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NDLR Fest 2012: Let's talk about the learning
Poster by Andrew Flaus, NUIGLast Wednesday, a group of us from CELT took the early morning train from Galway to Dublin to attend the 2012 NDLR Fest at Croke Park. A number of our NUIG Learning...
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New Blackboard support site
Today we are very pleased to announce the launch of our new Blackboard help website. This site brings together useful documentation and resources on using Blackboard at NUI Galway. It can be found at...
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#celt12 Instructions to the Twitter Team
This is based on the original post by @derekbruff who has kindly given his permission to re-blog for #celt12.Hello #celt12 twitter team (you know who you are) and thank you for agreeing to take part....
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Top Tweeters at #celt12
Using Martin Hawksey's twitter archiving google spreadsheet, we can now reveal the top tweeters at the 10th Galway Symposium: The Written Word - writing, publishing and communication in higher...
View ArticleLearning about Digital Literacies at EdTech 2012
The last couple of weeks have been busy, between the EdTech 2012 conference organised by ILTA, our own CELT conference, and then a presentation to the WRSLAI event last week. I haven't had time to...
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Centre for Learning Innovation
Yesterday I attended the inaugural event of the Centre for Learning Innovation, a new organisation funded by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA, to bring together industry and research in the area of...
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International Plagiarism Conference
This afternoon I am UK-bound again, this time to Newcastle, for the 5th International Plagiarism Conference. Having been to two previous events, I'm looking forward to catching up with some old friends...
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International Turnitin User Group Meeting
The International Turnitin User Group meeting took place on Monday 16th July at the Sage in Gateshead, just before the start of the 5th International Plagiarism Conference. This was a great opportunity...
View ArticleCreating video for teaching
Using video in your teaching can be a great way to get a message across and to enhance student engagement. There are some great videos available on YouTube, iTunesU or TED Talks, for example, that can...
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Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning
Congratulations to our team member, Labhaoise Ní Dhonnchadha, and her collaborators Pilar, Laura and Dorothy, on the publication of this collection of contributions on Translation, Technology and...
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Embedded twitter timelines in Blackboard
This week, I've been preparing for the start of our Learning Technologies module - offered to academic staff as part of our Higher Diploma in Academic Practice at NUI Galway. I have blogged, in the...
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Welcome to the #cel263 class of 2012
This afternoon I am meeting with our new intake of academic staff on the Learning Technologies module. It looks like we have a great group of people this year and I'm looking forward to working with...
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Hiding behind my avatar
I joined twitter on 20th February 2009, three and a half years ago. (howlongontwitter.com)At the time I was very skeptical; I had no idea of the effect twitter would have on my professional life or the...
View ArticleKaltura on Blackboard at NUI Galway
I am very pleased to participate in this afternoon's webinar, hosted by Blackboard, on how we are using the Kaltura building block for video at NUI Galway.Here are the slides that I'm going to be...
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Using Video to Break Down Learning Barriers
Following on from last week's webinar, I'm very pleased to see the publication of a Blackboard/Kaltura case study on how we are using Kaltura at NUI Galway.I'd particularly like to acknowledge Oliver...
View ArticleHiding behind my avatar - follow up
I've decided to stick with my avatar. Here's why... (from Storify) [View the story "Hiding behind my avatar - follow up" on Storify]Tweet
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Kaltura Education Video Summit - My New York Adventure
View of Empire State BuildingThe last two weeks have been a bit surreal for me, and on Tuesday I spent a very pleasant day in Dakota Studio on 5th Avenue in New York City, recording a presentation for...
View ArticleTwitter apps on an iPad: recommendations from the PLN
Today I asked my PLN to recommend a twitter app for the iPad, one that is good for multiple accounts. The results are collated in the storify embedded below.If you have any recommendations, please...
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Notes from the Blackboard Mobile Users' Group meeting
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo shared by sharonlflynnThe Blackboard Mobile User Group met on Monday afternoon, 7th January, as part of the 13th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference. The meeting...
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Blackboard vs Facebook at NUI Galway
by pasukaru76 For almost a decade, there has been continued debate about the future of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) such as Blackboard, Moodle, and Sakai. As technology evangelists and...
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