Why study philosophy? Advice for prospective students
I was asked by our philosophy department to write an almuni profile, to be used at open days etc. This is it, with an explanation of...
January 11, 2018
How I fell in and out of love with the iPad Mini: a self-reflective design study
By Dr. Robert O’Toole When I started my PhD in 2010 the bag that I carried around with me everywhere contained the following tools: Apple iPad...
December 19, 2017
20 ways to use ResponseWare
The following activities may be conducted using ResponseWare: 1. Attendance registration – students, signed into the system using their username and password, indicate their presence in...
October 30, 2017
A diversity of learning space uses
Design challenge: can we design a single flexible space to support all of these uses? What design tricks can we use to make it possible? What...
October 10, 2017
Kickstart VR at Warwick initial report
The full report is now available. Here are some sample pages:
June 10, 2017
What’s your approach to learning and teaching?
For a series of VR workshops that we are running next week, we want the participants to give us a very brief view of their approach...
May 17, 2017
A problem with assessment in super-selective institutions
“As argued in Chapter 1, good teaching narrows the initial gap between Robert and Susan therefore producing a smaller spread of final grades than that predicted...
April 18, 2017
Understanding and shaping student engagement live and online
This lecture was originally created as part of the LDC APP PGR course, introducing postgraduate research students to teaching. I’ve done it in various forms now...
March 15, 2017
Posters about H5P
Here’s a couple of posters that I have made to publicise H5P, now available in Moodle at Warwick. Click on an image to download as a...
February 12, 2017