Mar
08
2017
Educational Developers Cookbook
When my children were small quite often I’d be asked to contribute a family recipe to a book which would… View Article
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Jan
25
2017
#23things – how taking part turned into a digital knowledge habit
When the 23 Things for Digital Knowledge course #23things was launched in September 2016 by the University of Edinburgh I… View Article
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Jan
04
2017
A Review of the Digital Accessibility FutureLearn Course
A Review of the Digital Accessibility FutureLearn Course Have you ever tried using your computer with your eyes closed? Or… View Article
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Sep
15
2016
Moving beyond using WordPress for everything: what was it like using Weebly?
If you are on the ALT mailing list, you may remember my name and this particular subject. In the summer of… View Article
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Aug
24
2016
Introducing Twitter into the classroom: a multimodal analysis
In a recent practitioner- research study in a Computing department at University College Isle of Man, I explored the… View Article
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Aug
09
2016
Disruptive CPD – The Enigma Experience
I arrived at Loughborough College ready for ‘an experience.” I had no idea what was in store for me… View Article
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Jul
15
2016
Manchester Metropolitan University Festival of Learning and Teaching
The Festival Each year, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University runs a one day… View Article
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07
2016
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education chat #LTHEchat
#LTHEchat was an idea by Chrissi Nerantzi and Sue Beckingham to create a space and opportunity for educators in Higher Education (HE) to discuss learning and teaching. Having been inspired by the hugely successful #edchat and used the tweetchat concept in other informal learning forums, we felt there was an opportunity to not only focus […] View Article
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Dec
09
2015
The age of CV 2.0?
Today everyone is using social media to socialise and connect. Students can link and share their work on Facebook, Twitter… View Article
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30
2015
Reflections on the 12 Apps of Christmas
Twelve Apps of Christmas (12AOC) is an open online course created at Regent’s University London, which ran for the first time in December 2014. It successfully brings together educators worldwide to engage with a range of mobile technologies for teaching and learning. It is available under a Creative Commons licence. A key issue in outreach […] View Article
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Nov
12
2015
Padlet – digital walls for sharing, learning and teaching.
Several staff at the University of Sussex are using the free Padlet tool in their teaching. This post focuses on… View Article
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16
2015
Slack app at University of Southampton
App used: The University of Southampton has been trialling the use of Slack, informally among colleagues for about a year. We have used it within a group of specialist academics who have been focusing on innovation and also with student groups – in particular the student interns we employed this summer to support the […] View Article
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