Category: Web-based resources
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 [...]
Google privacy – are you aware?
March 8th, 2012 at 09:03
You’ve probably heard by now that Google have changed their privacy policies, bringing all their services under one policy. It’s already been declared unlawful by EU’s justice commissioner. This can have consequences. If you’ve ever had a Google account and you look at your browsing history from Google you may find they have recorded everything [...]
Feedback and Assessment – web resources
March 3rd, 2012 at 11:03
These look useful – a series of recordings of webinars held by the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme: Assessment and Feedback: in the hands of the student (Prof. David Nicol) Making Assessment Count (Prof. Gunter Saunders, University of Westminster and Peter Chatterton) e-Portfolios for Assessment and Feedback (Emma Purnell, University of Wolverhampton and Geoff Rebbeck, [...]
ELESIG webinar: Student Engagement Methods: a focus on the Nominal Group Technique
January 27th, 2012 at 03:01
ELESIG, the network for those interested in the learner experience of elearning, has a series of webinars on relevant topics and the latest webinar is an outcome from a project funded by one of ELESIG‘s Small Grants. Date: Wednesday, 29th February, 1-2pm (UK time) Location: Online (The URL will be sent to all registered attendees) [...]
JISC On Air Survey
January 24th, 2012 at 01:01
In 2011, the JISC e-Learning Programme produced a series of web-based radio shows, known as JISC on Air, on how digital technologies are supporting institutional practices. These shows offer an informative and engaging discussion with leading experts around how technology is supporting colleges and universities in addressing the challenges they currently face. JISC now need your [...]