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Category Archives: Learning design
‘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
MOOCs here, MOOCs there, MOOCs everywhere
If you work in education, and you have not been somewhere incredibly remote for the last six months (how nice for you if you have), you will have picked up that there is something called MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) … 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
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
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
Posted in HHS, Learning design, Learning technology, mobile learning, pedagogy, Training, Web 2.0
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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
Part One: Getting Creative and Engaging students in a changing HE environment
I went to the Education in a Changing Environment 6th International conference and this year’s theme was Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education at the University of Salford, 6th to 8th July 2011. The theme was explored by looking at … Continue reading
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Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training
“Editor Mohamed Ally has drawn together an eclectic selection of authors who show us that the power of context and the capacity to provide information where and when it can be used can overcome the challenges of small screens and … Continue reading
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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International Blended Learning Conference
I recently attended the Fifth International Blended Learning Conference 2010 at the University of Hertfordshire and they used Cloudworks for the delegates to communicate pre – and post-conference. This was a useful way to read more about the keynotes and sessions … Continue reading
