Author: sbrenton

Last term we had the first event for the VLE Selection Project, phase 1, in which we gather requirements from around QM.
It was called “What I Wish I Could do in Blackboard, but Can’t”. Thanks to all who attended – it was a really useful session and a good snapshot of some of the [...]

We’ve joined the Association for Learning Technology as an organisational member, so everyone at QM gets some benefits.
ALT is the primary professional and scholarly association for learning technology in the UK (see their website here). They also run the biggest annual conference about all matters e-learning, ALT-C, which is running this September in Nottingham. [...]

TechDis (the accessibility service run by JISC) recenty published a leaflet called ‘Informing Policy, Improving Practice: making the student experience more inclusive through technology’ (link).
Not a snappy title, but a useful publication for anyone interested in accessibility and e-learning. It’s an overview of some of the resources and services offered by TechDis, including links to [...]

This is a new iniative from the Higher Education Academy, to encourage departments/disciplines in their use of technology-enhanced learning (the currently fashionable term for what we’ve known as ‘e-learning’).

Wikis are a sort of social software, which allow you create a website where other people can easily edit and add content.
You may be thinking about using a wiki to support your course, to share information with colleagues, or, for example, as a repository for service information of some kind.
Wikis can be very useful and [...]