Bring your Own Device for Learning #BYOD4L 2017
16th – 20th January 2017 This is the 5th time the BYOD4L program has run. It is a bite-size open course offered over 5 days for educators and students in HE, as well as...
Tagged: Mobile Learning
Learn with Lynda: Learning WhatsApp
In this month’s Learn with Lynda the spotlight is on Learning WhatsApp, a brand new course by Nick Brazzi, which lasts 1h 27m. With more than one billion users globally, WhatsApp is one of...
12 Apps of Christmas 2016
It’s that time of year again; only so many shopping days until Christmas, Mariah Carey, Shakin’ Stevens & Slade on an eternal loop and the, now annual, “12 Apps of Christmas” emails dropping into...
Learn with Lynda: Top 10 Apps for Enhanced Productivity
This month I’ve been watching a brand new course called Top 10 Apps for Enhanced Productivity, by Suzanna Kaye, which was recently updated on 1st August 2016. This short 45min course aims to help...
NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition
The NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). This 13th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an...
Bring Your Own Device for Learning #BYOD4L
‘Bring Your Own Device for Learning’ course (BYOD4L) 11-15 January 2016 BYOD4L is a bite-size facilitated open course offered over 5 days for educators and students in HE but also anybody else who would...
12/24/36/48 Apps of Christmas!
Micro-learning is a concept which deals with relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities, where the learner is in control of what and when they learn. This approach is increasingly being used to deliver bite-sized learning...
Back to the Future!
In November The OU released their latest Innovation Report – Innovating Pedagogy 2014. In this post we’ll take a look at the ten innovations in this latest addition, and also look back at the...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: Nearpod
What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an application that enables tutors to create interactive teaching resources that can be accessed by students on laptops & mobile devices (iOS and Android). Tutors can monitor and measure students’...
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...