Spidescribe comes highly recommended as an intuitive and free mind mapping software where you can gather text, links, files, images and other elements. Complete with the ability to invite others to collaborate, plus you can retain ownership of the content (as of the copyright and content ownership terms accessed on the 27th Feb 2013 – noteRead more
This event, which is aimed primarily at supporting undergraduate teaching initially, has the following aims: To highlight the existing work that is going on across campus to develop tailored employability materials and work related modules To share best practice among academic colleagues and staff of the Careers and Employability Centre To facilitate discussion about theRead more
If you’re a Twitter user, you’re probably aware of various high-profile cases where tweets have got their authors into serious trouble. Here’s a useful guide, published today on the BBC News website, to staying on the right side of the law. It also points to areas where the law (or intepretation of the law) isRead more
Interested in finding out more about designing and creating screencasts? Take a look at Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia. This blog post clearly describes the key elements of an effective screencast including creating bumpers, suggesting ways to assess students’ learning and how to integrate with other resources such as google forms and the quizRead more
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is the North American equivalent of the National Student Survey (NSS). Useful NSSE resources which might be adapted for NSS purposes include Tips for Your NSSE Survey Administration; indeed, they might end up looking like this for the NSS: know your students: in order to encourage student participation you mustRead more
Some colleagues may not be aware that the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) service continues to be widely used here at Loughborough as a way of delivering exams. In Semester 1: • There were 55 OMR exams. 24 were combined question/answer format. • This represents a 19% increase compared to semester 1 2011-12 • The total numbersRead more
This was at the Senate House, London on February 15th and was attended by 110 delegates representing over 90 different user institutions. There was a groundswell of disgruntlement over TII’s failures in 2012: at peak times, the service had failed completely on two occasions. Looking past the spin that was being put on the situation (“There wasRead more
The National Student Survey (NSS) questionnaire includes an optional question for respondents completing the survey online, asking how they found out about the NSS. Of those students who responded to the question in 2012: 42% said that they were told about the survey by a lecturer/member of staff 35% had followed a link forwardedRead more
The National Student Survey (NSS) questionnaire includes an optional question for respondents completing the survey online, asking how they found out about the NSS. Of those students who responded to the question in 2012: 42% said that they were told about the survey by a lecturer/member of staff 35% had followed a link forwardedRead more
I blogged on Ephorus last summer when we tested it as a potential solution to the issue of students submitting plagiarised coursework in languages other than English. In our (non-systematic) testing, it looked as if Ephorus might outperform Turnitin in this specific area. We’ve now subscribed to the service and it is integrated into LearnRead more