by Cameron Nichol | Aug 1, 2012 | Ed Tech use, Teaching and Learning
The UK Open University has released its first an Innovations report, Innovating Pedagogy. It certainly appears to more up to date and relevant than the last Horizon Report. “The first report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet...
by Cameron Nichol | May 7, 2012 | Ed Tech use, Teaching and Learning
If you don’t know what TED Talks are go here. Anyway the TED Talks people have added an Educational section, TED-Ed, which has gained a fair bit of attention. “This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED’s, and...
by Cameron Nichol | May 4, 2012 | Teaching and Learning
Cathy Moore is great. If you are at all interested in not boring your students to failure, you should check her site. If nothing else check this post Scenarios,what are they good for? and learn how to write better questions. Here is an example from Cathy’s post...
by Cameron Nichol | Apr 26, 2012 | Ed Tech use, Teaching and Learning
Here’s how we set up our webcams for the lecture video link. Custom mounting a webcam isn’t a new idea, there are plenty of ‘Maker’ style sites with instructions. We’re using 2 Logitech c525 HD webcams. They have a swivel mount so we...
by Cameron Nichol | Feb 13, 2012 | Teaching and Learning
Harvard are having a teaching conference. Nothing particularly new in it, but perhaps because it’s Harvard more people will listen. “In large part, the problem is that graduate students pursuing their doctorates get little or no training in how students...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 3, 2011 | Ed Tech use, Teaching and Learning
“NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — It may seem paradoxical, but educational technology as a supplement to face-to-face learning could personalize the educational experience. That is, at least according to a presentation on student assessment and feedback here at the...
