Green shoots

One outcome of the recent SALT launch was that Prof. Steve Wilks, Deputy Head of School and Head of Teaching in Engineering has started to use clickers and is very enthusiastic. I see this as the first green shoots of a recognition that there is something in this enhanced-learning stuff.…

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Winkball Video wall

I saw this on Click. Winkball is a video sharing site where you can record video messages, sending video messages, create your own video blog, make video walls and have multi-user video chats. The video walls can be both public and private. Useful for modules? I’ve set one up with…

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The Twitter Experiment: Using Twitter in lectures

Dr. Rankin, professor of History at University of Texas, Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter… She collaborated with the UT Dallas, Arts and Technology – Emerging Media and…

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Blackboard Seminar in York

Combining face-to-face teaching with on-line activities is a challenging task. Blackboard and York University have partnered to provide this one-day workshop which aims to outline a range of models which may be employed to create an effective blend, with a specific focus on approaches to collaborative learning. The workshop will…

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Natives or Residents?

A video version of Dave White’s presentation from ALT-C on Visitors and Residents. From the TALL Bloghttp://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2009/10/14/visitors-residents-the-video/

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History, Science and Heritage

I attended the History, Science and Heritage conference at the National Waterfront Museum today. The afternoon was sponsored by the Institute of Welsh Affairs and History Research Wales. Among the papers were: John Tucker, A national history of science Susan Fielding, Animating historical sites Andy Grierson, In search of Bronze…

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