Pedagogy, Technologies

Keep your students engaged and active with audience response tools

Using active learning techniques can benefit student learning outcomes and can also encourage student engagement. The audience response tool Poll Everywhere is a good way to encourage active learning through the use of a mobile phone or laptop. Continue reading “Keep your students engaged and active with audience response tools”

News and Events, Technologies

Practical advice on creating accessible online learning opportunities

On the 23rd of September, the UK government brought the EU Web Accessibility Directive into law with a statutory instrument. So, tying in with this recent and upcoming focus on accessibility, I thought it would be useful to share with you some notes and insights from a book I recently read, concentrating on the practical aspects of putting theory into practice. Continue reading “Practical advice on creating accessible online learning opportunities”