This case study describes how a tutor used recorded videos to improve the way students learned some of the difficult core concepts within a module. Students were struggling to cope with the technical content and the tutor’s teaching pace.In order to improve the student experience the tutor considered other approaches for delivering the learning material and…
We thought you might find this external article interesting. It talks about the growing technology enhanced learning practice of ‘flipping’ the classroom through creating standalone resources outside of the classroom that students should engage with before coming to class. Classtime is then spent on more participative activities rather than conveying information. Read the article at…
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. shuplayer is a university website that supports the use of video and audio for teaching and learning. It can be accessed from a link…
This research article by Sheffield Hallam academics explores student perspectives on the use of audio feedback in their nursing course. The majority of students found the use of audio feedback as a positive experience with individual benefits. The research also explored staff perspectives about the use of this type of feedback. The article abstract and full…
This article is the last in a series of six articles about accessibility issues in e-learning. Media files such as video, audio and screencasts can be an interesting and engaging way to learn about things. They provide an alternative to text and allow people to understand things in a different way. However some disabled students have difficulties seeing and/or hearing media files,…
This article is the fourth in a series of six articles about accessibility issues in e-learning. Sometimes staff have complained about the limitations of formatting text in HTML without the advanced skills that many website designers have. Using the text editor available in Blackboard, you do not have full control over the appearance of the text, though you…
This article is the third in a series of six articles about accessibility issues in e-learning. Adding images to text on your Blackboard site or in a document can be a good way to make it more visually appealing and to break up the long pieces of text. It is worth noting that not everyone will be…
This article is the first in a series of five articles about scenarios for mobile learning. TEL is coordinating an initiative to promote and capture innovation in e-learning. What is it? Mobile phones can be used to record audio feedback files, and these are shared with students for playback via the Blackboard Grade centre. Audio…
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. Lectures can be recorded and shared using a variety of technologies: A simple audio recording can be made with a MP3 recorder, whereas more…
There are serious problems with the Podcast LX tool now in Blackboard which means we have had to disable it. Many individuals were using it as a way of uploading audio files to their site rather than as an actual podcast their students would download from outside of Blackboard. Since Blackboard now contains an easy way to…