Author: Chris Melia, TELT The introduction of Microsoft Teams as part of the Office 365 application suite has drastically changed the way in which learners can communicate, collaborate and access content online. In an age where smart phones are becoming the essential device for students, it is increasingly important to address their Read more…
Author: Colette Fuller ‘Amazing’…’Life changing’ ‘so useful!’ and ‘excited’ are words we frequently hear when delivering our OneNote workshops. If you aren’t already a OneNote convert then let’s see if the following will help to convince you! Taking notes! OneNote is a digital notebook so instead of lugging pens, paper and notebooks around, why not enter your notes into a OneNote Read more…
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’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: 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: Colette Fuller What IS Yammer? Many staff ask this question so if you are feeling a little confused you’re not alone! Yammer is part of the Office 365 suite of applications and is like a private social network – just for UCLan. It works much like Twitter or Facebook, but it differs in a couple of key ways. Firstly, not everyone can join Yammer. You must have a UCLan email Read more…
Author: Chris Melia,TELT On Thursday 2nd November, the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing held its second bi-annual Learning and Teaching Conference. Led by Janette Grey – Faculty Director of Academic Development, the day proved to be a roaring success. It saw colleagues from across the Faculty, CELT and TELT collaborate to deliver a Read more…