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		<title>Managing appointments online using free web tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alysa Bramble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need your students to make an appointment with you? Or maybe you want to set up a meeting and need to know what the best date/time based on everyone’s availability is? Do you want to get rid of paper sign up sheets?
There are a few online options available, most of which offer a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physics lecturer shares his experience of recording his lecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alysa Bramble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Q-Review lecture capture system has really picked up momentum over the last few months, as more and more lecturers are braving the new phenomenon to record their lessons and make it available to their students. But what do lecturers and students actually think of this tool?]]></description>
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		<title>E-assessment: making it happen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday I attended E-assessment: making it happen &#8211; a one day conference hosted by The Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) at the University of Bradford.  It was a welcome opportunity to meet others in Higher Education who are at various stages of practice in online assessment.
The conference was very much focussed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New TechDis Leaflet About Accessibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbrenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TechDis (the accessibility service run by JISC) recenty published a leaflet called &#8216;Informing Policy, Improving Practice: making the student experience more inclusive through technology&#8217; (link).
Not a snappy title, but a useful publication for anyone interested in accessibility and e-learning. It&#8217;s an overview of some of the resources and services offered by TechDis, including links to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guide: Effective Practice in a Digital Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Ritchie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t a completely new publication, it was published in early July this year, however it was brought to my mind again recently. Earlier this year JISC published an updated version of their &#34;Effective Practice with e-Learning&#34; guide which was published in 2004.  The guide is now called &#34;Effective Practice in a Digital Age&#34;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book: Podcast solutions, the complete guide to audio and video podcasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Ritchie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book is a great resource for anyone who is seriously interested in producing their own podcasts.  A great source of practical how-to advice mixed with guidance on oft-neglected areas like planning and structure.]]></description>
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		<title>Blackboard European User Conference, 6-8 April, Barcelona</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few years have seen an increase in both the number of us using the VLE here at Queen Mary, and the breadth of activities we’re using it for.  We’ve responded to both good and bad changes in the products and now the majority of departments are making extensive use of our current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation and Video from Student Experience Seminar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbrenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Annual Queen Mary Student Experience Seminar was held on Monday the 2nd March 2009.
The subject this year was Online Resources, and the students present concentrated very much on online learning as a whole, and on the VLE in particular.

I found the day extremely interesting.  The video in particular showed me that what we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screencast from Techsmith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emcdonnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned Screencast in a recent post about another of Techsmith&#8217;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&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jing</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/introducing/jing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emcdonnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;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.
So what does it do? It&#8217;s a free application that works as an excellent screen recorder; either video or a still image. It sits in a [...]]]></description>
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