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. As Pi Month [3.14] comes to a close it seems an appropriate time to write…
Staff members at Sheffield Hallam University are eligible to purchase heavily discounted Microsoft software for use on their own laptop or PC. This means that the latest Pro versions of Windows 7 and 8 are available for only £7.80 pounds each, as are the latest Pro versions of Office for Windows and Mac. You can purchase the software from…
Blackboard are seeking staff and student opinions about virtual collaboration tools. The information collected will help inform future developments made to Blackboard Collaborate. If you have used Blackboard Collaborate in your practice (or have experience of other real-time collaboration tools such as Adobe Connect or Skype) and wish to feed into this process, please complete…
At the end of last year, the White House ran a student film contest for videos on the theme of ‘Technology in Education’. The final selection has just been announced and they are available to watch on YouTube. The films mainly show how technology is already been used in some (school) classrooms, with some showing how…
Some staff may have missed this but we think it will be very popular among staff, so we wanted to re-highlight this recent message from IS&T. Soon it will be possible to access your timetable inside of Outlook, and you will be emailed instructions on how to do this. For more details please read the full message.
Staff who use Google apps on a University PCs may have noticed a message saying they are using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. This happens with gmail, google calendars, google docs, google drive and google sites for both personal and institutional Google accounts. The message gives a link to upgrade the web browser. Please…
The Technology Enhanced Learning team has been working with staff across the university to develop resources to assist academic staff in identifying alternative teaching approaches and technologies suitable to their discipline. Along with the various materials, we have also designed a workshop to support this process. The workshops – aimed at department or subject groups…
Submissions to Turnitin made by students between 22 January and 29 January 2014 may not have appeared in the Grade Centre. This issue is now resolved, and those submissions should now appear. If you have submissions that you think should appear but don’t, you can ‘force’ the submissions to synchronise with the Grade Centre by: Expand Control Panel…
An internationally renowned expert in e-learning and digital technologies is visiting the University on Wednesday 19 February to host an event for staff exploring the issues and challenges presented by technology trends in higher education. Professor Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor in Information and Computer Technology at the University of Plymouth, will deliver his guest lecture,…
Pecha Kucha (or, more formally, Pecha Kucha 20×20) is a style of presentation where each presentation lasts exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The reason for this is that the presentation is made up of 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20 seconds before automatically moving onto the next. The format originated in 2003 as…