{"id":6285,"date":"2014-07-21T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2014-07-22T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T10:11:09","slug":"learning-services-newsletter-spotlight-on-technology-enhanced-learning-and-media-and-ict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2014\/07\/21\/learning-services-newsletter-spotlight-on-technology-enhanced-learning-and-media-and-ict\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Services newsletter &#8211; spotlight on technology enhanced learning and media and ICT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And so September and First Week planning begins&#8230;.The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk\/id\/document\/11889\">latest edition of the Learning Services newsletter<\/a> is a special issue dedicated to all those summer planning activities!<\/p>\n<p>Find out about VLE enhancements, opportunities for training &amp;\u00a0development and the latest upgrade to Blackboard.<\/p>\n<p>Articles include news to update academic colleagues both around the Blackboard upgrade and the latest development within the VLE &#8211; <em>Blackboard Community<\/em>, which some of you may already\u00a0have heard about and want to introduce for your department.<\/p>\n<p>Blackboard was successfully upgraded on Monday 21st July and there are two webinars to share the enhancements and new features and these take place on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2014\/07\/11\/summer-2014-blackboard-upgrade-awareness-webinar\/\">23rd and 24th of July.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>More information about the new features of Blackboard can be found in the newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the newsletter is an overview of the\u00a0development of the classroom infrastructure across campus and helpful information about training and support if you are using new technology or rooms or lecture theatres you are unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n<p>We have included some future gazing with a look at augmented reality uses in education and also the Horizon 2014 report.<\/p>\n<p>Changes to technology can be very fast paced and we welcome your feedback about your experiences of using the VLE and technologies and very importantly, areas where you feel we can provide more training and opportunities for development so please get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>email <a href=\"mailto:ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk\">ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phone: 01695 650754 ex 7754<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Bury<\/p>\n<p>Academic Liaison Manager &#8211; Quality, Marketing and Communication<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/02\/Rachel_Bury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1087\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/02\/Rachel_Bury.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel_Bury\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And so September and First Week planning begins&#8230;.The latest edition of the Learning Services newsletter is a special issue dedicated to all those summer planning activities! 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