Crafted Teaching, Splendid Learning
Esther reflects on the nature of teaching as a craft and why we must thread digital skills through the objects and activities that we create. Read more
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Is Teams a VLE killer? That’s the wrong question
Many of Jisc’s member institutions are looking at the potential of of MS Teams to be a core system in the support of learning and teaching. Here Chris takes a look at the fundamental difference between Teams and the traditional VLE to ask whether one could be a direct replacement for the other. Read more
Innovation is all about keeping up with the tech, right?
What does it mean to “innovate”? Just because you’re using “innovative” technologies doesn’t automatically mean you are being innovative yourself. Conversely, you don’t need to use cutting edge technology to transform your practice in innovative ways. It’s tempting to think that in the field of education technology, if you’re not keeping up with the latest … Read more
Are robots taking our jobs?
Esther Barrett looks at artificial intelligence and how it’s changing the modern workplace. Are our apprentices and trainees ready? This post is adapted from her keynote at the NTfW Teaching & Learning Conference in March 2018. Read more
Presentations – from Yawn to Yay ?
Esther Barrett shares her favourite tools and techniques for making your presentation interactive, engaging and accessible for your audience. Read more
Online language – Why do we need to teach it?
This the fifth in a series of blogs looking at online language… What is it? How is it being used? Why do we need to teach it? Here Esther looks at why we need to teach online language as part of digital capability and basic literacy. Read more
Teaching without speaking
Esther reflects on how she learned to teach without speaking and what that meant for her practice as a learning technologist. Read more