Lauren JohnstonSmith

Knitter, runner, singer, pianist, higher education digital marketer, believer in Scottish Independence. All views my own. #eastlothian

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

On #THECampus: Moocs required rethinking how to create free courses to engage large numbers of students. Lauren Johnston-Smith @yarnoverhook and Nikki Stuart @EdinburghUni explain how their approach evolved from what they learned from their experiments
https://t.co/ayEo7frn6J

[Edinburgh Singers @TheEdSingers]

Final rehearsal underway for Handel's Messiah tonight! Soloists and Meadows Chamber Orchestra sounding wonderful, and the choir is just waiting to go on! What a beautiful setting for it too. 😀Tickets available on door. Come along & be uplifted! St Cuthbert's Parish church, 7pm!

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

Ooh look @LornaMCampbell it's your Wikipedia Bessie! 🎶

[Scott Coutts @ScottCoutts1]

Being an educational institution it's so important to support students with valuable work experience that will benefit their careers.

This summer we had Ashlin join us in the @uoe_online Marketing team to support one of our research projects.

Read more ⬇️

[Online Learning | The University of Edinburgh @uoe_online]

⭐ Do you want the chance to win a £50 voucher? ⭐

We are undertaking some research to understand how people would find information on a test website.

To be entered into the prize draw, all you need to do is complete this research test: https://t.co/hATByh1QG5

[Scott Coutts @ScottCoutts1]

Making the most of summer by having our @uoe_online Marketing team meeting outside this morning ☀️

Great to catch up with the team face to face and enjoy the outdoor space on our campus 🌳

[Edinburgh Singers @TheEdSingers]

If you missed us at The Dome yesterday fundraising for the wonderful @echcharity then why not enjoy our 2020 festive fundraising video & donate to #GiveChristmasBack to children at the Sick Kids Hospital.
Video -> https://t.co/zPwDF38RZ2
Donate-> https://t.co/bGsmXXXKOj

[Edinburgh Singers @TheEdSingers]

Looking forward to our concert tonight in beautiful ⭐ St Cuthbert's Parish Church - come away in out of the rain and soak up beautiful music by Durufle, Vaughan Williams and Faure. Ticket available on the door.

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

Great pecha kucha by Ari from my #onlinelearning marketing team today at @EdinburghUni 's first in-house communications & marketing conference in the Playfair Library. She's gathered amazing content from @uoe_online students so we can tell their story on social platforms 🙌

[Lynn Fraser @MrsFantoosh]

The Pans bus stop @PPansBusShelter in solidarity & raising awareness for #WorldMenopauseDay2022 #EastLothian

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

@ScottishHalfMar can you come and collect your leftover signs from this year's race please? This is on the path from Prestonpans railway station to meadowmill. thanks

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

Doom dahhhhhh! When Lauren, Laura, Angus and Ross met @FoilArmsAndHog - fabulous show guys! (Weirdly, it looks like we're at a football stadium... rather than McEwan Hall 🤔)

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

@kitchalmers @ConwyCBC Oh that looks very tempting!

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

Why @ScotRail do you have half the number of carriages on the rush hour trains on #northberwick line today? And meanwhile an empty 6 carriage heads back into Edinburgh? Where do the other 3 carriages disappear to?!

[Online Learning | The University of Edinburgh @uoe_online]

We've officially reached over 4 million enrolments on our free short online courses! 🎉🎈🥳 Why not join these learners and sign up for a course today?

Increase your knowledge on various subject areas from business to the environment to history now: https://t.co/Fqw6m2qGts

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

A lovely trip to @DalryCemetery and the Dean Gardens today as part of @thecockburn's #DoorsOpenDays - highly recommend the cemetery for a wander + bonus free book library 📚

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

@LothianLoop Is it at home in front of a computer screen?!😉 Or Inveresk maybe... 😃

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

30% of millennials & 29% of GenZ would like to see an 'education' feature included on social media platforms

[Futurescot @Futurescot_News]

Social media is the “go-to” medium for young people to self-educate on topics such as Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+ issues and climate change, according to FutureLearn's recent report. ⬇️
https://t.co/D3OqM6gJXJ

[Lauren JohnstonSmith @yarnoverhook]

Online learning isn’t “the answer” to everything ... But for the right person, at the right time in the right format, it could be just perfect. 💭My thoughts on the @FutureLearn partners' forum which I attended yesterday.
https://t.co/pe7DRZA3DN

[Dewi Parry @dewiparry_LT]

Andrea Burrows - (Advice for HEIs looking to the future) Think big, start small, act quickly! #FLPF2021