Hosted by the University of Chester on May 21st. this was a most productive one day active workshop event that brought together a rich mix of 40 innovators in learning, business, academia and the…
Development Activities
You said we listened: Moodle 2 features delivers a better learning experience
Drag and Drop and a new activity feed are just some of the new features that you asked for in Moodle 2. Testing has been meticulous and has included all schools. With confidence therefore, we…
Sir could you repeat that please?
What is Lecture capture? As discussed in my earlier post, lecture capture is an automated system for recording lectures and subsequently making them available via the web. Lecture capture is the chosen service name for…
Making the Extraordinary
I took part in a recent event at Cass on April 30th. that may be of interest. Called Making the Extraordinary, and in partnership with City University, and The Culture Capital Exchange, it brought…
Messy change
Bit of self promotion, so excuse me for that, but I thought people might be interested in this piece by Patsy Cullen on HEA/LFHE Changing the Learning Landscape workshop that I contributed to a few…
Its a cut and paste job.
One of the more challenging aspects of our work as educators is how we develop students understanding of plagiarism. At the beginning of the year, you may have felt that you have appropriately outlined your…
Moodle 2: A personal MyMoodle
MyMoodle is staff and students very own private learning space in Moodle. The aim of MyMoodle is to provide staff and students with a personalised page which helps organise modules and activities within them….
Moodle 2 New features
As has been promised in earlier posts, Moodle 2 is on its way to us as our newly improved learning environment. This upgrade will see the release of new features which have been identified as…
Back to life, back to ….
Hello! I was asked to write an “inaugural” welcome back post so here it is. The title was going to say “back to life, back to reality” but then work can sometimes seem like an…
Large scale student-student-lecturer Interaction using clickers
One of the more exciting developments in Higher Education has been the way in which learning spaces can now be transformed into an interactive fora where students are able to engage with one another in…