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Changing places

Reflections from workshops with staff from FE colleges in Wales, looking at how their physical learning spaces are changing, and might change in the future.

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Emerging themes from the digital wellbeing community

Scott reflects on the emerging themes raised at the Welsh Digital Wellbeing community of practice. A description of the rose, thorn, and bud method is described to capture the feedback from participants.

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Creating safe spaces and belonging with AI communities in Wales 

Reflections of the first year of the Wales AI working group from the co chairs and Jisc.

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Reimagining teaching and learning

Podcast: Creative approaches to assessment – Episode 2

Chris hears from Miriam Firth about designing optionality into assessment in Higher Education. This is the second episode in a podcast series about Creative Approaches to Assessment

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Apple Vision Pro – First look

Zac books a demo with a new device from Apple and considers whether it has opportunities for teaching, learning and assessment. The Apple Vision Pro.

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Teams as a VLE webinar

Can Teams be a VLE? Can the platform fulfil the needs for an effective environment to support teaching, learning and assessment? On Thursday 27th June 2024 we had a discussion with two people who’s institutions have decided to use Teams as their VLE. Alison Magee: Learning Technology Lead TLA Quality Improvement Trafford and Stockport College […]

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Digital Universities UK 2024 conference – personal reflections

Chris gives a personal take on some of the themes and issues raised at this year’s Digital Universities UK conference in Exeter, with thoughts on AI, block teaching, student-centred design and serious play.

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Is your PowerPoint’s version history contributing to climate change?

Chris shows how clearing a document’s redundant version history in OneDrive can have a impact on cloud data storage and carbon footprint.

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Planning your extended reality (XR) journey: lessons from our Digifest community workshop

In a recent community session, around 30 members gathered to discuss how they were integrating immersive technologies into teaching and learning at their institution. Through the discussion, participants explored some of the challenges, questions, and best practice tips with one another. Three key themes emerged from the workshop: (1) determining a plan for embedding XR, (2) getting teaching staff engaged, and (3) getting learners engaged.

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What’s your digital superpower?

Scott shares an activity to foster positive conversations around digital with staff, developed as part of Jisc’s recent initial teacher education project.