Learning & Teaching
Innovative learning options
At Glasgow Caledonian University we believe in exploring new and beneficial learning and teaching methods and technologies. Innovations in this area include our cyberspace campus in Second Life and an on-site virtual hospital that helps train tomorrow’s nurses and midwives.
- Caledonian Academy
The Caledonian Academy is the focus of the university’s aim to develop and research new learning processes and environments that will shape the way students everywhere learn in the future.
- CU There on Second Life
Explore our virtual campus, CU There, on a computer near you. Located in the virtual 3D world of Second Life, CU There provides a whole new teaching, learning and collaboration environment.
- Virtual Hospital
The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health’s virtual hospital contains an 18-bed ward, briefing and debriefing rooms, control room, nurses’ station and intensive care suite.
- Eye Clinic
The Eye Clinic at Glasgow Caledonian University services the Department of Vision Sciences by providing clinical training facilities for up to 120 Optometrists and 30 Dispensing Opticians annually.
- Real WoRLD
Our Real WoRLD initiative, which helps prepare graduates for the world of work, was recognised in the CBI’s 2008 Future Fit report into innovative approaches to graduate employability.
- Aiming University Learning @ Work Project
This ground-breaking project was launched in February 2007 and has an overall aim of creating a strategic shift in the development of employability initiatives and work-related learning within Scottish universities.