The underbelly of the staff student partnership.

Contributed by Terese Bird @tbirdcymru As Leicester Medical School’s Educational Designer I oversee the School’s one-iPad-per-student programme. The iPads serve as a digital platform on which we have freedom and flexibility to learn more creatively than traditional methods. Using off-the-shelf apps, our own VLE Blackboard, and ebooks shared out by our Library, students digitally take […] View Article

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Meet the committee: Kelly Terrell (Co-Chair)

Based in: University of Southampton, School of Electronics & Computer Science. My channels: @KellyATerrell Personal Blog site: Digital Education KAT Passionate about: open educational resources, digital education, technology innovation A bit about me: I am the strategy and technical lead for EdShare – an open digital content platform for teaching and learning materials built on […] View Article

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Meet the committee: Naomi Wahls

Based in: Open Universiteit, Netherlands – see below for update. Passionate about: Intercultural Learning, Open Virtual Mobility, Virtual Exchanges, Collaborative Open Learning, and Open Educational Practices Open network: My channels Recommends: Trying connecting courses through virtual exchange with an international course. Instructors and administration learn so much about themselves, students, the educational systems in both countries, […] View Article

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Thinking the unthinkable.

  “Destroying open ed”  That was the title of the workshop I attended virtually at #opened17 this year. Taking place in California, the timing in the UK was a challenge as it would start at 11.30pm on a Friday night. Would I manage to stay awake sufficiently to take part? The format was experimental based […] View Article

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