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 … Read More
Learning Environments: Creating a positive user experience
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 … Read More
Be Blackboard and Google Drive/Apps ready for semester 2
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 … Read More
Reflecting upon the concept of Innovation
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.
Starting on “I love blended learning”
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 … Read More
Youtube Live to create instructional videos
Using Hangouts on Air (HoA) and Youtube to create and distribute instructional-videos and screen-recordings.
Google+ Communities for in-class projects
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 … Read More
Learning spatial awareness: virtual reality and 360-degree video
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.
HoA and Google-Slides to create multi format instructions
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 … Read More