Recently, at very short notice, the LTU were asked by JISC to give a presentation to the Connect more… in Scotland event. We were delighted to do so and we (me, Craig John and Niall) put our heads together to come up with the following abstract and slides: As a Learning Technology Unit, supporting core services such… Continue reading →
Have you heard the news? Clickers are out and web-based classroom response systems are in. What is she on about (I hear you ponder)? Well, have you ever seen students using clickers to answer questions in a lecture theatre? At UoG they’re usually small green handsets and they look like this: They’re a clever bit… 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 →