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What is the Flipped Classroom? To define what the flipped classroom is first let’s consider traditional teaching methods where the teacher gives a student a task, for example, reading a chapter of a book. This would then be discussed the next day in class and then the student would be given an assignment based on…
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Have you ever wondered what a Podcast is and how you can create and use them with your students? Podcasts are bite-sized chunks of audio and/or video content that are designed to be played on computers or mobile devices. Come along to the 2 hour University staff session to learn about: Scenarios where you can…
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Digital literacies (DLs) are those capabilities that fit an individual for learning, working and living in a context where digital forms of information and communication predominate. DL can be understood as an aspect of other capabilities, including enterprise, creativity, innovation, career planning and lifelong learning. SEEDPoD is a two year, JISC funded project that…
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Are tablets just shiny toys or can they be used in a professional work environment? Google Drive, a free cross platform mobile and desktop application, provides way for people to take work with them without the hassle of emailing copies. This software also boasts a synchronous collaborative work environment. Above all tablets should provide functionally…
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Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs as they are better known as, are becoming ever more popular. Academic institutions offer course materials at no cost to the students over the Internet. This has lowered the threshold for attendance, bringing education to the masses resulting in tens of thousands of students registering and attending these online…
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WordPress is an open-source content management system enabling you to create your own blog(s)/ website(s) with a combination of dynamic and static pages for free. WordPress is available in two forms: The first, from WordPress.org is a downloadable software, that must be loaded onto your own webserver. The second form is from WordPress.com and…
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‘eGo’ make the web work for you! (2013) from Flea Palmer This new presentation was created in response to a graduate workshop I ran in collaboration with the Careers Department as part of their ‘Boost Your Confidence’ series of workshops. What attendees, who came from a range of disciplines, wanted to know was: how to…
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The University has now updated all its lectern software to TurningPoint v5 (image1). Those that have used this system before will notice that the new interface is different to the previous version and now incorporates a three in one software package. ‘PowerPoint Polling’ is the most commonly used ‘TurningPoint’ application, but I would urge users…
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As I have mentioned in a previous post, I use Twitter on a daily basis as an excellent way of connecting to other Learning Technologists and educators across the globe. I recalled seeing some tweets around using Google docs to create quizzes. As someone who is very interested in all matters concerning e-assessment, I decided…
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‘eGo’ make the web work for you! from Flea Palmer Note: Presentation updated Feb. 2013 to reflect LinkedIn Profile changes and include Pinterest as a portfolio tool.. This new presentation was created in response to a graduate workshop I ran in collaboration with the Careers Department as part of their ‘Boost Your Confidence’ series of…
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Today the announcement has come out regarding this year’s round of academic promotions! I am delighted to say that the number of Professors in our Teaching and Learning Directorate has increased to 5 which demonstrates the excellence of Teaching and Learning here at Plymouth! Congratulations to Prof Debby Cotton, Head of Educational Development, and our…
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TurningPoint is a Personal Response System (PRS) which allows the classroom to become more interactive and engaging, it improves concentration, motivation and supports the student voice during face-to-face learning.TurningPoint enables lecturers to embed question polling in their presentations and allow learners to answer them with the aid of individual electronic clickers. Asking multiple questions with this technology is…
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Drag the map with your mouse. View in full screen by clicking on the icon. Mindmapping: Mindmapping is really a graphical method of planning or taking notes. They can be really useful for brainstorming and planning content. They can also be used as a presentation tool at conferences – see Andy Black: ‘Mobile Learning &…
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Having recently attended an eAssessment workshop at Duchy College where I saw a presentation about using Xerte to create educational resources for students with learning difficulties, it prompted me to write about this excellent tool. It has many benefits for the student which I will list in this article, but one of the best plus…
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The Horizon Report was established in 2002 as part of the New Media Consortium’s longitudinal research programme. The annual report aims to identify emerging technologies which are likely to have a significant impact in teaching and learning. The report is structured by looking at technologies which will be in widespread use by “horizons” – hence…
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To celebrate Safer Internet Day we present the movie ‘Facing the Consequences’ with added interactivity, enabled by Viewbix. Viewbix allows you to add a links to further information, in this case, Facebook’s Privacy Resources page. You can also add an RSS feed, in this example it points to Dan Schawbel’s ‘Student Branding Blog’; a QR…
