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New Feedback Studio overview

New Feedback Studio overview

Posted on 15 June 2017 by Martin Nosek

Many academics across the HE sector are familiar with Turnitin and GradeMark. It is a suite of tools used for assessment, mainly electronic marking and delivering feedback to students for […]

Jisc Digital Capability – Community of Practice launch

Jisc Digital Capability – Community of Practice launch

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Dewi Parry

by Dewi Parry Matt Smith and I ventured up to Aston University, Birmingham on the 9th May to take part in the new Digital Capability Community of Practice, launched by […]

Minimum Expectations in the use of Learning Central – Examples of Good Practice

Minimum Expectations in the use of Learning Central – Examples of Good Practice

Posted on 23 May 2017 by Gethin Rowlands

Staff and students from across the University have agreed a set of ‘minimum expectations’ on the use of Learning Central. The idea is to set out clear guidance on what […]

Smartmarkers, Panopto and Whiteboard Capture

Smartmarkers, Panopto and Whiteboard Capture

Posted on 18 May 2017 by Dewi Parry

by Karl Luke The whiteboard is commonplace within numerous learning spaces across Cardiff University and many academics use whiteboards for instruction. This presents a significant challenge for the Learn Plus […]

Visitors and Residents – University of Namibia

Visitors and Residents – University of Namibia

Posted on 5 May 2017 by Dewi Parry

by Matt Smith I recently visited the University of Namibia (UNAM) with fellow Cardiff University learning technologists Dewi Parry and Karl Luke as part of the Phoenix Project. I led a […]

Mentimeter and PollEverywhere – Audience Response Systems Introduction

Mentimeter and PollEverywhere – Audience Response Systems Introduction

Posted on 28 April 2017 by Martin Nosek

Before we start, there’s a couple of things to note about using free web tools: Sites now often offer “freemium” services (the word freemium is a combination of the words […]

Video and Pedagogy

Video and Pedagogy

Posted on 21 April 2017 by Dewi Parry

by Karl Luke My involvement in the recent Cardiff University Phoenix Project visit to the University of Namibia (UNAM) was a great personal and professional experience. I was invited to […]

Phoenix Project – Visiting the University of Namibia

Phoenix Project – Visiting the University of Namibia

Posted on 21 April 2017 by Dewi Parry

by Dewi Parry Recently, Matt Smith (WCPPE, School of Pharmacy), Karl Luke (Learn Plus Project, University IT) and I were very fortunate to be invited to take part on the […]

Animating for Panopto

Animating for Panopto

Posted on 19 April 2017 by Owen Crawford

Please note - Office Mix has been discontinued but there are other options available. When I recorded the video promoting Learning Technology Advice Drop-in Sessions (for this blog post) I […]

PSE Learning Technology Workshop

PSE Learning Technology Workshop

Posted on 6 April 2017 by Gethin Rowlands

On Monday the 27th of March, in a seminar room in Glamorgan Building, I hosted my second PSE Learning Technology Workshop of this academic year. The Learning Technology workshops were […]