The Durham 15th Annual Blackboard Users’ Conference
This Year’s Theme: Students as Partners I recently attended the 15th annual Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference. This is organised and held at Durham University in the first week of January every year. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Students as Partners’. As usual there was a range of different workshops and presentations […]
Learning and Teaching Conference 2014
This year’s Leicester Learning and Teaching Conference is looking at enhancing students learning through links between teaching and research, and the call for papers is now open. Leicester’s Teaching-Research Nexus? Enhancing student learning through linkages between teaching and research Date: 8th July 2014 Time: 9:30 am – 5.00 pm Location: Bennett Building, Main Campus, University of Leicester Further […]
The 14th Annual Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference
This year’s annual Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference took place on the 9th and 10th of January at the University of Durham. I don’t know what the attendance numbers were, it looked as if they were down on last year, but there was still a very good turnout from across the UK. In this report I’ve […]
NMC Horizon Report, 2014
Every year the New Media Consortium (NMC), in partnership with the Educause Learning Initiative, release a series of reports for different education sectors on key trends, significant challenges and important developments recognized in the fields of education. “The eleventh edition will describe annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, a more than decade-long research project designed […]
Improving Learning with Mobile Technology
In September 2013 I was asked to submit a short essay for an eBook project, answering the question “What are the most effective uses of technology in online and mobile education?”. Here’s my reply, which is available on page 30 in the “Mobile Education – Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology” […]
Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013
The Educause Centre for Applied Research (ECAR) has recently published their “ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013” report. Key findings of the report: Students recognize the value of technology but still need guidance when it comes to better using it for academics. Students prefer blended learning environments while beginning to experiment with […]
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