It’s hard to believe just over a week ago one of the biggest learning technology events in the UK took place – the Association for Learning Technology conference, or ALT-C, as it’s known. Held at the University of Warwick between 6-8 September, 2016, the conference included some inspiring keynotes. Josie Fraser cautioned on the dangers… Continue reading →
On Friday, we were privileged to host an LTC lunchtime CPD workshop run by UCL Digital Education colleagues, Drs Clive Young and Nataša Perović, on their ABC Curriculum Design approach. There were 32 participants from across all four colleges, and the energy in the room was indicative of the huge interest generated. The ABC Curriculum… Continue reading →
Last week, I was kindly invited by Dr Jo-Anne Murray to present some ideas to the MVLS TELT group on e-learning evaluation and scholarship. MVLS is already doing a lot of great work in this area, and the purpose of the talk was to celebrate and identify ways to build on existing good practice. As… Continue reading →
On 4th March, LTU ran its first #BoldChat session, on the topic of blended and online learning development. The Tweetchat was inspired by having taken part in other Tweetchats like #LTHEchat which takes place on Wednesday evenings, 8-9pm UK time. Sarah and I wanted to try this bitesize CPD approach for staff at Glasgow interested… Continue reading →
Further to Sarah’s previous blog post, we will soon be running our first #BoldChat session on Twitter. We find tweetchats really useful as a form of ‘bitesize CPD’, and would like to encourage everyone interested in blended or online learning to join us. The format for #BoldChat is a slow chat which means that you… Continue reading →
Last month, I had the privilege of participating in two ELESIG (Evaluation of e-Learner Experience Special Interest Group) events, at UCL (ELESIG London) and St Andrews University (ELESIG Scotland), and an M25 Learning Technology Group meeting, also held in UCL. ELESIG London (‘Come Evaluate with me’) on 11th November was organised by Leo Havemann from Birkbeck… Continue reading →
The University of Glasgow is a hive of activity in relation to Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching. As well as TELT projects funded through the Learning and Teaching Development Fund (LTDF), the BOLD initiative (Blended and Online Learning Development) and the University’s engagement in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), academic and academic support staff are using… Continue reading →
Over the weekend, the International Association of Medical Education held its e-Learning symposium in Glasgow. Unsurprisingly, a large focus was on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with both keynote speakers focusing on this area. Professor Allison Littlejohn (Chair of Learning Technology and Academic Director of Learning & Teaching at the Open University) talked about her… Continue reading →
This blog post was inspired by a fascinating discussion with Moira Rankin (Senior Archivist) and Rachael Egan (Heritage Engagement Officer) about the role of the Library’s historic collections in learning and teaching. This is a really exciting time for us in the Learning & Teaching Centre and the University as a whole. Within the last… Continue reading →
In an earlier post, Sarah made reference to an attribution tool which enables users to easily cite ownership of Creative Commons (CC) Flickr images. Images and other media licensed through CC are freely available for reuse. The extent to which the materials can be reused depends on the particular attributions of the license; citing the original author is… Continue reading →