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
There is an e-learning environment strategy currently being formulated at University – I’m not part of the group creating it, but have been able to pass on some ideas. I almost ended up creating my own strategy document when I… Read moreSuggestions for a Digital Learning Environment Strategy
It’s almost a month since the end of the CLMOOC pop-up animation week, so possibly it’s time for some reflection. I’m not convinced we hit the necessary critical mass of participants to make a social media based event work well,… Read moreAnimation Week – postscript
One of the first activities for CLMOOC does #DigiWriMo is a re-run of the AltCV exercise. This time, inspired by Charlene Doland’s from last year, I decided to have a go with the free version of Animaker. Time was limited,… Read moreAltCV version 2
Most of my cast on set Today’s daily create is to “Create a video story with children’s toys and/or cut out drawings”. I’m glad I spotted this one early, because as well as being a fairly challenging one, it’s the… Read moreMy first stop motion animation
I just came across WebAssembly in a news post on The Register – this is quite an exciting development from the e-learning point of view. Simulations can be one of the most effective teaching tools, allowing student to investigate things… Read moreWebAssembly – a way to create educational simulations for the web?
Most of the videos I’ve created and put on-line so far have been basic screen casts: either demonstrations or how-to guides for pieces of software. I’m hoping to do some more varied and interesting videos in future, and I’ve been… Read moreMaking a video ident
All About Niall:The things I probably wouldn’t mention in my C.V. Niall, an Engineer. My first two degrees were both in Engineering, and I still consider myself to be an Engineer, although nothing resembling traditional engineering design has been… Read moreMy Alternative CV