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Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Polling software: Mentimeter and Poll Everywhere

    • The E-leaning Group is looking into how polling software can be used in lectures and seminars. Polling software is a great way to increase classroom engagement as it provides interactive presentations ranging from multiple choice questions to live word clouds. With their personal devices (such as mobiles, tablets etc.), students will be able to answer ...more

  • Choosing an online polling tool

    • https://flic.kr/p/9wNtHp In-class polling or voting is great way to increase student engagement and interactivity in the classroom (for example see: Shaw et al, 2015; Boyle and Nicol 2003; Habel and Stubbs, 2014; Stratling, 2015). It is used widely in both higher and further education, and number of staff at AU make use of in-class polling ...more

  • Online polling services and privacy issues

    • If you’ve already read part one of this series, you’ll know how useful online polling services are to engaging students actively in the classroom (if you haven’t – take a look). As well as selecting a tool to suit your teaching and learning activity, you also need to take a look at the Privacy Policy of ...more

  • Can I use polling software for Distance Learners?

    • Following the post on using polling software for teaching we received a query about the feasibility of using polling software such as PollEverywhere or Mentimeter for Distance Learners’ modules. Please find below the results of our testing and research. Mentimeter As every presentation has a different code to access the poll, you can vote even when the ...more

  • Call for Proposals: Learning and Teaching Conference 2019

    • We are now inviting proposals for the 7th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, Monday 8th July – Wednesday 10th July 2019. Submit and view the call for proposals here. This year's conference theme, Learning from Excellence: Innovate, Collaborate, Participate!, aims to reflect the commitment that AU staff have to enhance the student learning experience. The four main strands of ...more

  • Blackboard SaaS update 1

    • Many of you will have seen the announcement that AU is moving to the cloud-hosted, Blackboard SaaS platform. We plan to provide a monthly update on the progress of the project via the E-learning blog and this is our first update. SaaS stands for Software as a Service, and there are advantages of moving to using ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter - March 2019

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Mawrth 2019

  • Using Lecture Capture Effectively: Tips for staff and students

    • In this blogpost we will be looking at how we can use lecture capture more effectively to enhance learning and knowledge retention. We will build on our previous blogpost Making use of the captioning and quiz function in Panopto. The tips and discussion below are based on a paper being published this year by psychologists from Glasgow, ...more

  • Webinar: Instilling Self-Regulation in Learners & Using Sway for Online Learning

    • 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

  • Iris De Freitas refurbishment focus group 12/02/2019

    • A focus group has been held on the planned refurbishment of the Iris De Freitas room. Six participants joined staff and the architects who are working on the refurbishment to talk through the current plans. The focus group session helped to gather student feedback along with surveys and the post-it note board in the Iris ...more

  • Iris De Freitas Refurbishment

    • A photo of the Iris De Freitas Room. The Iris De Freitas room in the Hugh Owen Library will be closed for refurbishment from the 3rd of June. We expect to re-open the space on the 4th November 2019. During the planning process we asked the users of the room to give us their suggestions for ...more

  • AU Digital experience insights survey for teaching staff 2018-19 now open

    • We have recently closed the Digital Experience Insights surveys for students where we asked about their experiences of digital learning and digital services. We would also like to know how teaching staff experience these services. There are only about 20 questions that ask about your digital teaching methods and your experience of our digital provision. Please spare ten minutes and have your say ...more

  • Subscribe to the E-learning Blog

    • You can now subscribe to the E-learning Blog so that you receive an email notification whenever a new post is written. Keep up-to-date with software developments, new initiatives, training sessions and events that help support technology-enhanced learning and teaching activities. Some of our latest blogposts include: Blackboard Grade Centre – in addition to recording and managing ...more

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber – Chwefror 2019

  • OA Repository Newsletter – February 2019

  • OA Repository Newsletter - January 2019

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber - Ionawr 2019

  • OA Repository Newsletter - December 2018

  • Cylchlythyr Mynediad Agored @ Aber - Rhagfyr 2018