Introducing the #YSJ10DoT Game
Introduction to the #YSJ10DoT game! 10 Days of Twitter, or #YSJ10DoT, starts on Monday 18th April 2016, so there are a few days left to sign up if you want to participate along with other users....
Tagged: Social Media
Moodle Mondays – Embedding a Twitter feed in a Moodle Course
What is it? A Twitter feed is a collection of tweets from a Twitter User/account. Many YSJ staff use Twitter as an additional communication/engagement tool for their module or programme. For more information about...
10 Days of Twitter #YSJ10DoT – Coming Soon!
Welcome to Ten Days of Twitter, or as it’s called in twitterspeak, #YSJ10DoT ! YSJ10DoT will take place from Monday 18 April – Friday 29 April 2016. Ever wondered if Twitter might be a...
Learn with Lynda: Social Media in the Classroom
Social Media tools and platforms are increasingly being used by institutions and academics to enhance teaching, learning and the student experience. UCISA have recently published their Social Media Toolkit: a practical guide to achieving...
Introducing Lynda…
…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...
Call for papers! Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference
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...
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...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: IFTTT
If This Then That IFTTT empowers you with creative control over the products and apps you love. Recipes are simple connections between products and apps. There are two types of Recipes: Do Recipes and...
#YSJ10DoT Evaluation
This iteration of the programme is now over, but you can still work through the materials in your own time or, if you’d like the experience of participating in a community of people all...
Day 9 of #YSJ10DoT: Managing Information
If you’re choosing who to follow effectively, then your Twitter feed should be full of interesting tweets and links to webpages etc which you might want to follow up on. It’s easy to lose...