Perfecting PowerPoint (how can you not read this?!)
We’ve all heard it, ‘death by powerpoint’, and we know that we might want to do things differently, or even break away from the whole 55 min standupandlecture thing, but it’s just so hard to do, right?...
View ArticleGuru e-learning
The Rapid E-learning blog offers many posts including the terms ‘guru’ and ‘e-learning’ together. But really, there are some absolute pearls of wisdom in their work, and usually set out in really...
View ArticleFrom policies to proposals
Don’t let the post on social media guidelines put you off using the potential of web 2.0. Here’s a follow up from taking care in Facebook use givinng a few suggestions for using tools such as twitter,...
View ArticleQuestions in Blackboard – the Easy Way!
Putting tests into your module is a great way of allowing the students to test themselves as well as letting you see the progress they are making. A test can provide some positive re-enforcement of a...
View Article11 (Almost) Free Mind Mapping Apps for the iPad
Mind mapping is a method that works for quite a lot of people. Brain storming, idea mapping, thought generation, think tanks – call it what you will. Traditionally done on large pieces of paper, why...
View ArticleHow Do I Check For Students Not In A Group?
Using groups in Blackboard is a great idea to get students working together on projects. Groups in Blackboard come with a host of features like blogs, the ability to share files amongst group members,...
View ArticleContent Curation Services
The mass amount of information available online today makes it increasingly difficult and time-consuming to find the exact content that we want. Filtering through the content to find valuable resources...
View ArticleRoyalty Free Music for Free
There are many times when I need a bit of music for a presentation or a show reel but I have very little skills in creating my own music! This post looks at a few sites where you can download music...
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