Debate in an online learning environment
By Jack Frost (Senior Lecturer in Education) Group work provides students with an opportunity to learn from their peers, view content from multiple perspectives and...
Category: Digital Systems
Hybrid Learning – Tips and techniques on getting the most from multi-location learning
By Matt Howcroft (Learning Technologist – Curriculum Development) What is Hybrid Learning? Hybrid Learning is an approach where some students attend physically in the classroom,...
Online Escape Room Tool Guide
By Charlotte Ellis (Learning Technology Media Adviser) There are lots of online tools that could assist you with either transferring your physical escape room to...
Escape Rooms
By Charlotte Ellis (Learning Technology Media Adviser) An escape room experience within the classroom involves a gamification idea for a fun and memorable experience to...
The Importance of Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms and How to Use Them
By Chris Bell (Senior Learning Technologist – Digital Practice) Breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate allow a session leader, tutor or moderator to split a cohort of students...
Creating and captioning videos using Panopto for flipped learning and revision summaries
By the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Team Panopto video recordings can be used as a flipped learning resource for teaching or can be a great...
Using BoB with your students
By Matt Gilooly (Learning Technology Media Adviser) Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is a tool that provides all staff and students at the University of Derby...
Using the video templates in Adobe Spark to create teaching and learning content
By Matt Gilooly (Learning Technology Media Adviser) Adobe Spark is a great tool you can use to create a basic webpage, video and graphics. However,...
Using Canva as a group starter activity
By Matt Gilooly (Learning Technology Media Adviser) This video looks at how you can use Canva to do a group starter activity as a warm up and socialisation for your students, before getting on...
Presenting content in structured manageable segments
By Rob Higson (Learning Technologist – Curriculum Development) Ensuring that your modules have well-structured content across all of their digital platforms can make students feel...