The sign-up process to the Edinburgh Napier Education Exchange is quite straightforward, but it can still be useful to have some instructions on the process. The professional development team at Edinburgh Napier have put together a guide to the set-up process to help you out if you're having difficulty.
To view the instructions, just go to the files area of the site and view the "How to sign up..." document. Remember that your account needs to be manually validated after you have signed up so... Read full post

The final date for submissions to the LTA Resource Bank to be eligable for this years Best Practice Awards passed on Friday.  We have 67 case studies in the Resource Bank so far which is amazing!  You can still submit to the Resource Bank though, might get an award next year!
We have begun the process of reviewing the case studies against the four catagories; Best Classroom experience, Best use of technology, Best Workplace Provision and Most innovative.  there are some really... Read full post

Hi all, I know that some of you are now getting ready to record your first round of audio feedback. Once you've done that, please let us know how you got on - how did you find it? how did it compare to other ways that you give your feedback? was it more or less time-consuming than you anticipated? any tips or suggestions to share with anyone else about to make their first recordings?  I'll be investigating your experiences in more detail later in the project but your brief observations and... Read full post

Really enjoyed the Ollie Bray speech...  Amazing to see that young pupil do those sums in such speedy times. 
I am new to this teaching game - I've just come from Channel 4 News - so I don't know what level of technical ICT experience to expect from my students.  I'll find out in a week.

Hi Guys!
Just been to a double session on using videos to communicate various things to students (Frank Greig (SoC) - Supporting Students through Video Tutorials & Karen Campbell (SNMNSC) - Experience of Using Screen Capture JING for teaching and learning).
Both speakers talked about their experiences of using videos to communicate various types of messages to students adn demonstrated how they learned about and used the various technologies in the teaching. A lot more user friendly than... Read full post

Alas - I've had very little time to blog today.  Too busy having in depth discussions with Richard Hall over lunch...  on whether you can put too much information online for students and do they stop coming to lectures as a result.
A great session on podcasting this morning...  which has inspired me to attempt to record 10 minute chunks of tutorials which students can look at later.
And I love the idea of Elluminate...  I wonder how difficult would it be to organise... Read full post

Interesting talk from Ollie Bray earlier today on the use of technology across Scotland's schools.  Sites he mentioned include...

Platform 4 (from Channel 4)
Glow (online resource and community across Scottish schools)
And Ollie's site (http://olliebray.typepad.com/)

He made it very clear just how clued-up and connected children can be these days.  All pretty accessible too - if you can get your hands on the kit Ollie's solutions were all fairly mainstream uses of technology... Read full post

I went to a very interesting session on using wikis (and other online elements of teaching, learning assessment) this morning, followed by another on Second Life.
In both cases there seemed to be real enthusiasm from the staff members about the software they're using, which certainly helps when getting students involved in something new.  I also heard comments from said staff along the lines of 'not being tech savvy'... but then I've long felt that you become comfortable with what you use... Read full post

Hi Bloggers
Just come from a session on interpreting Turnitin reports by Dr Claire Garden (SLS). Very interesting presentation and discussion on the issues of how to introduce Turnitin and the issues related to how people make sense of theTurnitin outputs. Main issues seem to be around:

students and staff intrerpret reports simplistically
ensuring that staff see it as an active process where they need to use their own common sense when they are interpreting reports and not to be passive... Read full post

Just out of the first plenary session of the day and have come up to the main computer area on campus - how I wish we all had such fast computers.
Very interesting talk from Richard Hall from De Montfort University.  He mentioned a number of reports and I've tracked down links for some of them:

DEMOS Edgeless University
Digital Britain
JISC: Thriving in the 21st Century
Independent committee report (JISC): 'Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World'
Revised HEFCE strategy (March... Read full post