All the following views in my short digifest21 review below are my own, and I also concede that views might be coloured by me having attended the ‘wrong’ sessions. Yes, I attended this year’s digifest, and – of course – it took place online. Even …
Tag: online learning
Thing 21- Online Games and Learning
For this activity I was tasked with playing educational games (tough, but someone has to do it!), and blogging about how games might be useful for learners and educators. I chose to visit the Kahoot and Hour of Code websites. Both platforms were easy to access, with uncomplicated sign up processes. Both had free content …
i-Corona
Edinburgh University’s Thing 21 – a module on online learning and digital games – could not be more relevant at this time. The UK, along with many countries across the world is on lockdown as social distancing becomes the first line of defense against the rapid and unmanageable spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID19. As … Continue reading i-Corona →
Looking back … and looking forward
24 December 2019 – nearly the end of the year … This morning, I heard on the radio that the Queen will look back to 2019 as a ‘bumpy year’. Who wouldn’t agree? Seems like we’re moving into bumpier times on an almost daily basis, looking at our future…
Thing 21: Online Games and Learning Tools
23 Things for Digital Knowledge is itself a fun online learning tool and this week we’re spending some time looking into the variety of game based learning tools that are being developed and made available online.