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A Tidal Wave of Discussion …
How active discussion produced outstanding* results. By David Callaghan Online discussion forums are widely-used in online and blended courses at Edge Hill and increasingly course teams have been exploiting the benefits of these asynchronous online communication tools to support their face-to-face students’ learning. When used effectively, discussion forums have been found to support reflection, deep thinking,…
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How Blackboard Blogs put a “Wow” factor into an epidemiology lecture …
… creating a student generated resource that is used during the session and as a reference. Laura Taylor, Senior Lecturer and Senior SOLSTICE Fellow within the Faculty of Health and Social Care describes how she has used Blackboard Blogs to transform a set of statistics into an engaging learning activity for students AND, almost as a ‘by product’…
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Learning Edge Gets Community Engagement
Following the recent acquisition (Oct 2013) of Blackboard Community Engagement, an add on to our current Blackboard Learn 9.1 platform, Learning Services will be working with staff across the university to improve the design and functionality of Learning Edge. This screencast showcases how the new features, which include personalised Tabs, Panels and Organisations, could be…
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The Best of Learning Edge: Nominations for Excellent Modules (+Student Prize Draw)
Students, has your lecturer created a great Learning Edge module to help your studies. Was it easy to navigate? Did it use multimedia? Encourage collaboration? Include interactivity and support? Learning Technology Development (LTD) would like to know more about how lecturers use Learning Edge in ways that you find interesting, innovative or helpful. By finding out,…
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Mobile Matters! Who’s using an app?
The way Edge Hill students and staff are choosing to access Learning Edge appears to be changing, and more than ever we’re seeing usage patterns that show how important mobile access is. There is an increasing trend for users to access Learning Edge via tablets and smart phones rather than the traditional PC. VLE use…
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NEW! Blackboard Profile Cards
Take control of your online academic identity with the new Cloud Profile Tools You probably noticed a nice big welcome if you recently logged into Learning Edge, as we’ve switched on a new tool called Cloud Profiles. The information screen you’ll see when you log in explains what’s new and how to set up your…
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Geography are hands-on with Assignment Handler
Edge Hill’s approach to eAssignment is to offer a number of flexible tools and not tie departments down to any one method. After considering the choices available to them, each Faculty has gone with their preferred method of assignment submission. Learning Edge currently has 3 tools: Blackboard Assignment, Assignment Handler and Turnitin. Nigel Richardson (Head…
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An app update you don’t want to miss! Blackboard Mobile Learn 4.0
Do you update your apps? With obvious alerts to let you know when an app update is available, this might seem like a strange question, but not everybody updates. I, for example, have an embarrasing nummber of app updates waiting for my attention, because I, “just haven’t got around to it yet”. I know I…
