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Three ways to create an engaging and effective learning experience

28 June 201931 May 2023
Simone Andorlini
Creating content, Innovation, Tech tips

Struggling to capture students’ attention? We live in a world where most, if not all of us, use technology all day every day. No matter what subject you are teaching, it’s probable that written or verbal information alone won’t get

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Case Study: LEGO Serious Play

Studio shot of Lego minifigures set up as if having a board meeting and analyzing a chart.
17 October 201830 November 2020
Tamsyn Smith
Case study, Innovation

I learned of LEGO Serious Play in a Playful Learning Workshop organised by Digital Learning, and I immediately decided to give it a go. As a consequence, I borrowed three LEGO kits from the Digital Learning team. Then I tried

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Oculus Here we GO!

5 September 201816 August 2023
Mimi Lee
Creating content, Events, Innovation

One of the best things about my job in the Digital Learning team is that I get to play/test new technology to enhance learning. One new emerging technology is the Oculus Go Virtual Reality headset. In the past we have built

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eCoffee @ SGH: Personal Professional Development module by Dr Siobhan Lynch

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
26 July 201816 August 2023
Anna Ruff
News, Tech tips

We finished a year of exciting eCoffees with an inspiring session from Dr Siobhan Lynch.  Siobhan shared the story of the creation and development of the Personal Professional Development module for final year undergraduates, which is delivered predominantly online, while students are on

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Recipe for a good VLE site

A plaque from from the VLE awards with a star in the left corner.
30 March 201816 August 2023
Anna Ruff
Events, News

2018 has seen another substantial haul of nominations for our Blackboard & VLE Awards, with students sharing the numerous ways course sites have supported and inspired their learning.  It’s evident that many courses do this well, and after careful consideration

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On the first day…

iPad with the words '& a Post-it in a Plus app' on it.
4 December 20171 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.
7 November 201715 August 2023
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'.
2 November 20179 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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Preparing for the future, Innovative teaching in Medicine

The Medical Education Innovation Network logo.
28 September 201716 May 2020
Stephan Caspar
Innovation, News

This week saw the launch of MEIN – Medical Education Innovation Network, with a half-day conference at the Institute for Development Sciences at University Hospital Southampton. The conference brought together health professionals, educators and students to discuss the future of medical

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