Important information about Youtube We have received a few emails over the past few days regarding embedding Youtube videos into Powerpoint presentations. There has been a few issues with the embed codes and Youtube videos are not playing- despite appearing, usually as a black box, within the Powerpoint slide. To clear this …
The new team infographic! This infographic was created to visually highlight the presence of eLearning at Loughborough College, importantly it displays that there is a gap in the knowledge of staff, shows a need for training in this area and provides evidence of how staff could benefit from training. The …
The new version of Learnzone also lets you hide certain sections of your course until you are ready to unveil them, which is handy when planning and creating course materials for the upcoming year. This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed …
A ‘digital footprint’ is the information about you that is held on the internet which can be searched for and is visible to everyone. Unless you make your information private, anyone, including potential employers, can see anything you have ever posted online. There have been cases in the past …
Taking care with social media: protect yourself against Facebook ‘mishaps’. During a recent staff development session on professional conduct, it became clear that many staff were concerned about the use of social media and unaware of how Facebook privacy settings could be changed. It is important that personal Facebook accounts …
From the 20th of August 2013 you will be able to log on to Learnzone to see the new and improved appearance! Learnzone has been upgraded to the latest version of Moodle, enabling improved usability. The simple and clean design of the new layout is the product of much hard work …
Just to let you all know that we have moved from our little office (L101), and we now live in: B031 (JISC’s old office) Ext; 6342/6254 Come and find us! If you cant find us why not email; eLearning@loucoll.ac.uk
A huge congratulations to all of our students on this years A level results! Loughborough College is celebrating its best ever A level results with a pass rate of 99%. A staggering 13 subjects saw 100% of students pass and 37% of students overall achieved grades A*- B, …
According to the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, the custodian of the worlds biggest online encyclopaedia, the first major casualty of the online learning revolution will be the “boring” university lecture. This is unless universities respond to the rising tide of online courses (MOOCs) as new major players emerge to …
The world’s first completely paperless public library is scheduled to open this summer in Bexar County, Texas, in the United States. The BiblioTech is a low-cost project with big ambitions. Its first branch will be in a relatively poor district on the city of San Antonio’s South Side. It will …
