Comment is free…
“Comment is free, but facts are sacred” (CP Scott) Inspired by an interesting discussion on the ALT mailing list recently, I thought I’d create a short post about using the Comment block in Moodle…...
Tagged: Engagement
Curriculum Internationalisation and Technology Enhanced Learning
I have recently had the pleasure of working on a collaborative project between the English Department at Kaye College (Israel) and the Theology and Religious Studies Department at York St John University. The project...
Using WordPress for Evaluation & Feedback
There are many great tools available for collecting student evaluation or feedback in a session – TextWall, Padlet, Socrative, QR codes, Post-it notes (that’s right, we love them too) – they all work great...
Top 10 Posts in 2014
Here is a list of our 10 most popular posts in 2014, according to views, along with a few other stats from the previous year (as of 22nd December 2014). Flipped Classroom What is a...
Moodle Feedback Activity for Mid-Module Evaluation
As part of the new mid-module evaluation process a regular, planned, timetabled, collaborative mid-module review should be regarded as standard and best practice and undertaken by all module leaders for each module. The style...
Tracking Student Progress & Engagement in Moodle
Moodle offers a variety of options for enhancing student engagement & tracking progress, including Grades, Conditional Activities, Activity Completion, Course Completion, Open Badges, Course Reports, and Progress Bar & Engagement Analytics plugins. Grades The...
TEL Breakfast Cafes 14-15
Back by popular demand…we have a series of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Breakfast Cafes scheduled for 14-15. Tea, Coffee and Croissants will be provided at the sessions – to book a place email TEL@yorksj.ac.uk....
Using Twitter to Enhance Understanding of Children’s Literature
Student teachers need to be skilled in not only starting the reading process with the children they teach but also keeping them reading by encouraging a love and appreciation of books. In order to...
Stimulating Participation in Lectures
Mandy (@MandyAsghar) and I recently delivered a workshop to colleagues in the Faculty of Arts to stimulate thinking and consider effective strategies including (but not limited to) the use of technology to promote engagement...