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: Technology
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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What problem are we actually trying to solve?
Digital transformation is often misunderstood as being about the technology and implementing it: buy the right platform, implement the right
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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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Little things, big pressures #DURBBU
There’s something quietly comfortable about reflecting on an event like last week’s DURBBU. Reflection and time away helps me gather
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From feature to framework: why an upgrade isn’t a strategy #DURBBU
Last week I attended the Durham Blackboard User Conference, my first visit in nine years and over 13 years since
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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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Observe
Do you see a shift in how someone behaves depending on who’s around? The same individual can be assertive in
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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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