Based on e-learning diary research we did with students, we have generated a series of profiles which explore the relationship of technology to each student’s learning. This is the last in a series of three blog posts where we summarise the profiles and provide links to them. Elijah is a 41 year old student who has returned to education…
Based on e-learning diary research we did with students, we have generated a series of profiles which explore the relationship of technology to each student’s learning. This is the second in a series of three blog posts where we summarise the profiles and provide links to them. The third student profile is Charles. He is 22 years old, and a…
Based on e-learning diary research we did with students, we have generated a series of profiles which explore the relationship of technology to each student’s learning. In this series of three blog posts, we’ll summarise the profiles and provide links to them. The first student profile is Amanda, a 20 year old undergraduate. She is not confident…
External websites such as social media are increasingly being used for teaching purposes. Staff doing so often want to take advantage of new opportunities not available inside of Blackboard, use more feature rich versions of tools like blogs or wikis or experiment with opening elements of their teaching or research up to the wider world. Staff have also used such external…
In this case study, the leader of a level 5 Sports Physiology module preceded lectures with a weekly task or activity in order to make more effective use of contact time. Details of each task or activity were automatically released to students one week in advance of the lecture itself via the module’s Blackboard site.…
In this case study, a 16-strong teaching team on a level 4 nursing module provide a spoken word audio recording for each individual student as assignment feedback. Recordings were created with easy to use digital tools available to all SHU staff, uploaded to the module’s Blackboard site and released to students. Students were able to…
The Blackboard 9 user interface is not as substantially different for students as it is for staff members, because students don’t have access to site editing features such as Edit Mode and the Control Panel. However many of the changes that we have implemented this summer, such as the What’s New tool and increased access…
In this case study, a postgraduate Education course tutor wanted to be able to view and comment on student reflective journals throughout the year to encourage better reflective practice among her students. To accomplish this, the tutor set up private blogs which only each student and the tutor could access. Students reflected on their learning throughout…
One of the strands of the Refreshing e-learning initiative has been to promote the sharing of good practice in e-learning. As part of this we are capturing e-learning practice from different parts of the university in short, two-page case studies. As the case studies become available we will include them here on the blog. Below is an…
To help assist with the process of planning the role of e-learning in courses and modules there are now two guides for staff. The guides can also be used to help reflect upon your current e-learning practice and develop changes in your module. The guides focus on key areas relating to e-learning and ask a…