When I joined the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team in the Swansea Academy of Learning and Technology (SALT) at Swansea University, I was looking forward to making the most of my previous educational and professional experiences in a job which seemed tailor-made for someone with my background. I have a…
As you will be aware, the 6th Annual SALT Conference took place on Thursday 26 June 2014. For me, personally, I love to attend because I like to hear what others do in their teaching, and I usually take away plenty of ideas. This year was no exception, and the…
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…
Our friends at @rscwales have today re-tweeted Mary Jacob’s (@msjacob) announcement of new case studies in technology enhanced learning (TEL) hosted on the Aberystwyth University Nexus site (nexus.aber.ac.uk). On an initial scan, I was particularly taken with Grade Centre for electronic learning portfolios by Ayla Göl because I believe that…
Last week, Paul Lattreille lead a SALT Seminar on Teaching Large Groups. I’m hoping someone from this community will report on that session in more detail, but as an appetizer here’s a talk by Harvard Physics Professor Eric Mazur, that gives some justification for one of the ideas, Peer Instruction, that…
Cross posted from Fresh and Crispy Today I presented a “Lunch and Learn Session” to colleagues at our Staff Development Unit. Here are the slides which are hosted at Google Docs. The creation of a Ning network for SALT was a highlight of the session, and unfortunately that bit is…
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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