Top Posts from 2017 and Seasons Greetings from the TEL Team!
As we come towards the end of 2017, we’ve seen a lot of changes in the TEL Team over the last 12 months. Our new TEL Assistant, Suzy, has been settling in since May...
Author: Emma Fletcher
Open Education and OER – A guide and call to action for policy makers
ALT has produced this call to action to highlight to education policy makers and professionals how Open Education and OER can expand inclusive and equitable access to education and lifelong learning, widen participation, and...
Moodle: Adding an EvaSys Evaluation Block
Being able to hear our students’ voice and use it to ensure we offer a high quality student experience is important to the university and key to its’ success. With this in mind EvaSys...
EDUCAUSE Annual Conference #EDU17 Part 2
I was recently lucky enough to attend the EDUCAUSE annual conference, through the UCISA bursary scheme, held in Philadelphia, PA at the start of the month. This is my second post reflecting on it,...
12 Apps of Christmas 2017
Advent is almost upon us and the shops are covered in tinsel and glitter! That means it’s 12 Apps of Christmas season! Micro-learning is an ever popular concept, a way to deliver small learning...
EDUCAUSE Annual Conference #EDU17 Part 1
I was lucky enough to attend the EDUCAUSE annual conference at the start of the month after applying for, and winning, a bursary from UCISA. This year the conference was held from 1st-3rd of...
Moodle Monday: Course Format
Today’s Moodle Monday is focusing on Course Format, course format refers to the layout of a Moodle course. Last month there were a few updates to Moodle (that were summarised in this blog post)...
Learn with Lynda: Learning Audacity
Learn with Lynda is back for the new academic year and today we’re putting the spotlight on Learning Audacity. This course is presented by Garrick Chow and lasts 1h 53m. Audacity is a free,...
Moodle Monday: Tracking Student Engagement and Progress
Moodle offers a variety of options for enhancing student engagement & tracking progress, including Moodle Reports, Activity Completion, Conditional Activities, Progress Bar, Open Badges, Engagement Analytics and Course Dedication. Moodle Reports Moodle contains four...
Turnitin: Understanding the Similarity Report
Turnitin does not check for plagiarism in a piece of work. Instead, it will check a student’s work against their database, and if there are instances where a student’s writing is similar to, or matches against,...