Join OER16 keynote Catherine Cronin and members of the conference committee for a preview of the OER16 Open Culture Conference taking place at the University of Edinburgh on the 19th and 20th April. Catherine Cronin is an educator and researcher at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her work focuses on open education, formal/informal learning, […] View Article
Leave a commentOverview Independence at work is a key objective for the groups of students that I work with every day. Using blended learning is a key part of developing this skill set and the tools (software and hardware) that we use have to be accessible and engaging, which is why most of our work is done […] View Article
Leave a commentDisabled students need access to resources that can be adapted to suit their needs along with successful interaction with assistive technologies. The provision of accessible materials is now a legal obligation. Can OER provide a solution for both students and institutions? The UKOER programme from 2009-2012 produced a huge range of teaching materials, many of […] View Article
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With the announcement of the retirement of the Jorum service, the UKOER community and indeed the international OER community have… View Article
Leave a comment#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
1 CommentIn this post Terry Loane examines what we mean by the 'sharing economy' and asks what the implications of the sharing economy might be for education. View Article
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David Watson is an Instructional Design Specialist at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with 8 years of experience in… View Article
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This year’s BETT show in London offered 4 days of inspiration from the world of education technology. What was this year’s… View Article
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How it all began… After a term of frustrating no-shows and low sign ups to our advertised technology enhanced learning… View Article
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In these days of social media, conference-calling and virtual transactions, it may sometimes seem that the energy which radiates from… View Article
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This article forms a response to an earlier publication in this blog in December 2015 that posed the question: ‘The… View Article
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Recently Sue Watling from Hull University asked the ALT-MEMBERS mailing list for advice on developing a policy document on the… View Article
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