• Defeating ‘The Beast from the East’: How Collaborate was used to run a ‘blended’ conference

    Blackboard Collaborate is an online classroom tool. It is designed to allow presentations and tutorials to be given to students while they are off-campus. In this blog post we look at an unusual use of Collaborate, as it was used to run a ‘blended’ conference. Meg Juss: Could you set the scene for us? Peter…

  • Bite-sized Lecture Series

    Bite-sized Lecture Series

    Students at Edge Hill University value the support they receive whist studying here, so much that they tell us how important that support is, each year through the National Student Survey. Edge Hill has a diverse student population and recognises the importance of innovative approaches to teaching and learning which are both inclusive and supportive. Since…