Education

Investigating Eye Tracking Technology

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The Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation and Design (TELID) Team have recently taken possession of a Pupil Invisible eye tracking system from Pupil Labs. This consists of a pair of glasses with built in cameras and sensors which connects and records to a mobile phone. This system allows the user to be fully mobile while capturing… Read more » about Investigating Eye Tracking Technology

We Need Your Help | PGR & Supervisor Views | Postgraduate Researcher Development Needs

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We Need Your Help PGR & Supervisor Views Postgraduate Researcher Development Needs The Postgraduate Researcher Development Steering Group aims to support Faculty enhancement in postgraduate researcher development opportunities. In order to do this effectively, we need to gain an understanding of what is required. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time… Read more » about We Need Your Help | PGR & Supervisor Views | Postgraduate Researcher Development Needs

The future of assessment: five principles, five targets for 2025 – Jisc Report

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This report is the result of an experts meeting exploring assessment in universities and colleges and how technology could be used to help address some of the problems and opportunities. Assessment is crucial to the educational process. Done properly, it drives improvement, shapes learner behaviour and provides accountability to employers and others. Front cover of… Read more » about The future of assessment: five principles, five targets for 2025 – Jisc Report

New Brightspace Feature Pilot – Activity Feed

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As a part our ongoing evaluation of updates to Brightspace, for Semester 2, we will be piloting a new widget called ‘Activity Feed’ which replaces the current ‘Announcements’ tool on your unit Homepage. The Activity Feed allows linked content and activities to be more easily embedded in posts and brings a new approach to the… Read more » about New Brightspace Feature Pilot – Activity Feed

Did you know there’s an app for Brightspace?

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Called ‘Brightspace Pulse’ it was originally developed as a way for students to receive notifications, however, it has been redesigned and now offers almost full Brightspace functionality. Students can access their course material on the go and staff can manage their Units from anywhere. As an example, I was recently asked to help where a… Read more » about Did you know there’s an app for Brightspace?

Green screen – an easy way to create an impression…

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At our recent research day, ‘Nurses today, tomorrow and the future’, our librarian Jose Lopez Blanco and I decided to give a future ‘feel’ to the day. Working with FLIE LTs Tracey Webb and Stephen Pyne, we used chroma keying (where a block of colour is replaced by an image or video) using a piece… Read more » about Green screen – an easy way to create an impression…