I don’t know what the week before semester was like for you? Here in the Digital Education Unit, in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Science (MVLS), it was a week of early mornings and late nights in the office. We were busily preparing our distance learners for the start of their online courses, commencing… Continue reading →
Last week was ALT-C, the annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology. This year it was down in Manchester, and – much to our surprise and delight – it was beautiful weather throughout the three days that we were visiting. Kerr Gardiner, Niall Barr and I (Sarah Honeychurch) all had presentations to give. I was first,… 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 →
On 19th August we had a visit from David Major, the learning technologist from Futurelearn (the company we are partnered with to run some MOOCs). We currently have nine new MOOCs being developed, and it was lovely to gather together representatives from across the courses in one room. It was a lively day – David is a fount… 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 →