Feb
23
2021
Six ideas to improve your research skills?
Background The Evaluation of Learners’ Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group (ELESIG) invited Brett Bligh to speak at the ALT… View Article
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Feb
16
2021
The curious case of long videos: how research evidence, institutional data and experience struggle to trump gut instincts
The rapid changes to the ways in which most are teaching at the moment have led to some recurring debates… View Article
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Sep
02
2020
“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 4 of 4: Best-part challenges
Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, myself (Daniel… View Article
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Mar
03
2020
Reviewing and changing a VLE: Changing the tyre while the car is in motion
Those involved in large IT system changes will appreciate the complexity of ‘swapping out’ one of those systems for another.… View Article
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Jan
06
2020
“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 3 of 4: Roles and duties
Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, Daniel Scott… View Article
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Nov
04
2019
“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 2 of 4: Career paths
Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, Daniel Scott… View Article
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Sep
02
2019
“What makes a Learning Technologist?” – Part 1 of 4: Job titles
Background to the series Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, myself and… View Article
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20
2019
Learning about Hospital Ward Rounds with 360-Degree Video
Interest sparked in 360-degree video for learning Since 2017, Leicester Medical School has been experimenting with 360-degree video for learning. Following the first live-streamed medical surgical operation done by Dr Shafi Ahmed (McGoogan and Murgia, 2016), medical students’ interest was ignited. Leicester Medical School’s student society MedRIFT (Medical Research into Future Technology), which I founded […] View Article
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Sep
10
2018
ALTC 2018: to student data, and beyond!
I’m approaching this year’s ALTC with even more anticipation that usual – partly it’s because we are celebrating ALT’s 25… View Article
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May
08
2018
Students’ learning responses to receiving dashboard data
Learning analytics is a burgeoning area of interest to the learning technology and wider educational community at the moment. The… View Article
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Nov
02
2016
Getting published in Research in Learning Technology
This post draws on lively discussions which took place during a session on getting published in ALT’s journal Research in Learning… View Article
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Aug
16
2016
Facebook Pedagogy and Education in Apprenticeships
This article describes how social media pedagogies create meaningful provision and an opportunity space for the emergence of ‘apprentice… View Article
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