It’s not often you get to start from scratch putting together a new learning platform for a University. Most learning technologists and digital leaders have experienced the procurement of a replacement VLE, or a migration or upgrade. It is rare that we get to work with partners to design from the start, thinking about the …
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Things: Bright & Shiny 2017-10-19 18:53:00
Hmm! As always I haven’t blogged in a while. The kicker is that I have SO MANY blog posts in draft form waiting to be published but I haven’t done it…The last 23 Things I didn’t complete was 23 Things for Digital Knowledge with Edinburgh University. …
Thing 23: Reflection
Here I am finally (and just a few weeks late!) tackling the final’thing’ by looking back over my experience of completing the 23 Things for Digital Knowledge activities. The things that I particularly enjoyed are: Bitmoji from Thing 5: Diversity – why write a message when a small image of myself can say it better? SoundCloud from … Continue reading Thing 23: Reflection →
Thing 4: Digital Security
Facebook Recently we had two visiting librarians from Malta at work. When it came time for them to leave one suggested adding me as a friend on Facebook. The other said she didn’t really use Facebook but she checked in every now and again. However when…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/about-us/projects/digital-footprint After watching the opening video for my digital footprint I’m a little worried. Sure I Google myself regularly and I know if I search for ‘Oslo’ suddenly Oslo appear…
Thing 4: Digital Security
Facebook Recently we had two visiting librarians from Malta at work. When it came time for them to leave one suggested adding me as a friend on Facebook. The other said she didn’t really use Facebook but she checked in every now and again. However when…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/about-us/projects/digital-footprint After watching the opening video for my digital footprint I’m a little worried. Sure I Google myself regularly and I know if I search for ‘Oslo’ suddenly Oslo appear…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 2 – Blogging
Onto Thing 2! Oh the joy of MOOCs at the start!
I don’t have access to Lynda.com but this is the second time in a week that I’ve heard about it. I must pass it onto our team for continuing personal and professional development (CPPD).
I hope to brush up on existing skills and learn some new ones which I may use personally or use immediately in a work context or ponder for a while so that I can use it in a year’s time in a work context.
Thing 2: Blogging
I like blogging and have a few different blogs on the go although I’m better at contributing to The River-side, my work blog, than I am to any of the three personal ones I have! Oops!
I’ve blogged about:
What I’ve seen or done is a way of incorporating reflective practice into my professional life https://thoughtswalkerabroad.wordpress.com/
Events in order to help me remember them more clearly in the future
I also blog as a way to test out different apps and I give myself 30 days to try the app! http://cloudwalkerabroad.tumblr.com/
Blogging Platforms
I’ve had this blog on Blogger for quite a while but I use Wordpress at work and the Tumblr guide would have been very handy when I started that blog!
I knew I’d heard of PebblePad before but couldn’t remember when. A search for UCC and PebblePad on what but Google brought me to a news item for its use with the School of Pharmacy. Last year one of my group had described its use on an online forum for the course on teaching & learning in higher education.
Some browsing on the pages for it on the University of Edinburgh website made me wonder how it could be adapted for modules that use Special Collections or for staff as a way to track their own courses. Hmm!
“Use PebblePad in facilitated teaching, learning, and personal development contexts. As the facilitator, you can create custom resources for learners to use and submit for your feedback. You can promote continual engagement from learners by releasing new content at set times – and learners’ additions and changes will filter through to you until the date and time you choose.”
Plenty of things to consider for how it may be used!
One more thing to go back to the CPPD team!
Digital Knowledge: Thing 2 – Blogging
Onto Thing 2! Oh the joy of MOOCs at the start!
I don’t have access to Lynda.com but this is the second time in a week that I’ve heard about it. I must pass it onto our team for continuing personal and professional development (CPPD).
I hope to brush up on existing skills and learn some new ones which I may use personally or use immediately in a work context or ponder for a while so that I can use it in a year’s time in a work context.
Thing 2: Blogging
I like blogging and have a few different blogs on the go although I’m better at contributing to The River-side, my work blog, than I am to any of the three personal ones I have! Oops!
I’ve blogged about:
What I’ve seen or done is a way of incorporating reflective practice into my professional life https://thoughtswalkerabroad.wordpress.com/
Events in order to help me remember them more clearly in the future
I also blog as a way to test out different apps and I give myself 30 days to try the app! http://cloudwalkerabroad.tumblr.com/
Blogging Platforms
I’ve had this blog on Blogger for quite a while but I use Wordpress at work and the Tumblr guide would have been very handy when I started that blog!
I knew I’d heard of PebblePad before but couldn’t remember when. A search for UCC and PebblePad on what but Google brought me to a news item for its use with the School of Pharmacy. Last year one of my group had described its use on an online forum for the course on teaching & learning in higher education.
Some browsing on the pages for it on the University of Edinburgh website made me wonder how it could be adapted for modules that use Special Collections or for staff as a way to track their own courses. Hmm!
“Use PebblePad in facilitated teaching, learning, and personal development contexts. As the facilitator, you can create custom resources for learners to use and submit for your feedback. You can promote continual engagement from learners by releasing new content at set times – and learners’ additions and changes will filter through to you until the date and time you choose.”
Plenty of things to consider for how it may be used!
One more thing to go back to the CPPD team!
Digital Knowledge: Thing 1
Hmm! I’ve just read Charlie Farley’s blog and it says “I’m a joiner, a participant, a signer-up of ‘things’, and particularly online learning.” It’s good to know I’m not alone! Last year I did an online cert for teaching & learning in higher educat…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 1
Hmm! I’ve just read Charlie Farley’s blog and it says “I’m a joiner, a participant, a signer-up of ‘things’, and particularly online learning.” It’s good to know I’m not alone! Last year I did an online cert for teaching & learning in higher educat…
Rudai 23: Thanks
Whew! Just finished in the nick of time. I had so much fun doing all the posts, probably would have had better fun if I’d done them as I was supposed – a week at a time!I’ve so much to go back and re-check: LinkedIn, Screencast-O-Matic, Jing, Audacity,…