Aberystwyth University Blogging

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If you wish to start a blog, please send an email to blogging@aber.ac.uk to discuss your requirements and we’ll advise you on how to get started. You can also view information about setting up a blog on the Web Services pages.

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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Ionawr 2020

  • OA Repository Newsletter – January 2020

  • Blackboard Tools for Group Work (Blogpost 5): Assignments

    • Blackboard Group Assignments for Instructors https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Assignments/Create_and_Edit_Assignments/Group_Assignments Before assigning group work You don't want students to see group activities as busy work. If group work doesn't enhance your learning objectives and provide value, consider alternative teaching techniques. Only use group work for projects an individual student can't do as well alone and finish in the intended amount of time. Research ...more

  • Blackboard Tools for Group Work (Blogpost 4): Discussions

    • Blackboard Discussions for Instructors https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Discussions Online discussions provide unique benefits. Because students can take time to ponder before they post ideas, you may see more thoughtful conversations play out. You can observe as students demonstrate their grasp of the material and correct misconceptions. You can extend your office hours and reach students more often during the week ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Rhagfyr 2019

  • OA Repository Newsletter – December 2019

  • Blackboard Tools for Group Work (Blogpost 3): Wikis

    • Blackboard Wikis for Instructors https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Wikis Wikis allow course members to contribute and modify one or more pages of course-related materials and provide a means of sharing and collaboration. Course members can create and edit pages quickly, and track changes and additions, which allows for effective collaboration between multiple writers. You can create one or more wikis for ...more

  • Blackboard Tools for Group Work (Blogpost 2): Blogs

    • Blackboard Blogs for Instructors https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Blogs A blog is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended to share with others. Most blogs also have a commenting feature, so that people can respond to one another's thoughts. Blogs encourage students to clearly express their ideas. Blogs also address the need to expand various aspects of social ...more

  • Blackboard Tools for Group Work (Blogpost 1)

    • Blackboard Groups for Instructors https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Course_Groups Collaborative learning offers many benefits over traditional instruction. Studies show that when students work as a team, they develop positive attitudes, solve problems more effectively, and experience a greater sense of accomplishment. You can organise students into groups so they can interact with each other and demonstrate their knowledge while they learn to ...more

  • Additional Distance Learning Forum

    • Following feedback, we have added an additional Distance Learning Forum. Supervising at a Distance Date: 11.03.2020 Time: 14:00-15:30 Location: E3, E-learning Training Room This forum is an opportunity to discuss to the good practice happening around the university on a variety of distance learning schemes and modules.  For those of you who are already supervising at a distance, we hope ...more

  • Save the Date: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

    • The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit are excited to announce the date for the 8th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. The conference will be taking place between Monday 7th and Wednesday 9th September 2020. Look out for Calls for Proposals and the announcement of the conference theme later this month. As usual, we will be updating ...more

  • Back from field training on Ponkar glacier in Nepal

    • In November 2019, Adina Racoviteanu, IGCP 672 project leader, joined by Neil Glasser (Aberystwyth University) and Stephan Harrison (Univ. Exeter) set out with a group of seven Masters students and young researchers from several institutions in Nepal and Sikkim to survey Ponkar glacier in the Manaslu region of Nepal. The glacier had been previously surveyed by ...more

  • Digital Experience Insights 2019-20: How do you rate technology at Aberystwyth University?

    • Aberystwyth University 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 other HE intuitions ...more

  • Mini Conference: Group Work and Group Assessment, Monday 16 December, 10.30am

    • Mini Conference Programme On Monday 16th December, at 10.30am, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit will be hosting this year’s Academy Mini Conference. The Mini Conference is a smaller version of our Annual Learning and Teaching Conference which allows us to pull together a series of presentations and workshops around a particular learning and teaching topic. This year the Mini ...more

  • Changes to Component Marks Transfer Process

    • Last year we introduced Component Marks Transfer, a process where marks were transferred from the Blackboard Grade Centre into the module record on AStRA. Following its introduction, we have been working on enhancing this process, which has resulted in some changes. For the most part, the concept of Component Marks remains unchanged. For those of you ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter - November 2019

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Tachwedd 2019

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Hydref 2019

  • OA Repository Newsletter – October 2019

  • I ddathlu #DyddIauTraethodau Wythnos Mynediad Agored 2019