We have been looking at the data about students attending skills courses. At University of Edinburgh students have a choice of whether to work through online materials in LinkedIn Learning at their own pace or to attend synchronous teacher-led sessions with our Digital Skills Training team, in person or via webinars. The data show that …
Category: Digital Skills
Digital footprint – what info of yours is public
Reading Time: 4 minutes I do a lot of work with students about creating their online presence, especially senior year students who are about to go off into the world and begin life as freelance artists and practitioners. One of the first things I do, …
My digital capabilities adventure continues – thing 1 & 2: social media
Reading Time: 3 minutes So it’s a rainy Sunday afternoon, my mocha has somehow mysteriously evaporated and my wife is ignoring me for an afternoon with Assasin’s Creed. I think that means it’s the perfect time for me to write my first official blog po…
Using my blog as a medium for some self development: a project on digital skills
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I start something which will give my blog a bit of direction for a while, but which I am really hoping will help me push the boundaries of my digital skills. Digital skills is quite a focus at work just now, the Scottish …
Quick review: Video in HE Symposium
Dominik Lukes, who organised the symposium, started us off with the attempt to assign a name and date to the following quote:https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/02/15/books-obsoleteI think most of us were rather surprised to hear that Thomas Eddiso…
Thriving for a new balance
Something hard to maintain in my working life as a learning technologist is the thing called ‘balance’. On a daily basis, there seems to be too much technology and not enough learning. When software developers work hard on improving their products, it’…
23 Things – Thing 23 – Reflection
Woohoo, we’re about the cross the finish line! It has taken me 6 1/2 months but I’ve made it through all 23 Things! It has been a really enjoyable course, I’ve loved the bite-size aspect of it & have fulfilled my goal of gaining some new knowledge in the field of digital skills. I … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 23 – Reflection →
23 Things – Thing 22 – Fun & Play
About a year ago I downloaded Snapchat for the first time, couldn’t really see how it would improve my life in any way & swiftly uninstalled it. I may have been a bit hasty though. For ‘Thing 22’ I reinstalled Snapchat (a pain free experience) & had a go with the various filters. It really … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 22 – Fun & Play →
Going round in circles with 23 Things?
I failed miserably to attend to 23 Things. Thing 3 (Digital Footprints), with the task to google my own name, took me back to an ancient blog posting in an old blog of mine, where I attended a course which tasked me to do exactly that: google my own na…
23 Things – Thing 21 – Online Games and Learning
As previously admitted in my 23 Things blog, I’m not much of a gamer, so I was a little apprehensive taking on Thing 21 – online games and learning. The most appealing subjects to me were the Nobel Prize Discovery Games and The National Museum of Scotland Games, I played two games on each site. … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 21 – Online Games and Learning →
23 Things – Thing 20 – Professional Social Networks: LinkedIn
For ‘Thing 20’, Professional Social Networks, LinkedIn was the most relevant to me as a non-academic & non-scientist. I have had a LinkedIn account for quite a few years now and have used it to varying degrees over the years. As with other forms of social media I must admit to being more of a … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 20 – Professional Social Networks: LinkedIn →
23 Things – Thing 19 – Altmetrics
Getting close to the 23 Things finish line now, eeek! But first, I must learn about Altmetrics for Thing 19. As someone who doesn’t have much to do with the research side of things this was a very new topic for me & something I hadn’t even heard about before today. I imagine prior to … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 19 – Altmetrics →