Update to initial review posted on April 24th: as I type, our first academic user of the Swivl tracking system, Prof Chris Szejnmann, Professor of Modern History, is using the Swivl in conjunction with a Zoom Q3HD pocket camcorder (which we highly recommend for its unmatched audio recording quality) to capture a seminar. To the bestRead more
Our new Swivl presenter tracking system arrived yesterday, to great excitement in this office (well, from me anyway!) Judging by the fact that a Google search brings up no other UK reviews yet, I’m guessing this is probably one of the first in the country – unsurprising as Satarii, makers of the device, are onlyRead more
I attended a Podcasting Special Interest Group last week (MEL SIG). One of the things which I took away from the event was that podcasts do not need to be perfect before being released to our learners. I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation where we create a recording (audio only or a screencast)Read more
Colleagues may be interested to know about recent HEA activity relating to Internationalisation: The formation of a Special Interest Group for staff with an interest in internationalisation: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/19_July_InternationalisationSIG and the production of a quarterly newsletter: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/internationalisation/Internationalisation_Newsletter_March2012?dm_i=12ZA,R9LM,5FMLAS,27CZZ,1 Both of these activities complement the HEA’s work on internationalisation detailed at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/internationalisationRead more