• Staff Reminder: Learning Edge Drop In 12.01.12

    Are you working on something new in Learning Edge? Do you want help or ideas? Staff are invited to visit the LINC Development* room at lunch time tomorrow to: Explore the potential of Learning Edge Focus on enhancing current practice Resolve any queries These regular open door Drop In sessions have been organised to support…

  • The End Of The Beginning.

    “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” (Churchill, 1942) The hard work of Learning Technology Development and Faculty of Education teams begins to pay off this week as the end of the first phase of staff development workshops…

  • Training and support

    As many staff will be aware, we’re in the process of moving over to ‘Learning Edge’ (Blackboard 9.1). Many of our academic teams have already received training on the new system as part of the ‘systems migration’ and we are arranging additional sessions in consultation with each faculty….contact your faculty champions for more details of…

  • Making things happen: behind the scenes (part 1)

    Previous blog posts have focused on the technical and staff development activity involved in moving to Blackboard 9.1. This time, we thought we’d introduce the teams who are making all this happen. First off is (most of) the team from Learning Services pictured below: Standing L-R: Peter Beaumont, Carol Chatten, David Callaghan, Lisa Farnworth, Martin…

  • Introduction to Blackboard 9.1

    Learning Technology Development are working closely with Faculties to introduce staff to the new features and functionality of Blackboard 9.1. A recorded version of of the Introduction to 9.1 Presentation currently being offered to Faculty Champions and Faculty of Education Teams is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmeq1BlIs1I. The video is about 6 minutes long and gives a brief…