Learning from the early adopters: developing the digital practitioner
Recent research by Liz Bennett (2014) looks at the drivers that motivate educators to use technology in their teaching. She took a framework (Beetham and Sharpe 2011) used to model students’ digital literacies and applied it to lecturers’ digital literacy practices. The intention was to examine the motivations for lecturers in adopting Technology Enhanced Learning. Bennett […]
Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference – new developments
photo credit: adesigna via photopin cc New developments for Blackboard I mentioned in an earlier post that Blackboard are becoming more responsive to their local markets. The ugly phrase they used to describe this is ‘countrification’. As a result of this several new features and changes to design were unveiled at the Blackboard Teaching […]
Report: “Pedagogy, policy and support: taking lecture capture to the next level”
Date: July 3rd, 2013 Location: Loughborough University Details: “Pedagogy, policy and support: taking lecture capture to the next level” Twitter hashtag: #lborolc13 With discussions taking place around the College and University about the merits and technicalities of providing students with recorded materials, the timing couldn’t have been better for this workshop. Hosted by Loughborough University […]
Report: “Providing viable and flexible technology enhanced learning solutions for an increasingly agile student community”
Date: May 3rd, 2013 Location: University of Derby Details: “Providing viable and flexible technology enhanced learning solutions for an increasingly agile student community”. This event was hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Workshop and Seminar Series 2012/2013. From the beginning it was easy to see why this event had attracted so many leaders […]
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