Author: Chris Melia, TELT It’s been just over two years since the release of Microsoft’s collaborative workspace – Microsoft Teams, so what better time to share some advice and tips around how you can obtain and increase learner engagement with the platform. Organising your Team Appropriately title the Team to Read more…
Author: Megan Blease – Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) I wanted to reflect on my journey so far within the DigiLearn Recognition Programme. I was added to the Teams space whilst returning to do some keep in touch days during my maternity leave. I must admit my first Read more…
Author: Jan Thomson, TELT MEDIAL is a new mashup tool within Blackboard Learn that facilitates the ability to embed audio and video content directly within a Blackboard space without the need to copy and paste any HTML coding or logging into multiple systems. When audio and video files are uploaded Read more…
Author: Samantha Pywell – Practice Learning Support Tutor (Faculty of Health and Wellbeing) As a community Occupational Therapist in the NHS, both myself and colleagues would have loved a way to connect more with local universities to contribute knowledge and skills. At the time, I was doing a part time MSc whilst working and loved Read more…
Author: Alice Thompson – Senior Lecturer (School of Health Sciences) In my role, I have the opportunity to meet some amazing people. Not least are the experienced healthcare professionals returning to Higher Education for under or post graduate study. I feel privileged to support these adult learners. I say privileged Read more…
Author: Colette Fuller, TELT Did you know that there are multiple versions of OneNote? It’s quite likely you will be using the ‘desktop’ version of OneNote as this includes the most features, but there is a new/alternative option that you might like to try. This blog post aims to make Read more…
Author: Sabina Gerrard – Senior Lecturer (School of Nursing) After taking a year out from the teaching and learning environment, I returned to an overwhelming sense of change in digital technology. In just a year, I was hearing new terms like Microsoft Teams and Relay and was not sure what Read more…
Author: Bryan Jones – Principal Lecturer (School of Sport and Wellbeing) The landscape of learning is changing, and we are at the centre of a learning revolution. The learner has a very different set of skills, needs, preferences and aspirations to those of students who attended University only 5 years Read more…
Author: Neesha Ridley – Senior Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery) As a course leader for the undergraduate direct entry midwifery course, I was aware of the potential that Microsoft Teams could have for the students and staff working on the course. I heard about colleagues that they were Read more…