Introduction There are times when you just need to concentrate. However, there are also many times when noise gets in the way. You might be working in a busy office, or trying to study in the library. Noisy interruptions can
MOOCS seem to be talked about by everyone these days. Just what is a MOOC? Basically, it stands for Massive Open Online Course. It’s a free course that’s held totally online across the world. Literally anyone can sign up for
I started off trying to find an app that would allow me to record my iPad screen as a video. On a PC and presumably on a Mac, there are loads of alternatives. My own personal favourite is the free and easy ScreenR website. However, for the iPad it’s not so easy. So as I searched, I kept on being directed to apps that allow you to create screen casts. Not exactly what I wanted, but interesting none the less. What follows is a review of six free apps that I found…
For better or for worse, a lot of us use PowerPoint these days. This can work very well in a traditional lecture environment. We can talk around the bullet points presented on the big screen and hopefully get some interaction going from the students. However, problems arise when we remove the presentation from the medium it was intended for and place it into Blackboard for download…
I’ve done this before, and I don’t see any reason why not to model good practice again. Jason Rhode has blogged the video below, and I can’t really phrase it any better. Although it is all really common sense, it’s
