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Too good to ignore!
Users of Learning Edge! We have an exciting new addition to the family! Ok, so it might not be the most exciting thing for some, but we will shortly be switching on a fantastic new tool within Learning Edge to help make your academic communication easier between staff and students. Qwickly is a tool used…
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Technologies are an “absolute lifeline” for our students!
Blackboard Collaborate and discussion forums help build community and meet students’ emotional and learning needs. Readers of this Learning Edge blog will be familiar with our Best of TEL series, where we invite colleagues from across the university to guest author posts about their practice, to inform and inspire others. This post has a guest…
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Turnitin Grades – What Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen!
It’s that time again… marking. Very few would actually admit to enjoying marking reams of students’ work right after the Christmas break but it is a necessary (evil) task. And to make things worse, students seem to be finding their grades out early! How on Earth did that happen? You’ve done everything you thought you…
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Students, technology and study – still time to have your say!
The 6th EHU student eLearning Survey is an important means of gathering large-scale, detailed feedback on how students experience technology in teaching and learning. Past surveys have contributed massively to our development and support of technology-enhanced learning. The current survey has a couple more weeks to run but the responses already reveal interesting trends that I…
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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, XBox and onesie don’t forget your end of term submissions! We’ve drawn together some good practice to ensure that your…
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The 6th Student eLearning Survey (and Prize Draw)
Where does the time go? The sixth EHU student eLearning survey is now live. Telling us your experiences and expectations of the technology you use to support your learning helps us to understand what works and what doesn’t. The survey isn’t just a tick box exercise, it drives change – as well as the good, we want to know…
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What Does Your Blackboard Course Look Like to Students?
Academics sometimes want to check what students can see and do within their Blackboard Courses. One way to see a student view is to select the ‘Enter Student Preview’ button at the top right of the screen. An alternative is to set up a student account for long term use. This can be done using…
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Using Classroom Voting Systems
Learning Services have been supporting the use of the Optivote and TurningPoint classroom voting systems over the last eight years. Recently the sets have been moved from the Learning Technology Development offices in the LINC to the University Library. This change means that the systems can now be booked via the Loaning Equipment page on…
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Blackboard Catalyst Award: How Learning Edge helped the win!
The Learning Technology Development (LTD) Team has had a very successful 2014. We’ve implemented and seen some great things happening with technology enhanced learning throughout the University. More noticeably the faculty specific tabs and resources generated on Learning Edge and of course the continuing success of all the iSpring resources for staff and students. With…
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Engaging learners with Blackboard Collaborate
How the Inclusion Team is using our web conferencing platform to engage students, enhance communication and improve outcomes. Anne McLoughlin is the leader of Edge Hill’s dyslexia programme. The programme is a blended course – mostly online – delivered via our Blackboard VLE and the Collaborate web conferencing system, with some face to face conference days.…
