Anyone in Digital Learning can post on the blog, to share useful advice or information, or summarise a project. Posts should be informal in style – the Yoast readability analysis gives helpful advice.
Featured image and excerpt
In the page settings for your post, set a featured image and add a short excerpt summarising the post. This is what will appear on the blog homepage.
Categories
Utilise existing categories rather than add new ones.
Tags
Search for relevant, existing tags rather than add variations on existing ones. Sometimes it will be appropriate and necessary to add something new.
Tags are used to populate feeds on our team website, so ensure your blog post is tagged with one (or more) of the tags suggested in either table below. This is a temporary solution (and since Sept 2024 we have had a ticket open as the migration to Leaf broke the RSS feed) but please continue to use these tags at present.
What we do
| Blog post tag | To include posts covering: | Website section |
|---|---|---|
| Ask us | Course Design; Curriculum Design; Assessment; Digital Capabilities; Accessibility etc | Assist and Advise |
| Creating content | Co-Creation; Video Production; Storyline etc | Collaborate and Create |
| Innovation | VLE Awards; eCoffee; Virtual Reality; Events etc | Inspire and Innovate |
| Engagement | Feedback; Engagement etc. | Evaluate and Engage |
What is Digital Learning?
| Blog post tag | To include posts covering: | Website section |
|---|---|---|
| Blended Learning | Examples of resources developed to accompany a blended approach, or sessions delivered using a blended approach etc. | Blended learning |
| Open Learning | MOOCs etc. | Open learning |
| Social Learning | Gamification, Social media etc | Social learning |
| Narrative Media | Podcasting, Video etc. | Narrative media |
| Interactive Media | Storyline, ThingLink etc. | Interactive media |