Why should I care…… and biscuits

Unlike HELF, which I am new to, I have been a member of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) for over 10 years. The LPI is “a global Institute for Learning & Development professionals. Established in 1995 the Institute has grown on an annual basis to become the leading authority…

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Turnitin User Group, 16 June 2014

You could do worse than abbrieviate the Turnitin User Group meeting to the TUG meeting, suggesting a slow boat that is finally pulling in the right direction. Whilst some might say some of these changes are overdue, I did leave this session with the impression that Turnitin are truely trying…

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Students as Partners Network conference

Isabel Costello has been part of the SALT Team over the summer on a SPIN placement. You may have met her at the SALT Conference. She is also a University rep for the Students as Partners Network. In this role she recently attended the Students as Partners Network conference in…

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Have you read it?

Audrey Waters recently visited Seymour Papert and I liked her comment that, “MOOC providers making headlines with claims of the latest ed tech revolution desperately need to read Mindstorms” It’s one of my favourite books and was written by Seymour Papert. Every ‘SALTer’ should know about Papert as we have…

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Would you like to present content from your phone?

Would you like to present content from your phone? Fed up of being blinded by the overhead projector? A new product from Google might help. Google have released Chromecast, which aims to make any TV a Smart TV – although it’s only available only in the US at the moment.…

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