New technologies have simplified the creation of immersive learning experiences, for example virtual field-trips.
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ecoffee @ SGH: Making videos by Dr Scott Border
(Scott Border @ SGH, 2017) May’s e-coffee@SGH was all about making videos and had one of the best turnouts with attendees getting excited to see Dr Scott Border from Anatomy within Medicine discussing his journey creating podcasts and videos for
Read moreBlackboard & VLE Awards 2017
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:
Read moreecoffee @ SGH: Twitter for Scientists by Penny Lee
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
Read moreBlackboard & VLE Awards 2017
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
Read moreUsing video to enhance research impact
Video and social media are now important tools that can help researchers publicise their work to a wider audience.
Read moreecoffee @ SGH: Some AR and VR tools
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
Read moreecoffee @ SGH: Thinglink by by Sarah Fielding
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
Read moreecoffee @ SGH: 12 apps of Christmas
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
Read moreecoffee @ SGH: Tools for creating quizzes and games
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
Read moreArticulate Storyline
Articulate Storyline is one of several excellent software tools that can be used to create rich interactive learning resources.
Read moreAudio podcasts
Audio is a great education resource that students can use while travelling, waiting or working. It is easy to create, and students value the ‘human touch’ that voice offers compared with conventional texts.
Read morePeer feedback for group projects
An online system enables students to provide each other with formative and summative feedback on their contribution to the group project, helping develop their skills and engagement.
Read moreBlackboard & VLE Awards 2016
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
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club at SGH
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
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club at SGH
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
Read morePlayful learning
Play has always been a key part of how humans learn, and there is renewed interest in applying this principle in Higher Education.
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club at SGH
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
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club at SGH
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.
Read moreAlessia Plutino – Social Media in the Classroom
Alessia Plutino from Modern Languages and Linguistics shares her thoughts on using social media to support learning.
Read moreJames Dyke – Flipping the Classroom
James explains how he flipped the learning experience for his students.
Read moreScott Border – Using Interactive Video
iPAD Coffee Club @ SGH
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
Read moreStudents collaborating to create video assignments
Students are developing the skills needed to communicate effectively using video.
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club @ SGH
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
Read moreiPAD Coffee Club @ SGH
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
Read moreEducational video to inform and engage
Modern technologies have made shooting, editing and sharing videos a creative task that tutors can use to create educational resources.
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