Tuesday 16th April 12.00 – 13.30 Cantor 9228 Dr Mira Vogel, Education Developer, elearning Environments, University College London Social learning is an important aspect of the move from didactic to more constructivist approaches to learning. Well-conceived group work promises to contribute to the graduate attributes agenda, bring personal contact and companionship to courses, and provide…
The HEA have teamed up with ALT and JISC to offer a series of free staff development events. These include a series of one-day events around technology enhanced learning which focus on specific disciplines and more general online webinars covering a range of topics. We wanted to highlight these opportunities to any staff that might be…
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…
We wanted to highlight an upcoming PhD research seminar that may be of interest. It is looking at constructivist models for online educational resources involving getting students to create and share them. 4 December – 12:00-13:00 at Unit 7 Science Park (no booking required) Further information
We wanted to draw attention to this upcoming seminar, which will be delivered both face-to-face and in Blackboard Collaborate (online, you can access from anywhere such as your office or home). Tony Smith has been doing problem-based learning in an online environment, using Blackboard Collaborate as part of this. Blackboard Collaborate is now available for…
A range of staff development sessions around online assessment and feedback took place during October and covered the following topics: Blackboard Assignments & Grade Centre Blackboard Assignments & Feedback Rubrics Turnitin for automatic referencing feedback Some of these sessions were delivered online via Blackboard Collaborate, and these recordings are now available to access from the…
We will be running demo sessions to introduce Blackboard Collaborate, a new virtual classroom tool. Blackboard Collaborate provides staff with a modern, powerful tool to facilitate synchronous (at the same time) learning activities. Its features include sharing audio, webcam video, presentations in a white board, and a chat window which includes a polling feature. It…
The following staff development sessions around online assessment and feedback are available to book throughout October: Blackboard Assignments & Feedback Rubrics. Learn how setting Assignments and using Feedback Rubrics in your Blackboard site can enable efficient and effective assignment management and feedback online. Click the link to book: Wednesday 17 October 2012, 11:00-12:30, Owen 332,…
Supported time sessions for preparing 2012/13 Blackboard sites and Blackboard Assignments & Grade Centre workshops will be continuing throughout September. Supported time sessions are a time where you will be able to prepare your 2012/13 Blackboard sites with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. If you have content ready to be…
These sessions are a time where you can prepare your 2012/13 Blackboard sites with e-learning staff on hand to explain the process and provide support. If you have content ready to be added to your Blackboard sites, then you can add it during the session. Come along and see what you can get done in…