TEL Staff Development Review (Aug – Dec 2013)
With the end of the year upon us, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the TEL staff development that has taken place at YSJ, between August – December 2013....
Author: Daniel Mackley
A-Z Tools & Technologies: iPads
What is an iPad? I would be very surprised if anybody reading this post hadn’t heard of or used an iPad before. Over the past 10 years, iPads and other tablet/mobile devices have formed...
SEDA: Supporting Learning with Technology (SLT) 2014
SEDA is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education. SEDA offers a variety of professional development awards all aimed at enabling staff...
Breakfast Cafe: Screencasting and Podcasting
Screencasts and Podcasts are a great way to provide engaging learning resources to students, whether it’s explaining assessment criteria, summarising the key points of a lecture, or providing video demonstrations. This morning’s Breakfast Cafe saw us...
Breakfast Cafe: Blogging with WordPress
The focus of this morning’s Breakfast Cafe was WordPress, and how it could be used to support and enhance Teaching and Learning. For those who don’t know, WordPress is an online platform that allows...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: HootSuite
What is HootSuite? These days everybody is connected to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social networks. Managing these accounts can be time consuming and sometimes there are just not enough hours in the...
Creating a Forum in Moodle
A Forum is an activity where students and teachers can exchange ideas by posting comments. It enables participants to have asynchronous discussions i.e. discussions that take place over an extended period of time. Forum...
TEL Breakfast Cafes
The next series of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Breakfast Cafes have been announced. Tea, Coffee and Croissants will be provided at the sessions. Moodle Assignments – bulk upload student grades and feedback. Tuesday 19th...
UK & Ireland Moodle Moot 2013
It’s that time of year again when Moodle enthusiasts from all over the UK and Ireland meet at the annual Moot. This year’s Moot was again held in Dublin, Ireland and just like the...
Blind Marking, Group Assignments and Assignment Extensions
After discussing the institutions Moodle upgrade plan and e-submission developments with the deans last week I decided to research further into the new assignment engine available in Moodle 2.4. I came across some great...