Ping, I have constantly been hearing this noise all afternoon as my phone has been lit up with the excitement brought about by the start of a new MOOC. In the space of 4 hours I have received around 40 email notifications as participants have published their first task for the Association for Learning Technologies Open Course on Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL).…
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Loading...Last week I attended my first meeting of the White Rose Learning Technologists’ Forum (WRLT) which was hosted by two of the learning technologists at the University of Leeds. The event was really interesting as the hosts Kristen Thomas and James Little created an Easter themed treasure to demonstrated the use of augmented reality app, Aurasmus.…
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As mentioned in my week notes last week I attended a training session on the use of Socrative. Socrative is a student response system that can be used to create a series of educational exercises including class votes, group competitions and assessments.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The past two weeks have been busy, I have:
Ran the study skills website with a group of L1 Engineering students
Attend a conference at the University of Salford on ‘Re-thinking education for the digital era‘
Wrote a workshop proposal for JISC RSC YH Summer Conference 2013
Tested potential new hardware for the role out of audio recording tutorials
Been introduced to xtLearn which is a visual bookmarking tool
Submitted my first assignment for the degree that I am studying in computing, IT and design
Attended a day school on the basics of computer programming
Accepted the offer to resume the MSc n Multimedia and E-learning next year
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This week it was half term at the college I work at so I’ve put my work related tasks on hold and have been indulging in my own tech interests:
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Task 7 of the digital literacy topic asks participants to draw an object on a piece of paper and upload it to the Internet. The participant then asks a peer to draw a related object. This drawing is then passed on to another peer who draws another related object as so on until five images have been created.…
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Digital storytelling is the second topic for the #etmooc so I decided to animated a picture for my craft blog ‘Handmade by Holty. Ever since seeing the animated picture over on Ella Master’s blog I’ve wanted one for my own so this task was the push I needed to learn how to do it.…
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