E-tutor of the Year 2005
Are you using e-learning tools in a novel way to improve your students’ learning experiences either individually or as part of a team? If you are, then why not enter the ‘e-tutor of the year’ competition? The competition rewards those who can demonstrate such things as innovative practice, sound pedagogic design and implementation, an improved student experience, an enhanced learning environment and high levels of interactivity. This prestigious award has been running since 2001 and is sponsored by the Higher Education Academy and the Times Higher. For more information about how to submit and about judging criteria visit the Higher Education Academy website at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor.
Effective Practice with E-Learning
The first good practice guide produced by the JISC as part of its elearning pedagogy framework contains a wealth of information on how to use these new technologies effectively. The guide is especially useful as a source of ideas and contains an informative CD-Rom with 10 case studies from various disciplines and sectors, five of which are presented in video format.You can download the guide and access all the case studies online as well as an ‘Effective practice planner’ or send an email to the JISC and get some hardcopies for you and your colleagues from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=elp_practice.
ALT-C 2005: Exploring the Frontiers of E-learning: Borders, Outposts and Migration
The 12th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology is being held at the University of Manchester, 6–8 September, 2005. This is the premier event for those interested in the latest developments in the field. Early bird registration closes on 30 June, 2005: see http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/.
Cognitum Co-Citer
This is a nifty little free tool that I discovered a few years
ago and can’t do without. The program enables you to
create collections of texts from the internet. It captures the
text you highlight as well as automatically capturing the
internet address of the page, its title and the date of
capture – fantastic for retracing your steps in long research
trawls on the web – and, what’s more, you can add
comments, sort records into different folders and even
publish your list to a web page!
http://www.cognitum.com
JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
Plagiarism remains a constant source of concern amongst
colleagues in English studies. The JISC Plagiarism Advisory
service has advice, tools and resources to help you
navigate the issues and deal with plagiarism cases.The JISC
also make available to institutions the TurnitinUK plagiarism
detection software, a demo of which is available
from the informative website.
http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk
Have you got the digital picture?
The AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) is trying to find out how you are using digital images in your teaching. Their aim is to build up a cohesive overview of the use of digital images and the issues involved. If you are interested in letting them know your thoughts, please go to http://www.thedigitalpicture.ac.uk/
