Introducing...
These articles introduce you to technologies and tools you might find useful. These range from trends and developments in technology like ‘Web 2.0′, to broad technologies like ‘wikis’, to particular tools that you can use for a certain task, like screencasting, scheduling meetings etc. We only choose tools that we think can be helpful in Higher Education; the focus is usually on things you can use to improve student learning, though you’ll find some tools here that you could use to improve your own productivity in your University work.
| Date | Title | Category | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2009 | Roles in Blackboard Course Instructor, Designer, Teaching Assistant, Student, Auditor…you may be aware of the terminology but how much do you know about roles in Blackboard and what they mean? This article explains what the various roles are and provides you with enough information to allow you to ensure that the right people have the right level of access to your Blackboard course area. |
Introducing... | blackboard, vle |
| 19 June 2009 | What is RSS? What is “RSS” and why might you care? This article provides some explanation of the term. |
How-to guidance Introducing... | rss, suscribe |
| 1 April 2009 | What About Wikis? Wikis are a sort of social software, which allow you create a website where other people can easily edit and add content. |
Introducing... | social software, web 2.0, wikis |
| 23 March 2009 | Screencast from Techsmith I mentioned Screencast in a recent post about another of Techsmith’s offerings; Jing. Screencast is a free service with 2GB of storage and the same in bandwidth usage p/m. Like many online services there is an option to upgrade to a Pro account which greatly increases these allowances. But, at least to start with, you’ll [...] |
Introducing... Reviews | lecturecapture, screen capture, screencast, screencasting, streaming video, techsmith, video |
| Jing What’s Jing? Jing is my new favourite application. It is, as are many Techsmith products, simple and focused. No extraneous features or extra buttons; it just does what it does. |
Introducing... Reviews | audio, jing, lecturecapture, screen capture, screencast, screencasting, techsmith, tutorials, video | |
| 12 March 2009 | Organising meetings: Doodle Doodle allows you to invite people to attend a meeting and for the attendees to choose when they can attend from a range of dates and times that you dictate. |
Introducing... | tools |
| 9 June 2008 | Annotating with a Tablet PC I was thinking about an alternative and/or portable solution to Interactive Whiteboards and I was trying to figure out if tablet PC’s were a good way to go. Especially if we’re considering them in conjunction with lecture capture solutions like Echo360. So I happened upon the video below which is a neat little movie demonstrating [...] |
How-to guidance Introducing... | Echo360, lecturecapture, PowerPoint |
| 5 June 2008 | What is Blended Learning? This has sometimes been referred to as ‘hybrid learning’. Blended learning is an approach that seeks to take the advantages of different tools and methods and employ them in one organised programme. The term often refers to a mix of traditional face-to-face delivery with asynchronous self-paced learning (delivered over an ICT system). Though it could [...] |
Introducing... | blended Learning, course design |
| 12 June 2007 | Free Tools: MindMeister We’ve been recommended a few free online tools recently so I thought I should include a few here. |
Introducing... Reviews | mind mapping, mindmaps, tools, web 2.0 |
| 2 May 2007 | What the h*ll is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is an ongoing interest of anybody involved with learning technologies. As a rather pithy buzzword it succinctly refers to both the recent technological changes in the use of IT and the cultural shifts that have come about as a result. As a rather meaningless marketing buzzword it refers to pretty much any web [...] |
Introducing... | e-learning, web 2.0, youtube |