Category: Teaching, Learning & Assessment
The use of technology to maximise the student learning experience is a vibrant area of interest across all tiers of global education. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) is often used as a synonym for e-learning...
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...
The Students as Researchers Scheme gives York St John students the opportunity to be paid to carry out research alongside members of staff. The primary aim of the scheme is to engage undergraduate students and staff in...
…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...
This time next week I’ll be at The University of Manchester for #ALTC 2015 – undoubtedly the biggest learning technologies conference of the year! I’ve spent the last few days digesting the extensive #ALTC...
Call for Papers! Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference (#SocMedHE15) Finding our social identity Friday 18th December 2015 at Sheffield Hallam University The inaugural Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference...
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...
Last week I attended the European University Information Systems (EUNIS) e-Learning workshop on the ‘Electronic Management of Assessment and Assessment Analytics’, held at University of Abertay, Dundee. The aim of the workshop was to discuss...
It’s that time of year again when you can start creating your Moodle courses for the next academic year, 2015/16. Why not get ahead of the game and create the module for the 2015/16...
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...