This case study outlines the way in which a tutor has used PebblePad and Blackboard to support students in developing their employability skills and reflective capability. When applying for graduate employment, nursing students are required to write personal statements outlining the skills and experience that makes them suitable for the position. The quality of these statements…
On the week of 14 – 18 July, SHU is running this open online blended course about using smart phones and tablet PCs to enhance and transform teaching and learning. The course is running concurrently at other universities over the 5 day period and uses social media, video scenarios, and face-to-face peer-enhanced activities . BYOD4L focuses on: Connecting Communicating Curating Collaborating…
Lynda.com, recently made available to all staff and students at SHU, is a site containing high-quality video training on common and specialist software packages. There are videos on a wide range of software, from general tools, such as Microsoft Word and Google Drive, to specialist tools, such as Final Cut Pro and SPSS. In addition…
The Changing the Learning Landscape Programme is an initiative from the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. It encourages universities to change their culture and to increase the use of educational technologies. Sheffield Hallam University’s (SHU) engagement in this initiative focusses on increasing, and enhancing, the use of existing tools and technologies. These workshops are an opportunity…
There are still places available on the current series of ‘roundtable’ events. The events provide an opportunity for informal discussion about enhancing teaching through the use of technology. Discussions are scheduled that focus on the application of specific technologies (such as Blackboard Collaborate, electronic voting systems, and Google apps), and there are those that concentrate…
There are still places available on the current series of ‘roundtable’ events (scheduled through to April 2014), with extra dates added. These events provide an opportunity for informal discussion about enhancing teaching through the use of technology. There are discussions that focus on the application of specific technologies (such as Blackboard Collaborate, open badges, electronic…
We are offering a series of ’roundtable’ events (February-April 2014) to provide an opportunity for informal discussion about enhancing teaching through the use of technology, including sessions that focus on the application of specific technologies and sessions that concentrate on adopting different teaching approaches. At each event there will be an opportunity to: discuss a…
The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have teamed up to bring you the Google Apps for Learning and Teaching (GALT) one day conference. The day will consist of a series of presentations and workshops delivered by academics and professional staff from both institutions, who will be sharing their experiences of using Google Apps…
In May, Stuart Hepplestone and I asked SHU staff members to contribute to the development of a framework identifying different teaching approaches in use at SHU and the technologies that can support/enhance them. Over the summer, along with representatives from across the institution, we have been collating the huge amount of information that we received…
Firstly, we would like to thank those who contributed to the evaluation for collecting information about current teaching practice. We now have a second opportunity for you to help contribute to the development of a framework that will assist colleagues in identifying different teaching strategies and the technologies that can support and facilitate these strategies.…