get ahead

ITLP , the LTG teaching and training team, extensively survey course participants for feedback, and have done so for over five years. We get a high response rate (often in excess of 60%), with genuine, rich feedback in the survey … Continue reading

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digital literacy

 From this week’s HEFCE review of JISC: ICT systems include the human dimension: how the staff and students make use of them, and how institutions as a whole adopt them and evolve with their use. One of the underpinning needs … Continue reading

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PLEase yourself or PLEase me

Three different people  discussed PLEs with me yesterday, but only one sent me a link to a cycle and thus wins a fabulous prize. I note that in this cycle there are two different rotations, one clockwise the other anti. … Continue reading

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make a creative strand

The aim of the learning technologies group in OUCS is to providing University staff and students with training in IT literacy skills and how to effectively use C&IT in teaching and research: Promoting that use; Providing well equipped teaching and … Continue reading

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infolit: light and dark

Knowing how to search and find cool videos on Youtube can enchant your audience and lead you to be seen as a skilled motivational speaker.

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University Challenge

Our collegue David White, co-manager of technology-assisted lifelong learning at Oxford University, says there is a huge shift happening in universities, which has big implications for the role of lecturers and students. “…. students will need to be schooled in … Continue reading

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appropriate directions

There has been a move this year in the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and HEFCE to return to the phrase ‘Enhancing Learning through Technology (ELT)’ in an attempt to link e-learning activity back to on-campus teaching. Last year the HEA … Continue reading

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