You would remember my post “Introducing Turnitin Feedback” from the 1st of March about the new Turnitin Interface. In the past few days, I have been updating some of our existing Turnitin resources, providing new instructions and videos on how to use Turnitin Feedback Studio. When visiting those resources, you will notice that links to instructions and resources for Turnitin … Read More
A few weeks ago, the Digital Learning Team published a blog post called “Designing an advanced online learning environment for higher education” in where we discussed the importance of having a set of principles in mind that could guide the design or selection of a learning environment for higher education. I strongly encourage you to read it, if you haven’t … Read More
The beginning of a new semester can be a daunting experience not only for students but for teachers as well; in particular for those who are teaching for the first time, are relatively new to teaching or simply are returning to teaching after a break. Teachers often get asked: “Are you ready to go? and the answer to this is … Read More
For the last couple of years, under the leadership of Howard Errey, the DSC Digital Learning Team has been running the Innovation Incubator. The Innovation Incubator has been conceived as a space where academic staff across the college can come together to share, discuss and work on creative and innovative ideas. This year, I have been given the opportunity to join Howard in the running of the Incubator, and so far I can say that it has been amazing to get to know the members, witness their enthusiasm and hear about their projects.
As I slowly familiarise myself with my new role, I am also making progress in learning more about the projects I will be leading and participating in for the first part of the year. I have just returned from building 100, the Design Hub, where I met Soumitri Varadarajan (Deputy Dean Industrial and Interior Design) and Juan Sanin (Lecturer of Industrial … Read More
Using Hangouts on Air (HoA) and Youtube to create and distribute instructional-videos and screen-recordings.
Google+ Communities allow real-time collaboration, sharing and engagement while creating a repository of artefacts Related pattern: What Eloise Thomson teaches future teachers, and looks for ways to integrate technology into courses so that students can see examples of how to integrate it into their teaching. In “Geography in a Social Context” the in-class time is spent in workshops where students … Read More
Educators in areas such as Property Construction and Project Management, and Architecture and Design, need to provide building site experience for large numbers of students – in some cases hundreds per class. The practicalities of turning up to a major building site with large numbers of students for reasons such as safety, make these site visits increasingly difficult to organise.
It is possible to quickly generate a print format instructional resource from a video #screencast, using #Google-Slides Related pattern: video teaching What There are many reasons to want a printed version of any information. Some people need it for offline viewing, others as a slower more deliberate form of study, others for comprehension, etc. This example looks at how to … Read More