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Author: Sarah Fielding

Changes to our Media Team

Camera on tripod filming a view of a lake and mountains
14th December 202115th December 2021
Sarah Fielding
News

Due to some staffing changes, our always in-demand Media Team will be operating at a reduced capacity for the early part of next year. Team Lead From the 17th of December we say a temporary goodbye to Sofia Bazzini, Media

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Goodbye to our Accessibility Allies intern team

27th September 202128th September 2021
Sarah Fielding
News

Since mid-July we have been working with a team of 5 interns. They have improved the accessibility scores of Blackboard Modules and contributed to various communications about the project. Emily, Stefan, Velina, and Sian are returning to their studies as

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Spring cleaning your Blackboard sites: are you environmentally-friendly and accessible?

27th May 202127th May 2021
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, News

A new norm- Yes, it’s a phrase that divides the audience. Some of us are weary of the over used phrases (unprecedented, anyone?). Others are excited at the prospect of real change. In education I don’t think we really want

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7 Lessons learned from lockdown home-schooling

A blackboard sign with Welcome please come in, written on it.
20th April 202120th April 2021
Sarah Fielding
News

My children went back to school seven weeks ago. This blog post sat in a corner of my brain, waiting for when I had caught up on workload. That is unlikely to actually happen, and the raw edges of the

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Blackboard European Teaching and Learning Conference

Slightly open laptop showing a coloured glow on the keyboard.
19th June 202024th November 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

The Blackboard European Teaching and Learning Conference was online this year. 871 people attended from 276 educational institutions in 32 countries. Being online allowed attendees from further afield to attend such as the US, Singapore, and Lebanon. The conference ran across 3 weeks

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Introducing the new Digital Learning Team

A grey and black butterfly on pink and white flowers.
19th June 202024th November 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

The iSolutions restructure has led to a few changes for Digital Learning. On the 1st of June, the new structure took effect. Yes, we did keep the name this time (!) and we are very pleased about it. The team

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Padlet for student engagement online

A stylised origami bird and the word Padlet
18th May 202018th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, Tech tips

Padlet is a virtual pinboard or online post-it board with a unique URL. The interface is straightforward, with customisable layouts, and backgrounds, plus some nice features to increase student engagement.

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Sources of images to use in online learning

A mug with coffee standing between a bunch of polaroids.
31st March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

So, you’re moving your teaching online; have you thought about what images you will be using? You might be looking for a range of pictures to break up a lot of text in your Blackboard course, or you might need

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Online learning resources: embedding 3D models into Blackboard

A man looking at a 3D model on a computer.
27th March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Why 3D models? 3D models are useful in a multitude of disciplines: archaeology, architecture, anatomy, biology, geology, engineering and so on. This post will show you how to quickly embed models from Sketchfab into your Blackboard course in 5 simple

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Alternative assessments: create a video to explain a key concept

Someone filming a video on a smartphone.
26th March 202020th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

This post outlines the changes made in a module at the University of Southampton, moving from an individual written assessment to a group video assessment. Below, we will describe how the students carry out this task, what support resources are

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Developing a VR Experience: Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation

A screen shot of a video showing paramedics pushing a hospital trolley
9th March 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Background We are working with colleagues in Medicine, Health Sciences, and staff at the Southampton General Hospital Emergency Department to capture a Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation in 360 degree video. When viewed in a virtual reality headset, the audience is

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Connect: Gamification

Little boy playing a mobile game against his sister.
15th January 202016th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Our final Connect event of 2019 involved ECS Teaching Fellow Oli Bills and a practical demonstration of gamification in lectures. For several years Oli has been working on Enhancement techniques for student engagement in cybersecurity education and his efforts have

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ALT-C: The next big thing is…

20th September 201914th October 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

Last week I (and my colleague Bobbi) attended the annual, national Association of Learning Technologists’ conference (ALT-C) in Edinburgh. The conference itself ran for 3 days and was attended by over 450 delegates, with others attending remotely via live streaming

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Digital Learning supporting SOTSEF – Guest post

A small child wearing a VR headset and looking at the floor.
23rd April 201926th April 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

At the SOTSEF Science and Engineering Day on Saturday 16th March, the Digital Learning team provided support to the Black Sea MAP stand with their Oculus Go VR headsets. These were used to take over 800 visitors, from 2 to

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What’s next for edtech? BETT 2019

Several small robots.
26th March 201927th March 2019
Sarah Fielding
Events, Innovation

In January, Sarah Fielding and Chrissie Metcalf attended BETT – an education showcase event hosted by Microsoft. Bringing together 850 leading companies and 103 exciting new edtech start-ups, BETT gives its 34,700 attendees from the global education community an opportunity to

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Virtual Reality for UoS Open Days

A woman wearing a VR headset.
17th October 20182nd May 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

Why Open Days? At Open days we want to give prospective students and their parents a strong sense of the UOS experience and showcase our unique selling points when it comes to Programmes of Study. For courses which include a

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Digital Learning on location: Dale Field course, Wales

9th October 20187th May 2019
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, Innovation, News

Scene setting Following our attendance on the BIOL1001 Fieldcourse in Spain earlier this year (outputs are still in production), the Digital Learning team was invited to attend the SOES2030 Dale Field Marine Biology Fieldcourse in West Wales. Our mission was primarily to capture

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Ready, Steady, Go!

A bleak future for the real world? Image copyright Amblin Entertainment.
17th August 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Ready (Player One) The novel by Ernest Cline (and now a major 2018 feature film) sets out a future where most of humanity uses virtual reality software “to escape the desolation of the real world”. Sounds grim? Smartphones and tablets have become deeply

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Reflecting on practice – CPD for Learning Designers (CMALT)

Certified Member of CMALT badge.
6th July 20182nd May 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

Here in the Digital Learning team, a number of the Learning Designers are working on completing our CM-ALT portfolios. Becoming a Certified Member of the Association of Learning Technologists is “a peer-based professional accreditation scheme developed by ALT to enable

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On location: DigiLearn in Spain

19th April 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, Innovation, News

The outdoor ‘office’ At the end of March, members of the Digital Learning Team accompanied staff and students on fieldwork for the BIOL1001 module, Experimental and Field Biology. Students visit the south of Spain for hands-on experience in identifying plants

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Experiencing Virtual Reality: we tried it…will you?

A woman wearing a VR headset.
19th January 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Events, Innovation, News

Just before Christmas, the Digital Learning Team hosted a visit by Altro Orbis, a company specialising in VR experiences. We asked them to bring a couple of HTC Vive rigs (one of the market leaders in VR hardware) and invited staff from

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12 days of Christmas – 4 Padlet walls

iPad with the words '4 Padlet walls' on it.
7th December 20179th April 2019
Sarah Fielding
News, Tech tips

What is Padlet? Padlet is an online pinboard. It does not require any installation – just an internet connection and it can be accessed from anywhere and on any type of device: mobile phones, laptops, tablets, or PCs. You can create and save

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Hololens workshop: at the edge of innovation

Hololens unit.
30th November 201716th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Earlier this month the Digital Learning team hosted the first workshop for the Hololens early adopter group. If you haven’t heard of Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, which enables users to interact with virtual holograms and real objects in the physical world, you

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New working group; Virtual Fieldtrips

A man wearing a virtual realty headset with the caption Join the Virtual Fieldtrips Working Group.
18th August 201716th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Innovation

    Why Virtual? The 2016 NMC Horizon Report described Virtual Reality in Higher Education as “…[providing] contextual learning experiences that foster exploration of real world data in virtual surroundings”. Interest in, and use of, virtual and augmented reality is

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Meet the team!

A microphone on an orange background with the caption who are we, meet the team!
21st July 201716th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Who are you? The Digital Learning Team is made up of 12 people with a wide range of skills, expertise and interests. We challenge you to discover which of the team: is a Royal Television Society award winner went to

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