A-Z Tools & Technologies: Tricider
What is Tricider? Tricider is a free web based application where users can post a question and share it with others for brainstorming or collecting votes or getting feedback. It might be useful for...
Category: Tools & Technologies
NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition
The NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). This 12th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research...
Flipping – in one year or less!
The NMC Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Preview identified aspects of technology that should be adopted within specific time periods. Flipped Classrooms, it was suggested, were to be implemented within one year or less....
Creative Lecture Capture, Webinars & Screencasting at #MELSIGUoN
I recently attended the latest Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) event on ‘Creative Lecture Capture, Webinars & Screencasting’ at the University of Nottingham. The event investigated how live and recorded video is being used...
Back to the Future II
In my previous ‘Back to the Future‘ post I looked back at the OU Innovating Pedagogy Reports from the last 3 years, this time I’ll be looking at the NMC Horizon Report, which now...
Technology to replace face-to-face teaching?
Initially when I started to work within higher education I continued to apply the strategies and techniques I had used within the primary classroom to my higher education sessions. It was not long before I realised that, even though the basic learning theories still apply, there was a uniqueness to learning and teaching within higher education that I had not been aware off.
Gamification and the Undergraduate Research Conference
The student-led Undergraduate Research Conference takes place on Wednesday 22 October 10-4pm in De Grey Court, and will celebrate a variety of undergraduate research which has recently taken place at York St John University. It will...
Textwall: Voting feature now available
A Textwall is a simple tool that learners can send messages to via sms, email or an online web form. It’s a great tool for stimulating participation in large lectures, gathering student feedback and getting an...
Moodle Activities and the 3E Framework
When you create an activity within Moodle now, you should see some additional guidance and support that references the Technology Enhanced Learning Quality Framework. We have edited the Moodle help information (see below) so...
Turnitin Maintenance on Saturday, July 26th
Turnitin will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday, July 26th, 2014, from 5PM to 5AM. Turnitin will be using the time to improve the capacity and scalability of the service. Tutors...