(Before you buy it). — There are just so many platforms, apps, software tools, addons, plugins, and more; so how do you know if any of them are any good? Should you download as many as possible and start trialing them? No, don’t do that, you’ll quickly run out of time to do anything else. …

Forming digital communities with your learners. — Here’s some guidance for moving your courses online supported through a Virtual Learning Environment such as Canvas or Moodle. This might be the first time that you’ve delivered or adapted your materials in this way. I was reading a couple of articles (linked at the bottom of the page) and…

From animated selfies to research stories. — During the launch of the new iPhone, X apple snuck in details of an update to an app that had been around for a little while but became supercharged by facial recognition software and fun new features. Apple Clips helps you put together image, text, video, emojis, transitions, audio, and…

Creating a video abstract with The Royal Marsden Digital Abstracts for Impact in Applied Health Research. Cathy Sandsund1, 2, Stephan Caspar2, Clare Shaw1, Justin Roe1, 3, 4 ABSTRACT The adoption of new technology to produce digital abstract has provided opportunities and affordances that challenge pre-conceptions around the form and content of the traditionally published abstract. …

Why we still separate these spaces in Universities. — There’s no lessening in the tension in universities between an identity as a “bricks and mortar” institution and the move into online & distance learning spaces. Recent conversations have lead me to try and unpick this, if not for others, then to aid my understanding. Universities have been quick to…

Notes from the H5P conference, Tromsø, Norway, 11–13th September 2017 Empowering educators Around two years ago we were looking for ways to bring learning activities into web pages and increase the opportunity for students and educators to start to use WordPress not just for blogging but for delivering parts of their curriculum…

How academics need podcasting and how easy it is. — Quick 5 minute talk for MEIN — Medical Education Innovation Network. Conference: Monday 25th September 2017, University Hospital Southampton Podcasting is powerful, persuasive, articulate and easy to make, and a challenge to make well. Why? Firstly because it is so accessible, you can be up and running in no time and…

Getting your voice is heard is easy, you just need to have a plan. — This is a short piece to support a five minute talk, actually it’s three minutes with two minutes for questions. Podcasting is about bringing the niche together, a chance to draw audiences into the intimacy of your experience, talking to each listener as if they were there with you. …wanting…

Bridging the gap between physics and non-physics students. — Explain Everything captures diagrams and annotations, workings out and illustrations and simultaneously records voice as you talk through the idea. With a little more mastery you can create slideshows and animations, incorporate photos and video, add music and sound FX. The results are the creation of useful and compelling content…