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Practice Makes Perfect

Author: Kevan Williams – TELT At no other time in our educational history has there been so much pressure to make use of technology to support the way we learn, teach and work, and all of this in a climate of continual global change. What do I really need to know? Who can Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 1 month1 month ago
CPD

Guest post – DigiLearn: Is jumping straight in the best way to learn?

Author: John Hrycak – Student Coach, School of Psychology & Computer Science  Most of us in education probably value the art of learning and have engaged with a combination of study and work … and returns to study … and more work. Working from home may have been a more abrupt and forced Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 2 months2 months ago
DigiLearn

Guest post – DigiLearn: Using the Bookings app for online meetings

Author: Amy Edwards-Smith – Lecturer, School of Community Health and Midwifery I have found that with learning switching to being solely online, students are missing out on dropping into the office to chat, which is crucial to developing rapport and creating a supportive learning community. I wanted to make myself Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 3 months3 months ago
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Simple editing with the Video Editor app

Author: Phil McMillan – TELT With video conferencing and video content becoming the new work-from-home educational norm, more people are creating videos to aid learning and teaching. This means that there is the requirement for some basic editing skills and easy to use software, that can perform simple cuts and Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 5 months5 months ago
CPD

Guest post – DigiLearn: Be brave enough to try!

Author: Rachel Cunliffe – Lecturer in Forensic and Biological Anthropology Last year I changed my perception of what my teaching required quite dramatically. I used to think that my students needed to learn skeletal anatomy, and it was my job to help them develop that knowledge. However, my interactions with Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 5 months5 months ago
Collaboration

Guest post: DigiLearn – Private channels in Teams enhances student engagement with group work.

Author:  Claire Mellor, Lecturer in Cell Biology Teams, set-up & channels With Microsoft Teams now becoming the new go-to place for teaching at UCLan, many staff members are starting to think about the setup of their Module Teams. When it comes to group work (for example on one of my Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 6 months6 months ago
Collaboration

Microsoft Teams:  Channels, chat and conversations.

Author:  Caroline Carlin – TELT Last time we focused on notifications, this week it’s all about how we organise and communicate with Teams. Channels Teams creates a central hub, pulling a wide variety of content together in one place – whether files, conversations, applications or websites. Before you get all Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 9 months8 months ago
Collaboration

Microsoft Teams: Time to focus!

Author:  Caroline Carlin – TELT Teams is a big application.  With conversations, files, meetings, video conferencing and app integration it can do so much that it can sometimes feel a little overwhelming.  So, over the next few weeks in our Tuesday Tutorial slot we’re going to tackle Teams head on Read more…

By Caroline Carlin, 9 months8 months ago
CPD

Val’s roving reports -Developing a positive relationship with technology

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 1 year1 year ago
Content Creation

Accessibility regulations – what do they mean for us?

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…

By Caroline Carlin, 1 year1 year ago

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