Author: Lauren Evans – PASS Co-ordinator, University of Central Lancashire What do all of these have in common? Well, for those not in the know, not a lot! But for the fortunate souls that know me, it will hopefully make them smile. There is a message to get across, so Read more…
Author: Nick Treuherz, Lecturer in French, School of Humanities, Language & Global Studies As teaching practitioners getting into technology-enabled approaches and tools, we are always looking to new tools and advanced methods to enable our students to learn and make progress. I think many of us have all at one Read more…
Author: Amy Craig, Academic Development Administrator, Centre for Collaborative Learning, University of Central Lancashire As an Academic have you ever finished a session and thought “that went really well” or “the students loved the new software that I used for that task”. Wouldn’t it be nice to get some recognition Read more…
Author: Mike Summersall (@MJSummersall) – Senior Lecturer in Business and Management at the University of Central Lancashire I’d been wrestling with the idea about how we get students communicating more for years, I then discovered FlipGrid. I had wanted to find a tool that reflected outside life (70% of TikTok users Read more…
Author: Neil Cook, Lecturer – School of Dentistry This is not what I intended to write a blog post about. At all. Reflection is one of those things that I have always struggled with. Not so much the thinking, but the production. There is something about sitting down and trying Read more…
Author: Chris Melia – Centre for Collaborative Learning, University of Central Lancashire “The DigiLearn programme provides a bespoke learning pathway for the digital development of colleagues from any discipline. It is both inclusive, and developmental for colleagues of all digital competencies. So, whether you’re entering the digital community as a Read more…
Author: Tony Broad – Senior Lecturer in Computer Aided Engineering A few years ago I decided that I needed to work smarter, not harder. Technology such as Microsoft Teams helped me with this, and to be honest, with minimum effort…. because I let the students create their own Teams. A Read more…
Author: Debi Spencer – Senior Lecturer and Digital Development Coach (School of Sport and Health Sciences), University of Central Lancashire As an institution, we are now 13 months on from lockdown and remote working in higher education, due to the COVID19 pandemic. The drive to provide a meaningful and engaging Read more…
Connecting ThingLink to Microsoft Teams for synchronous content options in online simulation Authors: Sam Pywell – Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Central Lancashire Dr Abhi Jones – Phase 2 Evidence Informed Practice of Medicine Theme Lead and Clinical Lead for Interprofessional Education, University of Central Lancashire Thanks to colleagues Read more…
Author: Sam Pywell – Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Central Lancashire This blog is being written on the back of initiatives which have arisen from being a part of the DigiLearn Sector community. These have included: ‘Floating heads’ – the start of using video calling clinical practitioners from a physical classroom, the ‘SIMulated Hospital’ and subsequent chatbots work, and now the construction of a simulated prison – which may connect Read more…