Tag: higher education
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Thoughts on AI and education: the quest for productive education and the need for human context
Opinion piece. This post is definitely outside my comfort zone with reference to artificial intelligence (AI) and certainly beyond my qualifications in this area. I am writing as an educationalist and as a human being trying to make sense of my own values of education and my feelings about the potential of AI. There is…
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Microcredentials gain status and find their value for lifelong learners
The institutional barriers to microcredentials are coming down as UK regulatory recognition kicks in and creative thinking begins to support populations of lifelong learners. For those new to the concept, in this simplest of definitions, microcredentials are equivalent to taught higher education modules. Whilst the concept of taking individual modules rather than a full programme…
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Accessibility, balance and confidence: three areas of development for higher education
I’ve been looking at various surveys, analyses and reports recently to understand trends and the ongoing development in the higher education sector as online learning becomes established as embedded, rather than emergency provision, for campus-based programmes. In this post I explore Jisc’s Student digital experience insights survey (Jisc, 2021), which provides a useful snapshot of…
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Beyond the higher education bubble – a new role
Last month I took up a new role as Online CPD Coordinator for STEM Learning Ltd. at the National STEM Learning Centre. For the first time in my career I will be working outside of higher education. There are obvious similarities, in particular the opportunity to work closely with subject experts to create valuable learning…
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Book recommendations: recommended reading – elearning, web usability and development
There are many books out there on elearning, higher education teaching, web usability, accessibility (and all the other things I’m interested in). Though the list below is by no means comprehensive, it will provide you with a good starting point for your office library.
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Recording videos for incoming students and the transition to higher education
As part of an institutional-wide project on the Transition to Higher Education, I presented a few months back on an approach to create videos to help students understand what a subject entails at university-level. One of the biggest challenges that some subjects have is that they are not taught at A Level, which means for…
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MOOCs – Enough of the sensationalism, will they really affect Higher Education?
I have avoided writing a post on MOOCs (massive open online courses) for far too long. Partly because many other people have written about them already, and partly because I fear I might just write a diatribe. I’m not against the concept of MOOCs I hasten to add (I’d love to develop one), but against…
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What makes a 21st Century teacher? (Durham Blackboard Conference 2013)
Summary of Panel Discussion: What makes a 21st Century teacher?Durham Blackboard Users Conference, Durham University, 8-9 January 2013.Panelists: Ray Land, Richard Pears (Durham University); Jeremy Knox (Edinburgh University); Peter Felton (Elon University, USA); Mike Cameron and Iain Wheeldon (Newcastle University).Chair: Malcolm Murray