A couple of weeks ago I came across a blog post by Anne-Marie Scott titled “Why we need learning technology developers“, and thought “I’m a ‘learning technology developer’, why have I never thought of having that as a job title.”… Read moreLearning Technology Developer: the importance of job titles.
Two recent talks I’ve attended have got me thinking about how Universities can provide a supportive environment for developing new learning technologies. At JISC Connect More I saw a presentation about Noteable, a rather impressive repackaging of JupyterNotes as an… Read moreA supportive environment for developing learning technology
Up until about two years ago I had a really good job. I was an Educational Software Developer, with a sort of skunk-works remit. I did the special projects, sometimes linked to Educational Research, and sometimes just intended to improve… Read moreHave I become too much of a specialist to find a job?
About a week ago I posted my first ‘vlog post’ to YouTube. I have a couple of different reasons for trying vlogging: I want to learn and develop ways of making short educational videos more efficiently to assist the teaching… Read moreA blog post about my first vlog post
Over the last few weeks I’ve been having a look at H5P, a rather nice way of creating interactive content that can be embedded in Moodle or Drupal. One of the strengths of H5P is that the information to edit… Read moreH5P and the Common Cartridge
Yesterday I posted this video describing how to make an animated GIF by using Inkscape to position transparent PNG images over a background, and then using giffy.com to put them together as an animated GIF, however video is not an… Read moreMaking simple GIF annimations.
When I suggested the fantasy band idea for the daily create I was thinking I would create some sort of photo manipulated image, but unfortunately today I was a bit short of time, and also finding suitably licensed images of… Read moreMy daily create fantasy band
I like to photograph wildlife, and when I do I naturally try not to disturb the animals that I’m photographing. I’m not great wildlife photographer, and I’m unlikely to ever sell a photograph or win a prize, but that doesn’t… Read moreDaily Create 1995
On Tuesday I attended the JISC Connect More Scotland event at Glasgow Caledonian University. A significant theme of the event was digital literacy, and in particular, digital literacy of academic staff. In his introduction to the event, head of JISC… Read moreJISC Connect More Scotland
One of the things that came a couple of times at our learning and teaching conference last week was lecture recordings. At the close of the conference the Students Representative Council VP for education emphasised that students want all lectures… Read moreSome thoughts on lecture recording