Monday 5th December sees the launch of our Digital Experience tracker at Falmouth University. With Jisc, we’re joining over a hundred educational providers internationally to benchmark our student digital experience. At Falmouth we’re also offering the opportunity to win an iPad Mini for taking part. Students can fill in the 15 minute survey and forward … Continue reading “Falmouth Digital Experience Tracker”
In this series of articles, the Educational Technology team will be providing an insight into existing practice using technology for learning and teaching at Falmouth University and various projects being undertaken within the sector. Play is an essential part of childhood development. Play encourages social, physical, cultural, emotional and mental development and is enshrined in … Continue reading “A Lens on… play for learning”
Educational technology is a vast field, the individuals who work within this area are often as diverse as the topics they cover. From online assessment to user experience, learning design to technology best practice, we work in a diverse environment. Within the University environment there are several ways learning technology practitioners are embedded into an … Continue reading “Importance of collaboration in Educational Technology”
This year, I had the opportunity alongside two colleagues from our Ed.Tech and wider ICT team to attend the Association for Learning Technologies conference. ALT are a professional network of those interested in Ed. Tech. across all areas of education. I captured my experience on Twitter and by making notes in our team’s slack channel … Continue reading “#AltC 2016”
In this series of articles we’ll be casting our gaze over some examples of practice currently being undertaken at Falmouth University. We work extensively with a variety of subjects and often find that the learning experiences are as diverse as those teaching on the courses. This month we’re focusing on Professional Practice sessions, that run … Continue reading “Falmouth in Focus – Professional Practice”
It’s that time of year again where the Falmouth PGCHE is nearly at an end, and its Summer School takes place. The week long timetable consists of workshops, practical sessions and activities for the participants. Last week EdTech were invited to contribute for a day in a similar way as last year. The day was … Continue reading “PGCHE Summer School”
In this series of articles, the Educational Technology team will be providing an insight into existing practice using technology for learning and teaching at Falmouth University and various projects being undertaken within the sector. Our previous articles have covered a wide range of topics including Inclusivity, Digital Literacy and Course Design. This week we’re focusing … Continue reading “A lens on… Creative Education”
A few months ago I stumbled across Gitbook, a tool that allows you to publish content as Markdown/HTML and then access it in a range of formats appropriate to web, print and mobile. I’ve written about it in a post on inclusivity, but it really deserves it’s own post and some wider recognition. Here’s a … Continue reading “Developing a Portfolio in Gitbook”
Recently there have been a resurgence in podcasting, productions such as This American Life’s Serial have helped to popularise a media format that had previously dwindled; in 2014 alone Apple anticipated its users listened to 7 billion podcasts. A greater choice of podcasting apps and widespread use of smartphones have played their part in making … Continue reading “Podcasts for Education”
JISC’s Annual Digifest offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with colleagues across FE and HE and share some great practice around Educational and Information Technologies. 2016’s event took place across on 2nd-3rd March at Birmingham’s ICC and was formed of keynotes, workshops, seminars and hands-on technology displays. I attended on behalf of Falmouth University alongside … Continue reading “#DigiFest16”