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This is a guest post by James McDowell. This is one of the 2013  Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by the Teaching and Learning Institute at the University of Huddersfield (TALI). It is the final post of 11 guest posts by TALI … Continue reading

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‘Second Year Blues’: Developing Interactive Resources for Progressive Curriculum Design

This is a guest post by Rowan Bailey, Pat Hill and Amanda Tinker from the ‘Second year blues’ project. This is one of the 2013  Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by the Teaching and Learning Institute at the University of Huddersfield … Continue reading

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Lemontree Project: Phase two…

This is a guest post by Andrew Walsh, who is the project lead for the ‘Lemontree project: Phase 2..’ This is one of the 2013  Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by TALI. This is the third of 11 guest posts by … Continue reading

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UniPal Project

This is a guest post by Julie Berry, who is the project lead for the UCB Discussion Forum project. This is one of the 2013  Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by TALI. This is the first of 11 guest posts … Continue reading

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Only Connect: conversations about learning

At the Teaching and Learning Institute we have recently launched a scheme called Supporting Peers to connect colleagues across the University so that they can develop and share teaching and learning experiences and expertise. The main way that we are … Continue reading

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Gamification of learning

Gamification of learning has become a trendy buzzword in the Educational sector. Educause defined Gamification as the “application of game elements in non-gaming situations, often to motivate or influence behaviour”. Read their 7 things you should know about Gamification. Andrew … Continue reading

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Engaging students online

A video produced by Australian Learning and Teaching Council©2011 with academic and student contributors from different Universities. They have some good ideas for strategies for improving and sustaining engagement and motivation in online learning environments. Effective facilitation, creating learning communities, strategies … Continue reading

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A quick look at mobile learning resources

“…mobile learning is more than the sum of its parts. It is, to a great extent, a ‘trojan horse’ and a vehicle for exploring the changing nature of learning in a connected age.” (from What is Mobile Learning in the … Continue reading

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Piloting ipad 2 tablets with Students

This is a guest article by Janice Jones who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. This academic year 2011/12, sixteen first year BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy students at the … Continue reading

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Wise words from JISC – It is all about how you use technology

“Innovation doesn’t have to be about using new technologies though – it should primarily be about responding to real challenges, preferably articulated by the stakeholders involved in, and affected by, these. Sometimes small changes in existing practice can have the … Continue reading

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