Dragon hunting at #Digifest18

Last week, Chris along with Liz Austen and Richard Beggs delivered a workshop at Jisc’s annual Digifest on how digital storytelling can enhance the student experience. The resources are available here and he reflects on the good practice that was showcased and how it fits into the release of Jisc’s new online digital storytelling workshop.

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Five top tips for delivering live online learning

Scott, Esther and the Jisc training team reflect on the first two Jisc online workshops and provide their top tips for things to look out for when delivering live online learning.

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Employability in a digital world

Esther Barrett shares some thoughts about twenty first century working life and tools we can use to support learners to develop their employability skills in the digital world

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Reflections from the Digital Identity and Wellbeing Online Workshop

Scott provides an overview of the first in the series of Jisc’s online workshops covering key aspects of digital capability. The first session focuses specifically on supporting learners’ digital identity and wellbeing.

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The Learning Evolution – Books, Augmented Reality, Narrative and Beyond…

John Sumpter explores how education can be enhanced by the appropriate and seamless integration of technologies such as Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality that many are unaware can be used in education today. John also reflects on his findings at the UA Reloaded conference in Germany.

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My first Student Experience Experts Group meeting

Zac reflects on the knowledge sharing and the very good reason to attend events like this on his first Student Experience Experts Group meeting in Birmingham.

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Who the hell do I think I am?

Chris reflects on how managing a Twitter account that he uses for personal and professional reasons can sometimes look a little confusing to the outside world and why the choices we make about what we put on social media have implications for those in positions of leadership.

Jiscmail lists for learning resources

Lis Parcell looks at some useful Jiscmail lists for FE learning resources staff and gives some personal tips on how to get the most out of your lists.

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Looking through the (Johari) Window on Technology Use

Scott provides a personal account of how to encourage someone who is older to engage with technology and the internet and reflects on the challenges they face.

Presentations – from Yawn to Yay

Esther Barrett shares her favourite tools and techniques for making your presentation interactive, engaging and accessible for your audience.