Author: Mike Summersall (@MJSummersall) – Senior Lecturer in Business and Management at the University of Central Lancashire I’d been wrestling with the idea about how we get students communicating more for years, I then discovered FlipGrid. I had wanted to find a tool that reflected outside life (70% of TikTok users Read more…
Author: Sam Pywell – Digital Development Coach, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, and Principal Lecturer: Social Prescribing Unit Coordinator at the University of Central Lancashire Adult learners are experts in understanding how their life situation, challenges and disabilities impact their learning. So, when an adult learner requests to ‘dial in’ to Read more…
Author: Beverley McCormick – Advisor, ClickView During the last two years, the consumption of video as a valid means for supporting learning has skyrocketed. As the nation downloaded video on a scale never seen before, the quest to seek out and use higher quality digital media content also grew. Many teachers demonstrated their digital prowess by Read more…
Authors: By Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy, Abhi Jones @AbhilashaJones, Gemma Spencer @gemmawhite84 and Julia Robinson @JuliaRobbo73 (UCLan) What? Did you know that escape rooms are a growing phenomenon? They usually involve a group of people locked in a physical or virtual room, often based around a chosen theme. The overall aim is to escape from the room, but to achieve this they must work Read more…
Author: Colette Fuller – Senior Learning Technologist, Centre for Collaborative Learning Anyone making their first steps back to the office after almost 18 months? Some of you will be very keen to get back (me!) and some may be less so, and some may be looking forward to a new Read more…
Author: Dee Vyas – Technology Enhanced Learning Adviser, Manchester Metropolitan University The UK Higher Education sector has been through a period of intense transformation at a rapid pace in response to the necessary changes prompted by the pandemic (Jisc, 2020). The approach for many universities was similar to the scene Read more…
Author: Dr Richard Davies, Higher Education Research and Development Lead, CCL For good or ill, and it is for both, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) has reoriented the social practice of academic research. Its most recent iteration, with a focus on assessing the research culture and support for research of Read more…
Author: Laura Ridings, eLearning Developer, Centre for Collaborative Learning In my previous life as a secondary school teacher, there were certain rules that I had in my classroom for anyone designing for print or screen 1. No comic sans font 2. No fluffy bunnies or cartoon flowers 3. Nothing unnecessary Read more…
Author: Neil Cook, Lecturer – School of Dentistry This is not what I intended to write a blog post about. At all. Reflection is one of those things that I have always struggled with. Not so much the thinking, but the production. There is something about sitting down and trying Read more…
Author: Chris Melia – Centre for Collaborative Learning, University of Central Lancashire “The DigiLearn programme provides a bespoke learning pathway for the digital development of colleagues from any discipline. It is both inclusive, and developmental for colleagues of all digital competencies. So, whether you’re entering the digital community as a Read more…