Open Education Conference OER14

Newcastle upon Tyne’s Centre for Life was the venue for the fifth annual conference on Open Education OER14, which took place in April. Two university students provided a superb welcome to delegates and Catherine Ngugi then provided a stirring keynote presentation which set the tone for the conference.  As Project Director for OER Africa she […] View Article

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Developing and running a MOOC: some practical considerations

Report from a Centre for Distance Education seminar, University of London, 13 Jan 2014 The University of London’s (UoL) Centre for Distance Education (CDE) provides thought-provoking lunchtime seminars on topics of interest to learning technology practitioners and staff who teach or administer online courses. A recent well-attended seminar on the practicalities of Massive Open Online […] View Article

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UCISA Effective use of mobile technologies to enhance learning, teaching and assessment

How can mobile learning enhance the student learning experience? What are the pedagogic benefits related to the use of mobile technologies in learning, teaching and assessment activities. What are the most effective strategies for engaging learners as mobile learners? These are just some of the questions addressed in a new collection of case studies on […] View Article

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