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Keep Calm and Submit this Christmas
Christmas comes around quick doesn’t it!? One minute you’re moving in to halls for the term, the next you’re back off for a fortnight! It’s hard work being a student but before you pack your Christmas hat, Playstation and elf onesie don’t forget your end of term submissions! During November our team of Student Advisors ran a series of…
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Rubrics… So what are they anyway?
Recently in the Learning Technology Department we’ve been taking lots of calls and emails from staff wanting to use Rubrics in their teaching and learning but specifically, marking. What are they? Rubrics could also be called Grading or Marking Criteria. I’m sure many of you are used to the grid system used to mark students…
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Collaborate to be upgraded on Mon 16th November
We’ve listened to your feedback and will be upgrading the university’s web-conferencing system, Blackboard Collaborate, to a new, user-friendly, ‘Ultra’ experience on Mon 16th November at 2 am. Improvement Highlights Online sessions can be accessed easily and quickly from within the browser; An intuitive and clutter-free interface; Your course room stays open 24/7 allowing independent student…
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Blackboard Collaborate – Video Case Study 1 of 3
David Callaghan is a Learning Technologist and an Associate Tutor for the Faculty of Education on the Undergraduate Professional Development Programme, a blended course – delivered mostly online – via our Blackboard VLE and the Collaborate web conferencing system, with some face to face conference days. So, he can also practice what he preaches. Collaborate is…
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Get your own ‘Quick Hit’ video case study
Celebrate your success with Collaborate We are creating a series of brief video case studies showcasing the success colleagues have been having with the Collaborate web conferencing system this year. David Callaghan (also a member of the LTD team) is the first of a number of contributors to get involved from each Faculty (in his…
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Audacity: Create Professional Audio Narrations for all your Learning Resources
It’s usually around this time of the year when most of us free up some time to create or even review our learning resources for the new academic year. I know a lot of staff at Edge Hill are really starting to move away from standard PowerPoint based materials and producing some really engaging resources…
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A Great Alternative to Using the YouTube Mashup Tool
I developed a great way of creating links to YouTube and similar sites that works well for desktop and mobile users. Just use a Web Link with a description. Here are the steps: Get the URL link for the video from YouTube. For example you could try it with our ‘Learning Edge Welcome Video‘ Go…
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LTD on Location – English and History
Recently, I popped into the Department of English and History to discuss the upcoming academic year (Yes! we really do start that early!) and as a result of a brief conversation about what the department needs from Learning Technology, we came up with a great idea for me to be based in the department for…
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iSpring: Video Case Study 3 of 3
iSpring Early Adopters Project: Video Case Study 3 In the Learning Technology Development team we’ve recently completed the early adopters’ project in the use of iSpring. Following on from Sertip and Maggies previous videos, we would now like to introduce Carl Simmons from the Faculty of Education. Carl shares his experience and advice from the iSpring…
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iSpring: Video Case Study 2 of 3
iSpring Early Adopters Project: Video Case Study 2 In the Learning Technology Development team we’ve recently completed the early adopters’ project in the use of iSpring. Following on from Sertip in last month’s case study, we would now like to introduce Maggie Webster from the Faculty of Education. Maggie shares her experience in the iSpring…
