• Follow Learning Services

    If you’re interested in catching up with the latest news from Learning Services, our blog is the ideal place as all things new get posted. You can read what’s happening on all of our services; from new books added to our resources to information on our latest facilities and opening times, everything gets posted here so you will be the first to know! On the Learning Services’ homepage you can catch a glimpse of the headlines, or click on Latest News to see a full list of our articles.

    For those of you who don’t visit our web pages very often, we have now set up a facebook page where you can join and get our latest information. Everything that gets posted on our blog gets instantly updated here so you don’t miss out. If you have a smart phone with the facebook app on it you can check it out wherever you are! Joining our facebook page is also a great way to find students with the same interests as you. The speed and immediacy means that you can check the latest posts, as well as give us feedback on things that you like or dislike.

    Not a person of many words? You can follow us on Twitter for snippets of news or if social networking is not your thing you can subscribe to our RSS feed directly from our blog site. Whatever your preference, one thing is for sure: you’ll never miss a thing!

    If you have any suggestions on how we can improve our service or you just want to give us some feedback, please leave us a comment.

    Elpiniki

  • University Library Easter Vacation

    The opening hours for the University Library at Ormskirk will only change slightly during the Easter Vacation.

    We will have our standard term time opening hours apart from

    Good Friday 22nd April to Tuesday 26th April 2011, when we will be closed.

    We are offering additional opening for both the Royal Wedding Bank Holiday 29th April , 8.45am – 5pm, (when we will, of course, be showing The Wedding on the Plasma TV if you want a five minute break from your studies!)  and the following May Day Bank Holiday 2nd May, 8.45-7pm.

    The LIRC at Aintree will be open on Tuesday 26th April 8.30am – 8.00pm

    For more information and  a complete schedule of opening times for all our sites, please visit our website or e-mail lsdesk @edgehill.ac.uk

    Cathy

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  • Did you know… We’re keeping up with Emerging Technology

    We’ve been using technology in teaching for years, some of it for so long that we don’t even think of it as technology any more. Keeping up to date with delivery techniques helps ensure a good experience for our students.

    Here in the Learning Technology Development team we look for up and coming ideas that are attracting the interests of academic staff and students. Although new technology is sometimes seen as the answer to a question that was never asked, after a while someone will attempt to use it to help learning. By following the experiences of these early adopters we are able to assist the uptake of new technology, and the development of techniques to use it for a wider audience.

    So where does technology emerge from and how can you keep up to date?

    There are many web-sites, and social / professional networks that can provide insight into what’s happening now and what’s coming up…

    The Learning Technology Development team have recently been delivering sessions to showcase Emerging Technologies. The first covered applications for QR-Codes, the second shared experiences with Professional Blogs, and we have a third planned for 20th May on using the iPad (Edge Hill University staff can book here). We also have ideas for future sessions including Cloud Computing, Creative Digital Technologies, Assessing On-line and Staying Technology Aware, but what we’d really like to know is…

    Are there Emerging Technologies that you’d like a closer look at? Let us know in a comment.

    Alternatively contact us directly at [email protected]

    Mark Ayton

    Learning Technology Development Manager (ext. 7758)

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