Learning Sessions
Learning Sessions Info
You do not need to register for these sessions in advance. As long as the workshop space has empty chairs, you are welcome to participate.
Please note that some sessions will require that you bring certain kinds of equipment or pre-install software or create user accounts. Make sure that you arrive fully prepared and ready for the session. If you need help with prep, please ask one of the event facilitators in good time before the learning session is due to start.
Session times will be advertised on the Schedule page a few days before #LearnHack.
Moodle - A year in development
Session offered by: Jason, Digital Education
You will learn about the real world stresses and strains of the UCL Digital Learning Environments team, development, operations (DevOps) how we work, how we deliver value to our stakeholders and how we have to balance innovation and demand against budget, resourcing and stability.
This is for you if you want to know what its like working in an Agile DevOps team at a UKHE (where Agile practice is still relatively new). Know about the challenges and decision making that goes on behind the scenes to enable, developing and supporting a platform.
What do you need to take part?
No prior knowledge required
Session length: 30 minutes
Liberating H5P - a practical workshop
Session offered by: David (ARC) and Janina (Digital Education)
You will learn:
what H5P is
how to build H5P content
how to liberate H5P from prison
how to give your shiny H5P content a home
some (not too technical) Github skills
This session is for you if
you are curious about creating content that goes beyond just plain text and images
you are the playful type who would like to create interactive content and simple games, but doesn't know how to code
your heart sinks at the mere mention of Github because you don't have a Computer Science degree (yet)
We are two very experienced educators who prioritise curiosity and fun in everything we do. We aim to inspire and show you that creating amazing content is easier than you think.
What do you need to take part?
You will need a laptop to participate in the session as you will not be able to use the software on tablets or mobile phones.
Before joining the session, you need to
know how to switch on your laptop
know how to download and run a simple programme on your laptop (Win | Mac | Linux)
create a Github account and be successfully logged into your Github account
To take part in this workshop, you must create a Github account before the session starts as we won't have time in the session to wait for people to complete this step.
Session length: 60 - 75 minutes
Envisioning Futures
Session offered by: Paul Bailey, Lawrie Phipps and Emma Beatson from Jisc
Many complex economic, social, environmental and technological factors are intersecting, conflicting and compelling change across global communities. Additionally, changes in the global demand for education, impending climate crisis and the advent of innovative technologies like Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) are already converging to impact education, research, and the infrastructure of campuses. Future universities, their students, and staff will be impacted significantly by many more challenges in both the near and far future.
The aim of this workshop is to facilitate a forward-looking perspective on the university experience by examining some of these potential challenges and how UCL could best adapt to mitigate the risks and exploit the opportunities they present.
Participants in this workshop will gain an introduction to:
Understanding of key global trends
Critical analysis of future challenges and opportunities
Strategic thinking and adaptation strategies
Envisioning futures is often difficult. It is hard to remove yourself from current obstacles and it is often unavoidable that they impact on your current thinking. In this workshop students can share your perspectives on how to tackle the deeper societal challenges. The objective is not solely to conceive practical solutions, but also to think the unthinkable. This workshop will give participants a framework to address key challenges through a structured set of group exercises. By gathering and sifting through the most promising concepts, participants will together construct a vision of the future for UCL.
What do you need to take part?
No prior knowledge required
Session length: 60 minutes
NOTE:
To make this workshop as interactive as possible for all attendees, there will be separate offline and online versions of this session.
How to create a playful AI Bot
Session offered by: Geraldine, Digital Education
Stealing directly from Malcolm Murray and Matt Wood from Durham University I would like to run their session on how to create a playful character AI bot, see their Padlet for examples of the types of creations you can make (https://padlet.com/thisismalcolm/playful-ai-bots-ggg3cc34c2vtoyh7)
This is for anyone who would like to have a go and have some fun
What do you need to take part?
No prerequisites
Session length: 60 minutes
NOTE:
This session will run exclusively online via Teams.
fiAIsco - Help prevent / create an AI fiasco!
Session offered by: Samantha, ARC/DigiEd
In this game, a playset for Bully Pulpit Games’s Fiasco system, you and your colleagues will imagine the story of how an organisation or community’s attempt to implement an AI tool goes horribly wrong. Perhaps this will help you stop such a thing in real life.
This Session is aimed at anyone interested in AI and it's impact on people and society.
It's a great opportunity to play test a new game.
What do you need to take part?
No prior knowledge required
Session length: 60 minutes
NOTE:
This session will not be streamed.
Technology-enhanced Feedback
Session offered by: Amanda / Marieke, Digital Assessment
Discover the transformative power of Technology-Enhanced Feedback.
David Boud famously said that the challenge of feedback is about how to engage with learners in ways that are likely to result in discernible change.
‘Providing comments to students is only a part of any feedback process. Without active engagement from students (eliciting/processing/acting), feedback hasn't occurred because it can't influence learning’
In this #LearnHack session we will give an overview of some feedback approaches including audio and video feedback, peer review and feedback, AI as a feedback partner, rubrics and group discussion feedback.
You will hear David Boud and Mike Sharples discussing some of the benefits of these feedback types.
You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and preferences with other students and academics on mentimetre at the end of the presentation.
What do you need to take part?
No prerequisites
Session length: 30 minutes
NOTE:
This session was pre-recorded and will run exclusively online via Teams.