@ York St John University
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 3-5 minutes Activity 10 minutes (+ optional extra activity). Librarians and TEL Advisors encounter some really neat tools that have a broad application. One such example is Creative Commons...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 6-8 minutes Activity 10-15 minutes Yesterday we introduced Open Education generally. Today, we’ll look specifically at an overview of Open Education Resources. By the end of the post, you...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 20 (including video) Activity 10 What do we mean by Open Education? At its core, Open Education is about removing barriers to Education. It is a movement benefiting from the...
What is Open Education Week? Open Education week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement and its impact on teaching, learning and research. The aim is is to raise awareness about free and...
This month, we’re shining the ‘Learn with Lynda’ spotlight on Gamification. Gamification is the introduction of ‘game-like’ features and processes such as ‘levelling-up’, reward systems and challenges into non-game environments such as education. The approach is...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 5 Activity 10 Yesterday, we introduced you to the main marking and feedback tools in Turnitin’s GradeMark system. Today, we’ll take that a step further and look at...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 10 minutes Activity 15 minutes In our final two days of the course, we address three stages of the Assessment Lifecycle: Marking and production of feedback Recording of grades Returning...
With every level 1 module now expected to use the Undergraduate Generic Assessment Descriptors grid when providing feedback, the obvious question is how can Turnitin and Moodle be used in conjunction with the grid?...
As you may know, Information Learning Services has purchased an institutional subscription to Lynda.com, an online video library that provides access to nearly 4000 learning courses in business, software, technology and creative skills. All courses...
This week saw the launch of an exciting Open Badges project I’ve been working on with colleagues from York St John’s Accommodation and Staff Development Services. The project involves aligning open badges to a new Residential...
