This blog post describes some prototype software, which, teamed up with the right hardware, can make producing decent quality videos at your desk slightly easier. If you want to jump forward to see the demo rather than read about it,… Read moreA toolkit for efficient educational video production
So it seems that we will be moving to distance learning, not the baby steps that we’ve been taking (in many iterations) over the last 23 years, but suddenly, all at once. A whole moderately large, very traditional University, with… Read morePlanning to move teaching online (suddenly)
Recently I attended the first day of our annual learning teaching conference, which is spread over three widely separated days this year. Most of the presentations were really good, but it was the discussions that followed them that got me… Read moreA sad list of cancelled and never started learning technology projects…
This week we had a meeting of IT staff from around the University, with our director of IT telling us about the University’s new IT strategy. There was a lot of good things there – major new investment in infrastructure… Read moreMy thoughts on an IT Strategy for Learning & Teaching
In a recent post “A supportive environment for developing learning technology” I discussed two Universities with specialist departments that allow them to develop cutting edge learning technology that addresses their needs. At the end of that post I said I’d… Read moreCreating an environment for Learning Technology development.
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
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
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