The LDU is involved in a number of activities that help it achieve its aims and objectives.
Technology Enhanced Enterprise Education Project - TE3
Funded by the Office of Science and Technology, TE3 is a community of enterprise educators in HE, working together to promote the learning and teaching of enterprise and entrepreneurship aided by learning technology.
Plagiarism Project
A Birmingham Teaching Fellowship Scheme award has been made to Dr Alison Davies to investigate plagiarism issues at the University of Birmingham. The overall aim of the project is to examine staff and student views and experiences of plagiarism at the University of Birmingham, with a more specific focus upon evaluating and monitoring use of two electronic plagiarism detection systems: CopyCatch and the JISCPAS Plagiarism Detection Software, more recently known as Turnitin.
Learning Technology Survey
A survey is regularly carried out to explore the current use of learning technology by staff at the University of Birmingham, and to identify potential future trends. Surveys were carried out in 2003 and 2005 and the 2007 survey has just been completed.
JISC eSpaces Project
The University of Birmingham received JISC funding under the JISC e-Learning Programme to report upon the ways in which learning technologies are influencing the design of physical learning spaces in further and higher education institutions.