• Digital Practice site
• Digital Accessibility site
• Collaborate Ultra support (Minerva Support website)
• Lecture capture and media management (IT Knowledge Base)
• Collaborative Learning Spaces: University of Leeds (Microsoft Sway)
• VideoLeeds (case studies and online resources: requires login)
• Digital skills (Library website)

Find out more

Finally, if you have any questions about our digital practice development, including our bespoke provision, please select from the following:

Our Bespoke Services page | Contact us: academicdev@leeds.ac.uk

Webpage last updated: 18/1/21 | Maintained by: OD&PL