VideoNot.es is a free, open-source online tool which allows you to take notes whilst watching videos from various online sites such as Coursera, YouTube and Vimeo. All of the notes you type are automatically synchronised with the video. This means
Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference, Dublin 2014 I recently attended the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference, held at The University College of Dublin, in Ireland. The Conference took part over 4 days and consisted of a number of keynotes,
“Social Referrals” make up almost half of our traffic and up to a third of the social referrals are from Facebook, Rich Glover writes about Social Graph integration…
Building dynamic content online has never been easier with the introduction of HTML5 and CSS3. Today, these web standards power the modern day web applications and are supported on all modern browsers on desktop and mobile devices. This is particularly
Hello, my name is Ross Parker and I am one of three new Web Developers in the Department for Learning Development. One of the main areas that I will be responsible for is supporting the development of distance learning courses
Oppia is Google’s new tool for creating “explorations”. By “exploration” the creators mean a personalised and tracked journey through some learning materials. It seems that Google believe that, although a growing amount of educational content is now delivered via video
The recent announcement that Virgin Atlantic are to begin trialling Google’s Glasses prompted thoughts about how the technology could be used in education. Google Glass is a form of wearable technology. Wearable technology refers to devices that can be worn
Mobile technology has evolved rapidly over the past decade and studies show that by 2015, 80% of people accessing the Internet will be doing so from mobile devices[1]. The number of mobile devices produced and purchased each year continues to
With a growth of over 1400% in 2013, the concept of “badging” looks set to gain further popularity within the next few years, particularly with education providers. The whole concept of Open Badges can be likened to Scouting badges, whereby
I’m still looking forward to the day when we ask students to switch on their phones rather than to switch them off, so I like this post from John Hardison on the Getting Smart blog. It has a long list of good ideas
