Author: Phil McMillan – TELT The quality of mobile phones and tablet devices has advanced significantly in the last ten years with better screens, improved battery and overall performance and lower costs. These devices have become the ‘do-it-all’ gadget that allow us to complete complex professional work in a small Read more…
Author: Daniel Scott – Nottingham Trent University I joined the DigiLearn Sector Community in 2019 through invitation and delivered the webinar ‘Enabling and empowering academics to create digitally interactive eLearning content with H5P’ back in June. From thereon I was invited to be a co-ordinator for the online community. On Read more…
Author: Chris Melia – TELT Hosted by UCLan, the DigiLearn Sector has become a collaborative hub for the sharing of digital practice across the education sector – with 470 members from over 200 different institutions to date. The community hosts a regular series of informative webinars, as well as on-going Read more…
Author: Simon Hawkesworth – TELT When designing online content, the issue of colour is rarely high on the list of considerations, being left more to the personal preference of the content developer, or at best, driven by some aspect of institutional branding. And yet the use (or misuse) of colour, Read more…
Author: Mark Wilkinson – TELT What is Microsoft Whiteboard Microsoft Whiteboard is part of Office 365 and allows users to collaborate easily over a virtual whiteboard. Users can work in real time on a Whiteboard built in a similar way to a OneNote page e.g. it will expand to whatever size you need Read more…
Author: Laura Ridings – TELT In August the new responsive and accessible Blackboard platform was rolled out across the University. The VLE team in TELT worked tirelessly to make this an easy transition and the new platform is modern, easy to use across a range of devices and staff and Read more…
Author: Val Lawrenson SFHEA My first recollection is of learning how to use Word on a computer bought from Toys R Us in 1985. I can smile now at the antiquated technology but believe me at the time it was cutting edge. I was ridiculed by nursing colleagues who argued Read more…
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…