Screencast-o-Matic Pro at YSJ
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...
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Badging the Residential Leadership Award
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...
EUNIS e-Learning Task Force Workshop – Electronic Management of Assessment and Assessment Analytics
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...
Lights, Camera, (Greenscreen), Action!
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...
Learning & Teaching in Higher Education #LTHEchat – Open Badges
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...
Electronic Management of Assessment at the White Rose Learning Technologists’ Forum
On Tuesday 21 April, we were delighted to host the most recent White Rose Learning Technologist Forum. Even more so as Lisa Gray and Lynnette Lall from Jisc were on hand to facilitate a workshop...
#LTHEchat 20 – Open Badges
On Wednesday 29th April, from 8pm-9pm, Róisín and I will be hosting the weekly #LTHEchat on the topic of Open Badges. #LTHEchat is an online Tweetchat which provides an opportunity for educators in higher education...
Badges, badges everywhere!
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know we’re proponents of open badges as a means of recognising staff CPD and the informal learning that happens on and alongside university courses (see previous blog posts...
Jisc Student Summer of Innovation 2015
The Student Summer of Innovation 2015 competitions are now open for entries at the Jisc Elevator Site. Do you have a brilliant idea that could improve education or research? Elevator is Jisc’s open innovation platform....
Minimum Expectations in Moodle – Student Survey
On Tuesday 17th March Phil, Daniel (TEL), Gabby Wilson (VPE), and I met in Holgate to undertake a survey which encouraged students to share their thoughts around the use of Moodle in their Faculty. Over 100...