As part of the ‘Implementing lecture capture – what are we learning‘ event on Monday 11 September 2017, we held discussions on the theme of Pedagogy, Practice and Policy. The Pedagogy, Practice and Policy discussions started by considering institutional policy and whether the use of lecture capture is on an opt-in or opt-out basis. […]
Digital information gathering is everywhere – it’s collection is hidden behind the T and C check box for every platform registration, and is gathered when students use their Virtual Learning Environments. There’s an assumption that having student information is a good thing; we just need to work out what to do with it. […]
This is an account of my initial attempt to find learning theory to underpin and inform the development of our Digital Literacies framework and its implementation, as part of the LLI’s involvement in the university’s Digital Campus strategy. I drew upon literacies research and on the conclusions from my own MSc research into the […]
VoiceThread is an online collaboration and sharing tool that you can use within Blackboard. It allows you to share images, documents and videos to which others can add audio, video or text comments. You can draw on the screen while you are talking to highlight what you are talking about. You could use VoiceThread […]
On Tuesday 20th June, a group of colleagues from a range of disciplines got together with members of the LLI and the Library to discuss the role of schools liaison work in helping inform how we support student transitions to HE study. I kicked things off by setting some context – in particular the […]
‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about the effectiveness of educational means and techniques, forgetting, among other things, that what counts as ‘‘effective’’ crucially depends on judgements about what is educationally desirable. On the practice side, […]
Taken from :https://storify.com/Jisc/digital-capability-community-launch [10/05/2017] Stephen Walker, Frances Deepwell, Neil Donahue, Sarah Whittaker, Nevin Moledina and I attended a JISC event to develop a group interested in developing institutional digital capabilities. We had some interesting discussions and ideas around why we should think about digital “stuff”, and how staff and students can be supported in […]
I recently completed a MOOC called Digital Accessibility, run by the University of Southampton through FutureLearn. I decided to do this course to broaden my understanding of how to make digital content and technology accessible. I was aware of some aspects, such as providing captions on videos and alternative text for images, but I learned […]
I suspect we’ve all come across LEGO at some point in our lives: either through fond memories of childhood building, or slightly more painful memories as parents stepping on stray bricks. But have we ever seen it as a complex problem solving tool? LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) is a professional-oriented application of the colourful bricks, that has been […]
Bent Meier Sørensen, a Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen University wrote an impressive article in The Independent last week about using PowerPoint (and social media) in teaching. It was impressive in that it could have been a killer parody of techno-phobia and -determinism, written by someone who actually knows what they’re […]
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