Category: learning technology
Using Adobe Connect with distance learning students
May 11th, 2012 at 09:05
The recording is now available of this week’s E-learning Community seminar on Synchronous Online Communication: running successful Adobe Connect sessions with students Many thanks to our speakers Jonathan Houdmont (lecturer – including on the MSc in Health and Wellbeing – in the Institute for Work, Health and Organisations) and Sue Cobb (Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering), both [...]
Moodle Extenders and Developers Group
May 10th, 2012 at 10:05
If you’re interested in helping the Moodle team to create and develop new features for Moodle, we invite you to join The University of Nottingham’s Moodle Extenders and Developers Group (MEAD). Developments may use existing plugins for Moodle or be developed from scratch. Either way MEAD is the community for those interested in contributing to future Moodle [...]
Moodle webinars from Ireland
May 10th, 2012 at 07:05
Ireland’s Learning Innovation Network have a series of webinars on the topic of Moodle. You can see recordings of those already held or register for the ones coming up. What is Moodle and how can it be used in my classes? Thurs 12th April- 4pm Recording Using Moodle to Manage your Assignments Wed 18th April – 1pm [...]
Elearning community Wednesday 9th May: Synchronous Online Communication
May 9th, 2012 at 07:05
Our next E-learning Community lunchtime seminar takes place today Wednesday 9th May, from 12.30 pm in Sir Clive Granger A48 The theme is Synchronous Online Communication: running successful Adobe Connect sessions with students Our speakers include Jonathan Houdmont (lecturer – including on the MSc in Health and Wellbeing – in the Institute for Work, Health [...]
Join us online for “Teaching with Moodle”
May 3rd, 2012 at 09:05
‘Teaching with Moodle’ is a new online course offered by the Learning Technology Section. It’s an exciting new format – as it’s an 8-week rolling online course that also forms a growing resource about all things Moodle. Each week there’s a particular topic with activities and resources, as well as a weekly webinar in Adobe Connect [...]
Events – seminars and webinars
April 19th, 2012 at 06:04
With appropriate timing, having just returned from the excellent “Assessment in a Digital Age” conference, I’m told that on 11th June, the OU is hosting a one-day seminar about how assessment tools (including the Moodle quiz) can be used in a way that lets students take more control over their own learning. Tim Hunt suggests [...]
Participatory Online Learning
April 5th, 2012 at 08:04
On the 14th March 2012, the e-learning community met to explore the theme of particpaotry online learning. With all the extra tools and features available in Moodle, this was a timely look at ways to harness learner participation and social learning. Chris Gratton explored the Graduate School’s moderated participatory online courses for research postgraduates and how [...]
Xpert at 275,000 and climbing………….
March 29th, 2012 at 11:03
I’ve been working on my presentation for the OER 12 conference today where I’ll be talking about the PARiS project and whilst checking out some stats to include I noticed that Xpert is now indexing more than 275,000 resources. This is another milestone for the service and at the rate resources are being added Xpert [...]
Attribute Images – new JISC funded rapid innovation project
1 March 26th, 2012 at 07:03
I am really pleased to be able to report that the Learning Technology team have recently won some JISC funding to extend the Xpert Attribution service. The funding is part of the UKOER rapid innovation programme that runs until October 2012. The project we have funding for is called ‘Attribute Images’ and it will extend [...]
PARiS is mobile……..
March 23rd, 2012 at 03:03
Mobile Xerte is a new addition to the award-winning Xerte Project’s suite of tools for Android and iOS devices. Mobile Xerte is built around the concept of playlists, or collections of open resources that can be subscribed to using the application. Playlists can also be created using Mobile Xerte, and shared with other users, allowing [...]