E-Learning Unit » session http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:57:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Training session: Introduction to QM’s VLE http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/news-and-events/introduction-to-the-vle-270110/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introduction-to-the-vle-270110 http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/news-and-events/introduction-to-the-vle-270110/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:37:27 +0000 Gill Ritchie http://www.esddelu.org.uk/?p=1059 Question MarkIf you are just starting out with the central College virtual learning system (VLE), Blackboard, or you are wondering about what it might have to offer, you might be interested to know about our “Introduction to QM’s Virtual Learning Environment” session which is taking place this Wednesday afternoon.

The session is aimed at staff who are interested in how they might use the VLE to deliver teaching or training, either as a complement to face-to-face teaching or for distance learning. Topics covered will include:

  • What the purpose of a VLE is
  • How the particular central VLE at QM works
  • The types of tool that are available in the VLE and how they can be used

The session does have an educational focus and is not intended to be an IT training session.

Session details

Title: Introduction to QM’s Virtual Learning Environment

Date and time: Wednesday 27th January 2010, 14:00 – 16:00

Location: E-Learning Studio, Third Floor, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus

If you’d like to attend, please book yourself on to the session by visiting our online booking system on http://www.esdcourses.org.uk/ or contact the front office of Educational and Staff Development on extension 2800.

If you can’t attend this time, a further session is planned in April.

Photo Credit

Marco Bellucci on Flickr

]]> http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/news-and-events/introduction-to-the-vle-270110/feed/ 0 Learn about the Q-Review lecture capture system http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/news-and-events/learn-about-q-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learn-about-q-review http://www.learninginstitute.qmul.ac.uk/elearning/news-and-events/learn-about-q-review/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:31:01 +0000 Gill Ritchie http://www.esddelu.org.uk/?p=886 Q-Review LogoThe Q-Review lecture capture project has been gathering pace in the College recently with installations being completed in 3 of the College’s centrally bookable lecture theatres, Skeel and Fogg at Mile End and the Perrin in Whitechapel. Several departments across the College have already been making use of the system through bespoke installations and also through using a portable version of the system. The installations in these three major lecture theatres have extended the availability of a lecture capture solution to more staff in the College.

The Distance and E-Learning Unit are running a short session on the Q-Review system on Tuesday 8th December. This will provide more information about what the system is, how it works and how you can make use of it. For more information and to book a place on the session, please see our course booking system on http://www.esdcourses.org.uk/. If you can’t make it this time but you’re still interested, there are other future sessions planned, again see our online course booking system for more details.

Session details

Date: Tuesday 8th December

Time: 11 – 12

Location: E-learning Studio, Third Floor, Francis Brancroft Building, Mile End Campus

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Unfortunately this session has had to be cancelled. A second session is planned for January 2010, please see our online online booking system for more details.

Question from the audience

Audience response systems are technologies which allow presenters to rapidly gain input from an audience. These systems usually consist of a special handset given out to audience members which they then use to select responses during the session, the responses are collected via a special receiver and the results can be displayed instantly to the audience. While this type of technology is not new, there has been increased interest in it in Higher Education over recent years and it is now often found to be an integral part of teaching spaces in many institutions.

This session will allow participants to experience using one particular audience response system (TurningPoint), demonstrating the different types of activities that are possible with such systems and how they can be used to increase student engagement. The session will also cover issues such as:

  • The logistics involved e.g. how do students get their handsets?
  • Integration with the College’s virtual learning environment, Blackboard
  • Other emerging technologies such as voting via SMS (texting)

While this session uses a particular audience voting system, it is not intended to be an in depth training session for this product. Rather it is intended to show what can be done with these types of system, to discuss any logistical and pedagogical issues that are raised by their use but most importantly to give participants some real hands on experience in their use.

Session details

Title: Ask the Audience – Promoting Student Engagement with Audience Response Systems

Date: Wednesday 25th November 14:00 – 16:00

Location: E-Learning Studio, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus

To book a place on the session, please visit our online course booking system on http://www.esdcourses.org.uk/

A second instance of the session is scheduled for 12th January 2010.

If you are interested in this session but cannot attend on these dates, please as it may be possible to organise another date.

Links

Turning Technologies website. The makers of the TurningPoint system

Photo credit

sean dreilinger on flickr

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