Expanding on the hints and tips to help the creation of a screen casting project post, we can recommend a short clip to help with your screen casting preparation. This clip is produced by Techsmith, the creators of Camtasia. 01: Prepare, Script, Audio.Read more
What do we mean by the term ‘Student Engagement’? How do we measure it? How should be enable it? These are issues reflected on in a recent paper from Australia (Baron and Corbin, 2012). The authors report that student engagement is high on the priorities of some institutions because of a perception, particularly amongst academicRead more
Under the headline “Teaching intelligence: it is possible to avoid the negative mass effects”, and despite the ascerbic comments from some of its readers, Graham Gibbs provides an interesting and timely perspective in this week’s Times Higher Education on teaching large groups. The first in a series of articles regarding teaching and learning, these pieces should at least provide us allRead more
Under the headline “Teaching intelligence: it is possible to avoid the negative mass effects”, and despite the ascerbic comments from some of its readers, Graham Gibbs provides an interesting and timely perspective in this week’s Times Higher Education on teaching large groups. The first in a series of articles regarding teaching and learning, these pieces should at least provide us allRead more
If so, the 2013 HEA Social Sciences Annual Conference (23 May 2013 – 24 May 2013) may be of interest. The conference will be themed around the following areas: • Embedding research methods into the curriculum • Communicating quantitative methods • Teaching mixed methods • Assessment for learning in research methods • The useRead more
If so, the 2013 HEA Social Sciences Annual Conference (23 May 2013 – 24 May 2013) may be of interest. The conference will be themed around the following areas: • Embedding research methods into the curriculum • Communicating quantitative methods • Teaching mixed methods • Assessment for learning in research methods • The useRead more
It might sound like an oxymoron but I can now announce an exciting new feature of our lecture capture service – ReVIEW Live! In six of the teaching rooms equipped with the latest generation ‘SafeCaptureHD’ capture appliances we’re now able to offer simultaneous capture and live streaming of lectures / presentations, with both the presenter andRead more
This morning we’ve pressed the big green button and launched the new Teaching Centre website. We’re very pleased with it and hope you’ll find it much easier to access the support and guidance you need to help you in your teaching. Let us know what you thinking by e-mailing tcwebmasters@lboro.ac.uk .Read more
Here at Loughborough the E-learning team run support sessions in the use of Camtasia for the creation of screen casts. The Mac version of the software (Camtasia for Mac) is very usable but is slightly different to the PC version (Camtasia Studio). Those with the option and not clear which platform would suit you hereRead more
This week I gave a short presentation on ‘Quick Learning Technology Wins’ to a group of Programme Directors and LT Co-ordinators within the School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences at the request of the Associate Dean for Teaching, Ruth Kinna. My starting point for this was that academic colleagues have many conflicting demands on theirRead more