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Author: Anna Ruff

ecoffee @ SGH: Kumu for mindmapping by Simon Fraser

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
9th February 20182nd May 2019
Anna Ruff
Events, Tech tips

Kumu In 2018’s first e-coffee session, Simon Fraser demonstrated Kumu, a powerful tool for creating mind maps. Kumu allows detailed mind maps to be built, with an underlying structure and customisation options, for instance colour-coding for different categories. Once completed, mindmaps

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ecoffee @ SGH: Podcasting by Nick Evans

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
21st December 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
News

In December’s eCoffee session, Nick Evans talked about his experiences in podcasting.  He and Steve Lee co-create the popular fortnightly podcast The Science Shed, described as “an irreverent ramble through the undergrowth of academia”.  The half-hour podcasts involve discussion of a range

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On the first day…

iPad with the words '& a Post-it in a Plus app' on it.
4th December 20171st December 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

During December the Digital Learning Team will each be sharing a top tip or tool, in a festive series of blog posts. We hope that our 12 days of posts will bring you a feast of ideas and examples to unwrap.

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ecoffee @ SGH: H5P for creating interactive learning objects

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
7th November 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Creating Content, Tech tips

In November’s e-coffee@SGH we explored some of the possibilities offered by H5P (https://h5p.org/) – a free, easy-to-use tool for creating interactive learning objects.  H5P offers a range of content types, with activities produced in a mobile-friendly html5 format. We had a look at various

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Reflecting on ALT-C

Two women looking at a laptop with the caption 'Reflecting on ALT-C'.
2nd November 20179th April 2019
Anna Ruff
Innovation

Problems in education are rarely unique: my solution or experience might help you.  That’s at the heart of ALT-C, the annual conference of the Association of Learning Technologists. A key theme of this year’s conference was “moving from the practical

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Blackboard & VLE Awards

The Blackboard and VLE awards 2017 logo.
4th August 201716th May 2020
Anna Ruff
News

Over the summer, you may be updating your module’s ‘virtual learning environment’ in readiness for the new academic year.  If you are looking for inspiration, there is plenty on offer from this year’s Blackboard & VLE Awards. There has been

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ecoffee @ SGH: Innovative tools in action

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
26th July 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

July’s eCoffee took us on a tour through some of the tools we have explored over the year, with a chance to catch up with colleagues who have been putting them into action. The LifeLab team have introduced the LifeSaver

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ecoffee @ SGH: Tools, projects and platforms that can engage students by Callum Taylor

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
22nd June 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

Final year medical student Callum Taylor led this month’s e-coffee@SGH session, with an inspiring look at some of the tools, projects and platforms that can help engage students.  It was packed full of useful tips and information and showcased some

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Blackboard & VLE Awards 2017

The Blackboard and VLE awards 2017 logo.
16th May 201716th May 2020
Anna Ruff
News

Now into its fifth year, the 2017 Blackboard & VLE Awards competition has seen an increasing number of courses supported by exemplary use and design of their virtual learning environment.  This year’s awards event featured a mix of familiar and new faces:

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ecoffee @ SGH: Twitter for Scientists by Penny Lee

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
4th May 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

Twitter was a popular theme for April’s e-coffee@SGH, with a great turnout to hear Penny Lee from Medicine’s Marketing team share lots of tips for top Tweeting.  Penny gave a brilliant presentation ‘Twitter for Scientists’, explaining what might be the

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Blackboard & VLE Awards 2017

The Blackboard and VLE awards 2017 logo.
3rd May 201716th May 2020
Anna Ruff
News

Students have contributed a record number of nominations for this year’s Blackboard & VLE Awards, sharing valuable feedback about what is most useful in a course site.  It is evident that many courses offer students a fantastic online learning experience alongside the

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ecoffee @ SGH: Some AR and VR tools

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
17th March 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

In this month’s e-coffee@SGH session, Daryl Peel from the Digital Learning team demonstrated two tools that can help users familiarise themselves with a physical space, or even use a physical space to help familiarise users with a topic. ActionBound offers

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ecoffee @ SGH: Thinglink by by Sarah Fielding

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
13th February 20172nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

February’s e-coffee session was led by Sarah Fielding, exploring possible uses of Thinglink, a tool for making interactive diagrams and videos. Signing up for a basic account gives you access to upload 2D images and label these with a series of

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ecoffee @ SGH: 12 apps of Christmas

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
21st December 20162nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

December’s e-coffee@SGH explored some of the 12 apps of Christmas recommended by Dublin Institute of Technology and Regent’s University London. Both discuss how the apps suggested can be used in education, with case studies and examples. Sway is increasingly being

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ecoffee @ SGH: Tools for creating quizzes and games

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
2nd November 20162nd April 2019
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

e-coffee@SGH builds on the iPAD coffee clubs that previously took place at SGH, exploring the use of mobile devices, but also sharing wider experiences and ideas around the use of technology. This month we looked at tools for creating quizzes and simple

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Blackboard & VLE Awards 2016

A plaque for the winner of the 2016 excellence in VLE awards.
6th May 201616th May 2020
Anna Ruff
News

The fourth annual ILIaD Blackboard & VLE Awards event brought together colleagues from across the university who have inspired their students by the quality of their VLE provision. With a record number of courses nominated, the judging panel had the

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iPAD Coffee Club at SGH

A tablet and a cup of coffee on a table.
29th April 201628th March 2019
Anna Ruff
Events, Tech tips

At April’s iPAD coffee club Adam Warren (Senior Learning Designer, ILIaD) joined us to demonstrate various apps in response to requests raised at previous sessions. The conferencing tool Adobe Connect is useful for webinars and is licensed for up to

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iPAD Coffee Club at SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
4th March 201616th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

After last session’s inspiring introduction to Nearpod, it was great to hear that the Allergy team have been using this in their new ‘Teaching the Teachers to Teach’ module and it is being well received by students. This month’s iPAD

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iPAD Coffee Club at SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
4th February 201616th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

At SGH’s first iPAD coffee club of 2016, Andrew O’Malley, Stuart Morton and Lucy Law demonstrated Nearpod. The CLAS team have been using this to deliver interactive teaching sessions in Anatomy. Students enter a code to receive the session presentation

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iPAD Coffee Club at SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
11th December 201516th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

At a festive-themed iPAD coffee club we explored some of the 12 apps of Christmas recommended by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Andrew O’Malley has tweeted further details of apps recommended in response to various questions raised during the session.

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iPAD Coffee Club @ SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
18th September 201516th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

This month’s iPAD coffee club focused on recording lectures and tutorials, with Veronica Hollis explaining how Panopto is used to support the MSc Allergy course. The Panopto app allows students to re-watch their lectures, with the slides accompanied by an

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iPAD Coffee Club @ SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
10th July 201516th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

The focus of the latest SGH iPAD coffee club was looking at how social media can be used in teaching and research, with some inspiring examples from within the faculty. Catherine Hennessy explained how students on the NLM2 module had

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iPAD Coffee Club @ SGH

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
27th May 201516th May 2020
Anna Ruff
Tech tips

It was great to have a record seventeen attendees along to the latest iPAD coffee club at SGH, with a range of devices. We talked about how new users might set up their devices to support them at work: Setting

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