Students and Information Technology 2013 #edtech #eLearning #educause
The Educause Centre for Applied Research (ECAR) has recently published their “ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013” report. See the ECAR 2012 report here. The report...
View ArticleThe Challenge of eBooks in Academic Institutions #edtech
The goal of the JISC Report into the ’Challenge of eBooks in Academic Institutions’ project is to help “orientate senior institutional managers and to support institutions in the effective adoption...
View ArticleMaking a MOOC ‘successful’
Designing a ‘successful’ MOOC is one thing. Making a MOOC ‘successful’ is something completely different. Much has been written by far better and more eloquent people than me (here and here and here...
View ArticleWhat’s a NGDLE?
I think we’re all interested in what our VLE or LMS will look like, or indeed what it should already look like. Whilst much has been talked and written about it, perhaps this visualisation from Bryan...
View ArticleLearning Technologists as Project Managers too
As I work my way through job boards and role profiles in my effort to avoid my recent redundancy and the impending doom of an empty bank account (yes, really) I have found a lot of roles being...
View ArticleImproving your (Blackboard) course
Here are a few of my initial thoughts on finding myself a Blackboard user again after a four year absence. These are based on my recent experience in picking up on courses designed by others,...
View ArticleAwesome little PowerPoint tip
If you’re a regular/power user of PowerPoint you’ll have learned a number of shortcuts and tips to help you get the most out of it. Standard keyboard shortcuts work across all operating system...
View ArticleWas that meeting useful?
We all have them. Sometimes it seems our days are full of them. Mostly, they’re needed and occasionally they can even be useful. But are you getting the best out of a meeting? The worst meeting is one...
View ArticleIf this, then what?
What if you can’t think as far as a solution – ‘if this, then that’ (IFTTT) – and can only get as far as ‘if this, then what?’ The IFTTT approach is to link a process to create a chain, a conditional...
View ArticleBack to ‘what’ Normal? #AulaCon
Last week (May, 2021) I attended my first ever totally online event since the pandemic started in March 2020. This was a big thing for me, not least was how much effort it took to not only keep my...
View Article