@ York St John University
Shaping the Future of Learning Together I recently attended the 22nd annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology, 8–10 September 2015, at The University of Manchester. I wrote a blog post Looking Ahead to #ALTC...
For quite a while now, Staff & Students at YSJ have been using Camtasia Relay’s presentation recording to capture and share knowledge quickly. Relay allowed users to simply press record to capture audio, on-screen...
Google Forms can be a great way to quickly poll or survey students (providing you are not capturing any sensitive or private data), to stimulate engagement and incorporate active learning to enhance the effectiveness...
…no, not a new member of the TEL team (sadly), but the latest resource on offer from ILS – Lynda.com! Information Learning Services has purchased an institutional subscription to lynda.com, an online video library...
Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform on which you can post 140 character ‘tweets’ which your followers can see, and you can follow other people to see what they’re sharing. Sounds easy, and...
The Technical University of Munich has developed an audience response system (ARS) which is platform-independent and free-to-use for educators and students worldwide. OnlineTED is a web-based audience response system designed specifically for lectures and seminars in higher education. Register...
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. (Wikipedia) For quite a while now, Staff & Students at YSJ have been...
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...
As we see an increase in online/distance learning (ODL), sector-wide as well as locally, we’re also seeing an increase in demand for ‘instructional design’ skills, including learning design, innovative e-learning material creation, and the ability...
On Wednesday 29th April, Róisín and I had the pleasure of hosting the weekly #LTHEchat on the topic of Open Badges. #LTHEchat is an online Tweetchat which provides an opportunity for educators in higher...
