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
Since September, much has happened and so we are are now sharing more of what we have been up to… View Article
Imagine you had to make the most accessible conference ever. What would you need to consider? Venue, Price, Location, Cost,… View Article
It has never been more important to prepare our students for the modern workplace by equipping them with future facing,… View Article
I had the privilege to deliver a workshop on Learning Design to 20 members of the M25 Learning Technology Group (LTG) on Friday 16 November 2018 at City, University of London. The workshop was sponsored by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), City, University of London: @julievoce, University of East of London: @santanuvasant and Cambridge […] View Article
This is a brief review of the UCISA Digital Education Group (DEG) event on immersive environments. I co-hosted the event with DEG colleague Farzana Latif, the Digital Learning Manager at the University of Sheffield. On a cold and dreary December day, we listened to ten presentations on various aspects of virtual and immersive environments in […] View Article
The ALT Conference back in September celebrated its 25th birthday and offered an abundance of content for Universities wanting to learn from other educational institutions and speakers. One topic area that was covered highlighted the challenges that Higher Education establishments face with digital learning tools and general challenges that Learning Technologists are likely to come […] View Article
Dear Members With so much going on across the ALT community this autumn, there is much to update you on.… View Article
As I sit on the A-Train (officially called the University of Colorado A Line for sponsorship reasons) from Denver to the airport, I’m reflecting a little on the events of the last week in Denver. It has been the most rewarding conference experience. The younger me would have been overawed at the sheer size of […] View Article
I say “day”, it’s more of a half day, and the numbers are rather thinning out after yesterday. With exhibitors packing up and going home (or taking half day trips to the mountains in the case of those I had dinner with last night) we are down to the hard core of attendees. We’re still […] View Article
So here we are on day two of the main conference. It feels like it’s been going for a lot longer after a big day yesterday, and events on Tuesday too. Another 7:30am “braindate” (see yesterday’s post) kicked things off, and then the opening session in the big Bellco Theatre at 8am. In the blink […] View Article
If you haven’t been following my series of posts, then I’ll just mention that this year I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. Today is the big day, when Educause 2018 opens to everyone. My day started at 7:30am […] View Article
