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Making Digital History’s weekly links 06/14/2014

Thanasoulas – What is Learner Autonomy? Tags: learner autonomy, resources, cognitive strategies, learning Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online Tags: resources, Judith Boettcher, online courses, online learning, online teaching, best practice Center for teaching and Learning – Syllabus Tutorial Tags: syllabus, syllabus design, teaching, tutorial, resources Meyer/Land – Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: Tags: resources,Continue reading Making Digital History’s weekly links 06/14/2014

digital literacy, E-learning, HEA, Higher Education Academy, history, JISC, Learning objects, OER, Open Educational Resources, Social bookmarking, web2.0, Xerte | Leave a Comment on Project reports submitted to HEA and JISC

Project reports submitted to HEA and JISC

I’ve spent a few days writing and revising the final reports for the following e-learning projects which we’ve been involved in over the past year: Making Digital History, funded by the HEA/JISC Digital Literacies in the Disciplines funding programme (report here); T&L: Tagging and Learning – Developing digital literacy through social bookmarking, funded as part of the HEA’sContinue reading Project reports submitted to HEA and JISC

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Xerte and Accessibility

During the course of the Making Digital History project, we’ve learned a lot about Xerte and its strengths and weaknesses as a tool for supporting staff teaching and student learning. One important issue that has come up repeatedly is accessibility and this post discusses some of the key lessons we’ve learned. Accessibility, or inclusive practice,Continue reading Xerte and Accessibility

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Digital Literacy: Building Learning Communities in the Humanities, Liverpool 2 April 2014

The HEA-funded event ‘Digital Literacy: Building Learning Communities in the Humanities’, organized by Dr Clare Horrocks (Liverpool John Moores University), was an excellent forum for discussion for colleagues and experts in the HE sector to provide thought-provoking examples and to share ideas and good practices on how to build learning communities and to develop newContinue reading Digital Literacy: Building Learning Communities in the Humanities, Liverpool 2 April 2014

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3 (minutes) is the perfect number…to share good practices!

What do some members of staff from the Schools of Humanities, Sport and Exercise Science, Media, Life Sciences and Architecture do sitting together in a room? The answer is simple and yet exciting: sharing ideas and information, inspiring each other. Believe it or not, this only took three minutes each. This was the time weContinue reading 3 (minutes) is the perfect number…to share good practices!