CPD Flipped Classroom Course
The Flipped Classroom CPD module looks at the theory behind the Flipped Classroom, the advantages of flipping, and looks at some of the tools you can use to create resources that will help you to flip.
Category: Resources
Flipped Learning
SALT’s latest CPD offering is centred around the Flipped Classroom approach. Flipped Classroom, Flipping the Classroom and Flipped Learning are all terms used to describe the concept, and each term is interchangeable. “The flipped classroom describes a reversal of traditional teaching where students gain first exposure to new material outside…
Xerte Online Toolkits
As of 21/12/2021 we are running version 3.10 of Xerte. It is currently running separate from Canvas but Xerte Objects can be exported from Xerte and imported into Canvas courses. Please contact salt@swansea.ac.uk for guidance on creating an account. New features in 3.10 include 360 degree pages, hotspot pages and…
Getting Dirty with Xerte
Having returned from leave to be greeted with “You have the most popular session of the month”, suffice to say I was rather nervous! However, after 7 months of blood, sweat and tears, Xerte is finally up and running here in Swansea. The purpose of today’s session was to explain…
Do YOU know about our SALT Resources?
Good morning all, I just wanted to draw your attention to some of the resources available on the SALT website. Did you know that we have a wiki that is crammed with useful resources and tools that academics have found useful in their teaching? Found on the Community tab on…
Research in Learning Technology now open access
Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology and is now open access so that access, including back issues, is now available free of charge. The journal aims to raise the profile of research in learning technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes…
Social media: A guide for researchers
“Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have a huge amount to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work. This guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance…
Personal Learning Environments and Networks
Graham Atwell (@GrahamAtwell) has highlighted a sequence of video interviews recorded by Joyce Seitzinger (@catzpyjamasnz) at the recent (first?) Personal Learning Environments (PLE) conference recently held in Barcelona. The videos are part of her What My PLN Means to Me” project. The Three Letter Abbreviations PLE and PLN seem to…
Onramp and Voicethread.com
“Ed Techie” (Martin Weller) recommended a new on-line resource for educators wanting to learn about e-learning. The resource is called Onramp and it’s being published by Jennifer (Jen) Jones on her blog Jenuity.com. Although I’ve only just discovered it and have only read the introductions and “lesson” 1 of the…
Research Tools and Techniques – The Bookmarks
I am currently working on a new Flowgram about Research Tools and Techiques aimed at Level 3 Research Disssertation students in Engineering. As part of this, I am creating a set of delicious bookmarks of the sites that I will be presenting. If you’d like to check out what I…
Flipped Learning
SALT’s latest CPD offering is centred around the Flipped Classroom approach. Flipped Classroom, Flipping the Classroom and Flipped Learning are all terms used to describe the concept, and each term is interchangeable. “The flipped classroom describes a reversal of traditional teaching where students gain first exposure to new material outside…
Xerte Online Toolkits
As of 21/12/2021 we are running version 3.10 of Xerte. It is currently running separate from Canvas but Xerte Objects can be exported from Xerte and imported into Canvas courses. Please contact salt@swansea.ac.uk for guidance on creating an account. New features in 3.10 include 360 degree pages, hotspot pages and…
Getting Dirty with Xerte
Having returned from leave to be greeted with “You have the most popular session of the month”, suffice to say I was rather nervous! However, after 7 months of blood, sweat and tears, Xerte is finally up and running here in Swansea. The purpose of today’s session was to explain…
Do YOU know about our SALT Resources?
Good morning all, I just wanted to draw your attention to some of the resources available on the SALT website. Did you know that we have a wiki that is crammed with useful resources and tools that academics have found useful in their teaching? Found on the Community tab on…
Research in Learning Technology now open access
Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology and is now open access so that access, including back issues, is now available free of charge. The journal aims to raise the profile of research in learning technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes…
Social media: A guide for researchers
“Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have a huge amount to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work. This guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance…
Personal Learning Environments and Networks
Graham Atwell (@GrahamAtwell) has highlighted a sequence of video interviews recorded by Joyce Seitzinger (@catzpyjamasnz) at the recent (first?) Personal Learning Environments (PLE) conference recently held in Barcelona. The videos are part of her What My PLN Means to Me” project. The Three Letter Abbreviations PLE and PLN seem to…
Onramp and Voicethread.com
“Ed Techie” (Martin Weller) recommended a new on-line resource for educators wanting to learn about e-learning. The resource is called Onramp and it’s being published by Jennifer (Jen) Jones on her blog Jenuity.com. Although I’ve only just discovered it and have only read the introductions and “lesson” 1 of the…
Research Tools and Techniques – The Bookmarks
I am currently working on a new Flowgram about Research Tools and Techiques aimed at Level 3 Research Disssertation students in Engineering. As part of this, I am creating a set of delicious bookmarks of the sites that I will be presenting. If you’d like to check out what I…
