Author: Jenny Lamb – Senior Lecturer (School of Social Work, Care & Community) By failing to enthusiastically engage in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, we are doing our students a disservice and harming their employability and opportunity for success. Not having time or being a ‘technophobe’ is no longer acceptable if Read more…
Author: Deborah Spencer – Senior Lecturer (School of Health Sciences) For this blog I want to talk about how I have used Flipgrid in my digital teaching and learning strategy. Students on Post Registration study can sometimes feel daunted using technology in their programmes. I deliver a module on Transcultural Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin, TELT What’s changed? New Government legislation has come in to effect which requires that all public sector website meet certain accessibility standards. The aim is to ensure that websites (and other platforms such as VLEs and intranets) are accessible to all users, particularly those with disabilities. The Read more…
Author: Greg Littler – Senior Lecturer (School of Health Sciences) I have been teaching anatomy, pathology and physiology across the school for the past few years, more specifically in physiotherapy. No matter what the healthcare course, there seems to be the same discussions between staff. How do we engage students in an area that they Read more…
Author: Kevan Williams, TELT During the week of the 15th to the 19th July 2019, the University of Central Lancashire hosted a total of 19 graduation ceremonies, held on the Preston campus for the first time in 39 years. The uncertainty around the future of the Preston Guild Hall required a different approach and a team Read more…
Author: Chris Melia – TELT 3rd July 2019 When I heard that Dominic Williamson had announced a series of Microsoft Teams Education roadshow events in the UK, I immediately looked to see what dates were on offer! This was the first time that the MS Teams & MS Education team Read more…
Author: Phil McMillan – TELT 4 June 2019 – 5 June 2019 York, UK The historic city of York housed this year’s annual UCISA Spotlight conference on Digital Capabilities in education, focusing on how we support, develop and prepare staff & learners for future technologies and employment. Presenters and delegates from the UK and Europe attended this two-day event, in Read more…
Author: Jan Thomson (TELT) We are pleased to announce that Blackboard is now running as a cloud hosted (SaaS) service. All existing courses and data, as of the morning of the 11th July 2019, have now been fully migrated to the new service. Benefits of managed hosting (SaaS) include: A Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin, TELT On the 20th June our Lynda.com subscription upgraded to the new LinkedIn Learning platform. The upgrade gives us access to all the same great content (now in seven languages), with a fresh new interface and a whole host of additional features. Why have we upgraded? LinkedIn bought Read more…
Author: Leah Kirk – Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) My name is Leah Kirk and I am a Lecturer in Midwifery. I wanted to write about the use of Microsoft Teams within the midwifery team. As a group of lecturers, we have worked really hard to ensure all Read more…