Beyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success.
When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student
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Tag: Learning
The interview before the interview
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a change in the way organisations are approaching interviews; increasingly, candidates are being
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Does this help someone learn?
One of the phrases I hear most often when discussing (digital) learning is that we need to make our content
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What recruitment misses about experience
Recruitment has a habit of signalling who it wants, long before a CV is ever read. You can see it
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What I’ve learned from my kids: University
A while ago (way, way back) I wrote a few posts about things I was learning from my kids. As
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The importance of a VLE review
Most VLEs are treated as standard infrastructure, a static system that is, at best, functioning; delivering modules, hosting content, running
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100 days of #100DaysToOffload
Well. Something that should have taken just 100 days to complete has taken me over 5 years and 4 jobs.
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Sponge or stone?
The ‘sponge and stone’ theory is a simple metaphor, but it carries an uncomfortable amount of truth. Faced with the
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Unbundling the degree
The idea of unbundling the university degree is often framed as something radical: a disruption driven by technology companies, MOOCs,
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Using video: from passive viewing to purposeful engagement
Back in 2013, I wrote a short post reflecting on Emily Moore’s article From Passive Viewing to Active Learning. At
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