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Research Student life 

It’s just a jump to the left…..a quick introduction to my current research project

April 23, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli arts, dissertation, learningtech, performance, research, studio, syndicated-feed, teaching presence

I’m taking a bit of a detour today to talk about some research I’m currently wrestling with. It seems to

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sage in the greenhouse by Eli Appleby-Donald 2019
Digital academia 

Sage advice in a blogging chat – and it didn’t come from the garden blogger

April 5, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli community, identity, learningtech, syndicated-feed, voice

I am very happy to say the crisis is over. Although lets be honest, the shape of the world right

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teaching with tech 

Formative assessments are pointless

March 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli assessment, Assessment literacy, design, engaging, feedback, formative, learningtech, syndicated-feed

I work in a school (in a university) which uses formative assessment, a lot. Almost every course we run has

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keyboard and cup by Eli Appleby-Donald
Digital academia 

Why do I blog? Time for some reflection.

March 20, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli academic, audience, blog, blogging, community, learningtech, podcast, reflection, syndicated-feed, teaching matters, thinking, why

I have been asked to take part in a podcast about blogging and normally I’d be very up for this

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Digital academia 

Not sure if blogging is your thing? Here’s why it should be…

December 18, 2018May 29, 2019 Eli academia, blog, blogging, blogs, impact, learningtech, ref, ref2020, research, syndicated-feed, wordpress, writing

Blogging seems to have reared its head at work again, with a new centrally supported platform being launched, but it’s

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Students in Classroom in Keene New Hampshire – Creator unknowm – Copyright public domain
teaching with tech 

Multimodal assignments – you are probably doing this already

October 26, 2018May 29, 2019 Eli assignments, learning, learningtech, media, multimodal, scaffolding, syndicated-feed

This semester has been an exciting one with the launch of some new teaching and learning tools, new curriculum designs

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Photo by: Paul Dodds 2016 https://www.pauldodds.com/
teaching with tech 

Standardisation, safe and comforting or driving out creativity in teaching?

September 26, 2018October 22, 2019 Eli 2.0, learningtech, lms, open, standardisation, syndicated-feed, vle, web 2.0

The higher education sector is vast and in many instances the institutions themselves are trying to find the best ways

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Photo by: Paul Dodds 2016 https://www.pauldodds.com/
Digital academia teaching with tech 

A day in the life of a learning technologist

August 8, 2018May 29, 2019 Eli education, job, learning, learningtech, role, syndicated-feed, technologist, technology, tel

I have procrastinated far too long about what my first post on my new blog should be and decided why

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Digital academia teaching with tech 

Thank you for taking the time to say thank you: EUSA Teaching Award

February 22, 2018May 29, 2019 Eli eusa, learningtech, recognition, syndicated-feed, teaching award

It has been a very, very long time since I blogged here and I am royally ashamed of this. I

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Digital academia 

Accessible documentation: why and how

July 18, 2016May 29, 2019 Eli accessibility, accessible document, disability, dyslexia, irlen syndrome, learningtech, scotopic sensitivity, syndicated-feed, visual stress

It’s that time of year where those of us working in education are preparing for the coming academic year and

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teaching with tech 

Wikipedia – for teaching and learning

July 9, 2016May 29, 2019 Eli editathon, learningtech, oer, open educational resource, syndicated-feed, teaching, wikimedian, wikipedia

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our

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Title:Young girl reading a book, Central Circulating Library at College and St. George Streets, Toronto, Ontario Creator(s) : Unknown Date(s) : 1930-1960 Reference No: MIKAN 4369745, 4369827
teaching with tech 

Open Education and my adventure with learning

June 20, 2016May 29, 2019 Eli encyclopedia, learning, learningtech, OERs, open education, Open Educational Resources, syndicated-feed, wikimedian

In the blog post where I introduced myself I spoke about my childhood obsession with information, or more precisely my

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Photo by Paul Dodds
teaching with tech 

Lecture capture. The what, why and how.

May 19, 2016May 29, 2019 Eli audio, learningtech, lecture, lecture capture, panopto, recordings, syndicated-feed, video

Lecture capture is an umbrella term used to describe any technology allowing a lecturer to record a class and make

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teaching with tech 

Online classroom sessions

April 27, 2016May 29, 2019 Eli learningtech, online meeting, syndicated-feed, top tips, video classroom, virtual classroom

We are about to host one of our first virtual classroom events and there is a definite buzz and excitement

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Recent posts

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On the web…

Does lecture capture enhance learning?

Using online teaching aids to support studio teaching in the creative arts

Podcast: Blogging to enhance professional practice

Finding community in online learning

Conference paper: Collaborated: Collaborative Learning in a Shared Studio Environment for Digital Learning

The University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2020

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