Led by the Technology Enhanced Learning Team in QESS, the University is seeking to increase the use of existing educational technologies at Sheffield Hallam University by increasing awareness of different styles of teaching online. One of the outcomes of this work will be a framework to analyse existing teaching practice, which will include guidance on…
This case study looks at how incorporating multimedia, and in particular YouTube clips, into lectures and pre-lab activity has improved student learning and academic performance. The tutor felt that the most recent research and up-to-date developments relating to her subject could be easily sourced and were more accessible to her students via YouTube. In order…
Does your Blackboard site meet the minimum expectations for e-learning? Are you going beyond the minimum and using innovative approaches to teaching in your module? Technology Enhanced Learning would like to develop a number of video case studies to promote the minimum expectations and highlight good and innovative practice in e-learning. The videos would be…
This is a repost of information about the Blackboard upgrades this summer This summer we will have two upgrade periods scheduled for the Blackboard system. Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the upgrade periods. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during these times,…
There is a new reading list system that you can control and manage. To reflect the wide range of resource types now recommended this is called Resource Lists Online (RLO). In response to student feedback we want to ensure that recommended resources are as available and accessible as possible and this new system will enable us…
We will be running another series of demo sessions to introduce Blackboard Collaborate, a new virtual classroom tool. Blackboard Collaborate provides staff with a modern, powerful tool to facilitate synchronous (at the same time) learning activities. Its features include sharing audio, webcam video, presentations in a white board, and a chat window which includes a…
This case study focusses on the use of Skype to support students who are away from the University for their study or placement. The use of this technology was considered to improve supervision and isolation while away from the university. Two modules were identified by tutors as particularly benefiting from online student support and after…
At the end of March, Stuart Hepplestone (from the TEL Team in QESS) will be participating in a Blackboard community focus group on using Twitter in learning and teaching. The purpose of this is to consider ways in which Blackboard could make this experience more powerful and engaging for you and your students. If you are…
Tuesday 16th April 12.00 – 13.30 Cantor 9228 Dr Mira Vogel, Education Developer, elearning Environments, University College London Social learning is an important aspect of the move from didactic to more constructivist approaches to learning. Well-conceived group work promises to contribute to the graduate attributes agenda, bring personal contact and companionship to courses, and provide…
In this case study a tutor within ACES used the Blackboard wiki tool to facilitate weekly challenges relating to the use of 3D modelling software. He also provided feedback through a transparent process online. The aim of the project was to promote a spirit of healthy competition by allowing students to benchmark themselves against others,…