Jisc have recently revised their website and materials related to “student expectations of the digital environment” and how institutions are addressing the needs of an increasingly digitally-savvy student population. There is a lot of interesting material on the website, but of particular interest might be the new ‘Exemplars‘ section that features, among others, two case…
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.…
This is a gentle reminder that the evaluation for collecting information about current teaching practice is still available until 9:00 am on Tuesday 7 May 2013. This is your opportunity 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…
Led by the Technology Enhanced Learning Team in QESS, the University is seeking to increase the use of existing educational technologies at Sheffield Hallam University by increasing awareness of different styles of teaching online. This interactive workshop provides an opportunity to contribute to the design of a framework to analyse existing teaching practice which will…
Led by the Technology Enhanced Learning Team in QESS, the University is seeking to increase the use of existing educational technologies at Sheffield Hallam University by increasing awareness of different styles of teaching online. One of the outcomes of this work will be a framework to analyse existing teaching practice, which will include guidance on…
Does your Blackboard site meet the minimum expectations for e-learning? Are you going beyond the minimum and using innovative approaches to teaching in your module? Technology Enhanced Learning would like to develop a number of video case studies to promote the minimum expectations and highlight good and innovative practice in e-learning. The videos would be…
This is just a reminder that the consultation we are doing about making Blackboard site creation more automatic is closing on Friday. Please send Brian Irwin any responses by this time, or to ask for extended time if you need it. We got a lot of staff feedback in the face-to-face sessions but if you want…
This is a reminder that there are still places on the remaining face-to-face sessions to discuss the consultation to make Blackboard processes more automatic. If you are interested, please book by clicking on the links below: Thursday 7 Feb, 14:00-15:00 – Main Building D006, Collegiate Friday 8 Feb, 11:00-12:00 – Owen 1032 Tuesday 12 Feb,…
Last week we announced the new minimum expectations of e-learning. We are pleased to announce that we have now finished the support pages for them. We have amended the minimum expectations document to include a link to a support page for each of the expectations. Just click on the link for any expectation to find guidance about…
Last week we announced a consultation about changing Blackboard processes to align them with the new minimum expectations for e-learning, and reduce the admin burden on staff preparing Blackboard sites. We have scheduled a series of workshops to introduce the new expectations and get feedback on the proposed changes in the consultation. The sessions will include a short presentation on the new minimum expectations…