Author: Kevan Williams Working in a technology related discipline certainly requires a degree of tenacity and an ability to see beyond the plethora of applications, which are continually expanding and evolving. How many times has a challenge arisen where a hearty “there’s an app for that” type response is heard? Read more…
Author: Val Lawrenson SFHEA Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching valawreson@uclan.ac.uk I have been an academic at the university since 2000. I am the academic liaison representative on the Technology Enabled Learning Team. Part of my role is to bring an academics perspective to the discussions around the integration of Read more…
Author: Kevan Willams Developing a digitally inspired, contemporary learning experience against the backdrop of continuing sector change is an ongoing challenge for all higher education organisations. The implementation of new and emerging learning technologies offers some opportunity to respond to these changes, but other factors play a significant part in any successful strategy. Aligning investments in people, places and pedagogy offers a collective response to the challenges digital Read more…
Author: Phil McMillan In the ever-changing climate of the working world, being adaptable is key. It’s now incredibly rare to stay in one workplace for your whole career due to a company’s financial instability, more job opportunities than ever before and also the desire to better ones self. Being multi-skilled is as Read more…
Author: Simon Hawkesworth Adding mathematical formulae and notation to documents and applications can be problematic as these often struggle to render the notation in the correct way. Mathjax is an online application that allows mathematical formula to be written using Latex coding. It means that you can present correct mathematical Read more…
Author: Val Lawrenson SFHEA Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching valawreson@uclan.ac.uk I’ve worked at the University since 2000 during which time a wide range of different technologies have come and gone. I’ve progressed from acetates, CD discs, pen drives to white board and now mobile devices! I am the academic liaison representative on the Technology Enabled Learning Team and Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin The vast range of digital media and digital media creation tools offer opportunities to explore the relatively new flipped classroom and blended learning pedagogic models. Both approaches can potentially free up class time for discussion and active learning rather than passive listening, whilst also helping to prepare Read more…
Author: Kevan Williams On the 18th January, members of the TELT team attended the Inside Government – Embracing Technology Enhanced Learning Forum which presented delegates with a timely opportunity to explore the future of digital technology in higher education. A number of presentations from practitioners at the forefront of digital Read more…
Author: Simon Hawkesworth Hypothes.is is an application that allows you to add annotations, tags, images and highlighting to webpage content. Users can share the comments that they add to pages to create forums for discussion and to share content. It allows ‘communities’ of users to work together and to develop discussions Read more…
Author: Caroline Carlin Outlook Quick Steps are a great feature that allow you to perform multiple actions all at once. Always emailing the same list of people? Create a quick step to do it in just one click. Find yourself moving lots of messages to the same folder? Quick Steps Read more…