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Reflections on YouTube in Higher Education (Durham Blackboard Conference 2012)
Part of a series of posts reporting back on the Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012.
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Reflections on Supporting a Postgraduate Virtual Open Week (Durham Blackboard Conference 2012)
Part of a series of posts reporting back on the Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012.Parallel session: Postgraduate Virtual Open Week at the University of EdinburghPresenter: Josephine Kinsley, University of EdinburghIn this post I wish to focus mainly on the way Kinsley managed the training approach, but first here is an outline of Edinburgh’s virtual open day…
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Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012
I will be writing up summaries and reflections on the sessions I attended at the Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012. Blog posts I will link through to the posts here when I publish them. You can follow me on Twitter too to get post updates. Using the VLE as a Trojan horse – transforming practice…
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Reflections on VLEs, design tools, the Cloud and more: Grainne Conole’s keynote (Durham Blackboard Conference 2012)
Part of a series of posts on the Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012.
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Reflections on panel session: Institutional minimum standards for VLE use (Durham Blackboard Conference 2012)
Part of a series of posts on the Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference 2012. This post is a summary of the discussion that took place in the panel session on the topic ‘The Implications and Practicalities of Agreeing and Enforcing a Threshold Standard of use of a VLE in an Education Institution’ chaired by Mike Cameron…
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Be careful what you like on Facebook
This post is about some very public privacy loopholes on Facebook, the knock-on effect for people searching on Google, and the question over accepted norms. There’s a rant, a helpful tip, and then I go all philosophical on you.
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Guide: Facebook profile privacy – controlling your online presence
One of our lecturers is trialling the use of Facebook with our undergraduates this year. The rationale is to provide a space where student from other institutions can interact, something that cannot be achieved with our VLE due to the locked-down nature of it. In preparation for this, we wanted to ensure that students were…
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Reflections: Making Open Educational Resources happen (ALT-C 2011)
This is the first of a series of blog posts covering my reaction to the ALT-C 2011 conference sessions.See my main ALT-C 2011 overview page (includes disclaimer about my writing approach!)Crowdvine reference for this session: http://altc2011.alt.ac.uk/talks/22225
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Circles not lists – Google+ people management
In this second post of three covering Google+ (Google Plus), I’ll be looking at the way Google’s use of the ‘circle of friends’ metaphor is more appropriate than existing contact management options in other social networking sites. See previous post for an overview of what makes a social network and how Google+ fits into that concept.
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Time to ditch the reading list? (HYeLN Conference Workshop)
Workshop for the Higher York eLearning Network Conference, 6 June 2011 Matt Cornock (SPSW, University of York) Resources Workshop slides [PDF] Cloudworks discussion site, related links and references Twitter search Delicious social bookmarking website Diigo social bookmarking and notes website Trying different reading lists Delegates, readers of this site and cloud participants are invited to…
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Addressing information literacy collaboratively (FELT Conference Poster)
Innovations and Collaborations in Information Literacy and Academic Skills. Poster for University of York Forum for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 May 2011 Matt Cornock (SPSW) with Sue Cumberpatch (University Library and Archives), Robert Gunn (Social Work) and Katy Mann (ASO) Download Poster [PDF] Sumbitted abstract This poster presentation will summarise how close collaboration between…
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Moodle 2.0: File management and repository – file picker vs course files
I must admit, straight away, that writing this post has left me in tears. As I sob over my keyboard, my head is spinning in conflict about the way file management has been implemented in the brand new version of Moodle: Moodle 2.0. I’m hoping one day I’ll be able to write a post called…
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TV advertising campaigns: best and worst adverts
Some advertising campaigns have been around for a while now which I think deserve a mention and review here. These adverts can either be classified as very clever or absolutely diabolical. Here we will look at: Specsavers, Compare the Market, Go Compare and Halifax.
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Top 10: Pros and cons of Google Street View Maps
In addition to this post, you will be also interested in the more recent follow-up blog post ‘Trust or Privacy?’, which also looks at the role of Google and Google Streetview.
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Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011
I’ve written up some thoughts from the sessions I attended at the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference. Rather than providing detailed accounts, I’ve drawn out one or two key ideas and added my own take on them:
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Reflections on parallel sessions: Student-centred induction (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This post presents a short overview of a parallel session from the Durham Blackboard Users Conference. This session outlined an approach to student induction and preparation for online study on a distance learning course.Session: ‘Three steps to success’ by Nichola Hayes, University of Leicester.
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Reflections on parallel sessions: Approaches to engaging staff through case studies (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This post presents a short overview of a parallel session from the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference.This session was mainly about pedagogical templates used to both describe and design models of learning from face-to-face through to wholly distance. It also included descriptions on how case-studies and questionnaires have been implemented as a way to engage…
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Reflections on parallel sessions: Ensuring learning design (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This post is a reaction to one of the parallel sessions at the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference. As Learning Technologists (LT), we often run the risk of being stuck between ensuring sound pedagogical practice and accommodating the wants of senior managers. None more so when distance learning is presented as a solution to addressing…
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Reflections on parallel sessions: Video feedback to students (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This post is a summary of one of the parallel sessions at the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference. It focuses on providing assignment feedback via short videos recorded by academic tutors.
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Reflections on parallel sessions: The state of elearning in FE/HE (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This post is a selective summary and thoughts raised by one of the parallel sessions at the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference. This session presented a review of findings from an institution-wide survey on the use of elearning technologies.
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Reflections: QR codes (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
As part of the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference which focused on ‘location’ as a theme, mobile technologies were discussed a lot. QR codes cropped up regularly, and although I did not attend the sessions relating to this technology, I’d like to share some thoughts.
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Reflections: Augmented Reality in Learning – First Keynote (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
This is the first post of my reflections from the 2011 Durham Blackboard Users Conference (abstracts also available on Durham site) on the theme of Location. My posts won’t be a complete representation of the session, more how I interpretted them and the points that stood out for me. I thought a series of short(ish) posts would be…
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Reflections: Concepts of Location, Mobility and Mobile Learning – Second Keynote (Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011)
In this second keynote lecture of the Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011, Professor John Traxler began by challenging the notion that elearning allows learning ‘anywhere, anytime’, and that it is infact not wholly true. There remains unresolved considerations, including sociological issues, to implementing mobile learning. I present here some of his key messages interwoven with…
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Instant Previews on Google – will reduce traffic but improve bounce-rates
This post quickly explains what Google Instant Preview is and how web designers should make the most of this new feature. Instant Preview shows a small screen grab of a website when clicking on the magnifying glass icon next to the search result title (see below).
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Guide: Recording Stereo Mix in Windows 7
Quick guide to enabling ‘stereo mix’ for recording using Windows 7.