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Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber - Ionawr 2019
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OA Repository Newsletter - January 2019
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E-learning Support for Learning and Teaching Activities
- The E-learning Group hope you had an enjoyable break over holiday period. As we begin to enter into the examination period, we thought that it would be useful for us to identify what support is on offer for colleagues who provide administrative support for learning and teaching activities. Our FAQ, What FAQs are useful for providing ...more
Digital Experience Insights 2018-19: How do you rate technology at Aberystwyth University?
- For the second time Aberystwyth is taking part in the Digital Experience Insights project aiming to explore our students’ experiences of technology. The project is based on online surveys designed by Jisc and used by different institutions across UK. It allows us to get better insights on how students use technology and benchmark our results against ...more
Equipment Available to Hire from Information Services
- Information Services has equipment that’s available to hire to support learning and teaching. A full list of equipment that is available to be borrowed from Information Services is available here. To book the equipment, contact is@aber.ac.uk / 01970 62 2400 with your requirements Below are a few items that might be of particular interest. Lego Coventry Disruptive Media ...more
Jisc Digi Tracker: findings from students in UK further and higher education
- Take a look at the full report of the findings from all the institutions that participated in the 2018 Digital Experience Tracker. Many of the key messages included in the report correspond to findings from Digital Tracker at Aber. Consistency in the VLE We have repeatedly received feedback from students asking for VLE navigation to be more ...more
Using Skype for Business for Learning and Teaching Activities
- The E-learning Group have been supporting colleagues in the Education Department to use Skype for Business for a webinar for PGCE students who are currently out on placement in schools. The webinar offered support to students regarding their upcoming assignments. Skype for Business is available to all members of the University as part of Office 365 ...more
OA Repository Newsletter - December 2018
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Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber - Rhagfyr 2018
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Submit your Blackboard Module for an Exemplary Course Award
- Applications for the Exemplary Course Award are now open. The closing date for applications is 12pm, 1st February 2019. To submit an application, download the application form here and consult the guidance available on our webpages. The Exemplary Course Award is designed to recognise exemplary practice in Blackboard modules. Since its launch in 2013, the Exemplary ...more
Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored – Tachwedd 2018
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OA Repository Newsletter - November 2018
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Aberystwyth/Bangor Academy Showcase
- Academy Showcase is a space for sharing good practise among staff from Aberystwyth, Bangor and other Higher Education institutions. Every year we run two sessions with two presentations each, one from Aber and one from Bangor. Anybody can join Academy Showcase from their own machines using the link available here We look forward this year’s presentations ...more
Academy Forum 2018/19
- This year’s Academy Forums are now well underway. This year, our Academy Forums are structured around themes that emerged from the Annual Learning and Teaching Conference and were put forward by conference delegates. The Academy Forums for the year are: 03.10.2018, 3pm-4pm: Introduction to Academy Forum 11.10.2018, 10am-11am: JISC's Student Digital Tracker 16.11.2018, 11am-12pm: Students as ...more
Training and Support
- This year’s E-learning Training programme is well underway. You can book onto our training sessions via the CDSAP booking pages. This year, our training is split into 3 different levels so that the training that we are offering you meets your needs. Our first level is E-learning Essentials. These sessions are aimed at people who have ...more
Do you need assistance with Panopto?
- Panopto is the University’s Lecture Capture software and is installed on all teaching rooms across the University. In line with the Lecture Capture policy, all lectures require to be recorded using Panopto. The recordings are widely used and greatly appreciated by our students. In order to ensure that recordings are of the highest possible quality and ...more
To celebrate Open Access Week’s #ThesisThursday
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I ddathlu #DyddIauTraethodau Wythnos Mynediad Agored
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OA Repository Newsletter - Open Access Week 2018
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Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored - Wythnos Mynediad Agored 2018
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