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— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — Virtual patients (VP) have been defined as ‘interactive computer simulations of real life clinical scenarios for the purpose of medical and dental training, education or assessment. VP are commonly used to teach clinical interviewing skills, bioethics, basic patient communication, history taking, and clinical decision-making skills. Through…
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Building an early prototype After some discussions among the team members and the stakeholder (student), development started on a prototype using the drawings from the original project by our Year 4 student. These drawings were scanned and carefully traced in Flash before being outputted as a spritesheet (png and xml) and imported into a Flash…
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Design is a bit like art…everyone has their own opinions and preferences. Its never easy to design for a website or mobile app and in my experience it is something that constantly evolves up until the point of release. With the fairly recent release of Apple’s iOS7 and the increased popularity of flat design, it…
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— This post was written by Arunangsu Chatterjee — This project aims to develop a novel comic book called ‘Enzyme Digest’. It is based on the enzymes of the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract and aimed at first year medical students. Each enzyme has been granted a character to enhance the learner’s memory and recall. The comic book…
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In my previous post I wrote about the most important aspects in mobile development in general as well as some specifics to the project in hand. In this post I will drill down into finer detail as to the available options based on the list of development time, performance, style, accessibility options, support and documentation.…
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One of the biggest areas to research for this project is deciding which tool is best for the job. Over recent years there are many popular tools and frameworks that support mobile app development and with HTML5 becoming ever popular and accepted (particularly for web developers), the available options are becoming hard to keep track…
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TEL at Plymouth A TEL action plan has been developed as part of the University’s Teaching and Learning Strategy[1] to address the requirements of the University’s strategies and priorities whilst maximising the effectiveness of institutional investment into TEL and to exploit the outputs and outcomes from our externally funded projects. It aligns the University with…
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The University of Plymouth has been involved in a number of projects funded by JISC. Previous JISC projects include The SHELL project to develop the integration of technologies across a consortium involving the University and partner colleges. In particular, the SHELL project aimed to address the increased business need to have a single registration/information up-load…
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http://www.edu.plymouth.ac.uk/cwsn This project sets out to develop and enhance the learning experience of students on the BA Early Childhood Studies who are required to examine their practice through the reflective opportunities offered on work based learning modules, EEC112, EEC205, EEC311. Some aspects of practice are difficult to facilitate for students, for example: safeguarding children and…
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Do you want to embed more technology into your curriculum? Are you looking to enhance your students learning? Do you want to learn a new tool and see what software and equipment is available to you and your students? If the answer to any of the above is yes, then this ASTI drop-in event is…
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Are you… revisiting curriculum design? re-evaluating your assessment methodologies? needing a platform to facilitate your role as a Personal Tutor? wishing you were more social media savvy? looking for useful apps (such as a collaborative to-do list or holiday planner!) …or just wanting to know how to use your iPad more effectively? We are hosting…
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ASTI Technology Enhanced Learning Showcase in the Faculty of Business. Academic Support Technology and Innovation (ASTI) with the support of the Faculty of Business IT team (FoBIT) will be holding an event on the 29th October to demonstrate and discuss a range of learning technologies and how we can support you to incorporate them into…
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Do you have all the Library, Technology or Digital skills for your teaching? Do you want to enhance your student experiences? Do you have any burning ideas, but don’t know where to start? Then this drop-in event is for you! Smeaton 005 from 11:30 to 13:30 on 22nd October 2013 Register your interest form Eat cake…
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On the 4th Sept the University upgraded to the latest version of PebblePad. This new and improved version consists of two components: Pebble+ – a personal space to create and upload different files and assets. ATLAS (Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space) – a place to share work with tutors and for tutors to provide…
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Plymouth University provides an ePortfolio tool to all staff and students through a system called PebblePad. PebblePad is Personal Learning Space which can help you capture, record, reflect, review and discuss your experiences. It can support professional development planning skills through in-built templates such as action plans, skills audits, customisable CVs and more. You can…
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Using Facebook & Twitter to connect with students from Technology Enhanced Learning
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Jenny Morris introduced participants to a system she uses with her students for summative assessment, based on resources developed by Larry Michaelson. Individuals are initially tested to check their understanding of core concepts. This is a closed book test using multiple-choice questions (MCQs) – known as the ‘readiness assurance’ process. Teams, consisting of about 6…
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At the VC’s conference ASTI team members Daniel Metcalfe, Edd Bolton, Sarah Barnes, and Ed Bremner ran a workshop entitled: Working towards any time, any place, any device – research into delivering online teaching using webinar software. This reviewed experiences of piloting the use of webinar software to enhance student learning at Plymouth University.
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A podcast is an enhanced piece of digital media (audio or video) which is made available for download for use on mobile devices and computers. Podcasts go beyond the usual downloadable or streamed media embedded in web pages by providing the media through subscription feeds, often in a number of episodes, and where subscribing to…
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PebblePad3, due to be launched in July this year, combines Pebble+, a revamped version of the personal learning space we’re already using, with a new institutional environment, ATLAS, which replaces the current Gateway system to support active teaching, learning and assessment. There are also plans to launch a brand new Community/ Social space in 2013…
