As we are all super excited for Christmas, we thought we would share a festive technology idea you could use. Everybody loves an advent calendar, and there is nothing better than getting that little piece of chocolate every morning for 24 days, or is there? We decided to pump a …
In a flurry of pick and mix and fairground music, Loughborough College’s 1st Technology Celebration Day was launched on the 17th October 2014, by Vice Principal Yiannis Koursis. The day was intended to provide a day of informal sharing, showcase ways of how to create impact with technology, to see …
We are delighted that Lesson Plus (read about it below) has been shortlisted for a TES Awards 2015 in the category of ‘Outstanding use of Technology in FE.’ Read the press release here. You Said, We Did! LessonPlus Exciting news from the eLearning team! We have been listening …
There will be a planned downtime periond for Turnitin Service on Saturday 11/10/14 between 3pm to 5pm. Turnitin service may be intermittently unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period.
David Hopkins’ latest blog post (Not read them? You really should!) has some fabulous ideas for using in-class voting systems for peer instruction. David’s twist on the voting systems goes beyond a traditional yes / no question type and involves students’ helping each other. Embedding peer interaction between the pre …
The eLearning team at Loughborough College are proud to announce their first Technology Celebration Day! Book your sessions for the afternoon via this link. Be prepared for a fun filled day at the fair on the 17th October. The event will take place in The Hub, so come along and …
In order to keep our systems up-to-date and functioning efficiently we are committed to updating our systems regularly, at set predefined points, throughout the academic year. The schedule for updates, patches and fixed for the next academic year are as follows: Major release updates: LearnZone, StaffZone,HE, Test: 25/07/2014 and then …
Last week members of the eLearning team at Loughborough College attended the 4th meeting of the EastMidsLT group. This is a group linked to, and supported by, the Association of Learning Technology. This group is a thriving community of people (support staff, academic staff, and specialist technology staff) who are …
The team have been busy over the last few months designing, creating and developing an online resource specifically to help Higher Education students develop the study skills they need to succeed on their course.
Lecture capture has arrived! The eLearning team have just launched a project to embed Lecture Capture pilots across all departments. More information on the projects and outcomes to follow…. Lecture capture is a system which records a video of the tutor whilst also recording anything that is …
