Learning Analytics
The NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition (see below) describes learning analytics as the “Field associated with deciphering trends and patterns from educational big data, or huge sets of student-related data, to...
Author: Phil Vincent
A-Z Tools & Technologies: MOOCs
Although not strictly a tool or technology, we thought MOOCs would make an ideal topic for our latest post in the A-Z series! What are MOOCs? Massive open online course (MOOC) are free courses, available over...
Embed Twitter Widget Into Moodle
We’ve seen an increasing number of staff using Twitter with their students for Teaching & Learning, for example #COG2YSJ, #1QTSE14A, #1QTSE15A, #1QTSM1, #1QTM40, #MPGC01 & @2ST050. If you are using Twitter for Teaching, Learning...
Stimulating Participation in Lectures
Mandy (@MandyAsghar) and I recently delivered a workshop to colleagues in the Faculty of Arts to stimulate thinking and consider effective strategies including (but not limited to) the use of technology to promote engagement...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) BUFVC Off Air TV Recording
Through the combined efforts of TEL, Media Services and ILS, YSJ have subscribed to the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) BUFVC Off Air TV Recording service. BoB, as it is commonly known as, allows staff...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The stated mission is to provide ‘a free world-class education for anyone...
Mahara Upgrade
Mahara is the University’s e-Portfolio system. It can be accessed directly from Moodle, by clicking on explore > e-Portfolio, or by typing this address into your web-browser: http://eportfolio.yorksj.ac.uk On Tuesday 21st January we will be upgrading from Mahara 1.4 to...
Helix Media Library User Group 2013
On Friday 29th November I headed down to London Metropolitan Uni for the annual Helix Media Library (HML) User Group meeting. This was my 2nd trip to the User Group meeting, last year I...
Just Ask: Academic Integrity Week
Last week the LTD team were involved in the latest ‘Just Ask‘ week, a series of events run throughout the year designed to help students settle in to University life, on the theme of ‘Academic...
Flipped Classroom
Flip teaching (or flipped classroom) is a form of blended learning which encompasses any use of technology to leverage the learning in a classroom, so a tutor can spend more time interacting with students...