This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning. We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Google Apps are a suite of shareable, online communication and collaboration applications which students have access to as part of their university email, GoogleMail.…
The recent upgrade to Blackboard has introduced a change to the blog and wiki tools that have been available inside Blackboard sites for the past few years. The old blog and wiki tools were provided by a company called Campus Pack. They have served us well for the past years. However they are not part of the…
Recently some of the team members had a journal article published which focuses on an innovative, cross-disciplinary teaching experience at the University. Students in computing designed prototype educational games based on the needs of students in other subjects. Participants were interviewed to understand the pros and cons of this approach. Given the recent discussions around encouraging employability…
This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning (view other articles in the series). We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. Today we’ll look at the term ‘wiki’. Wiki means ‘fast’ in Hawaiian. In keeping with their name, wikis are groups…