In early February Patrick announced he would be returning to New Zealand, giving about 4 weeks of handover time before he departed. The LSIS project was now moving rapidly as we tried to create a prototype that would be fit for the initial testing. Martin Hawskey (our mentor) came to …
Further to last weeks post we thought it might be nice to share the students opinions, and a bit of a work around to show that you can not only share Google Form Summaries with the world, but also that you can embed them within an online space. First this …
With the post Christmas marking being handed out students were asked by progress tutors to complete a questionnaire on assessment feedback (built on a Google Form). course reports have previously suggested to that students would like to see improvements to assessment feedback so alongside a blank version of our generic …
As the part of the project we have arranged for 3 scripting sessions with Martin Hawksey to be delivered using Adobe Connect. In preparation Martin and I had talked over the content we thought might be appropriate for the session and discussed the progress made so far by Dave Foord …
The Learning Technology team have appointed two new members of staff that will join the team from the beginning of September. Both have experience of Learning Technology as staff but also recently as students which will add value to the team. You may see them around and hopefully they will …
Whilst the Sport team has been using a similar Feedback sheet for some years it was interesting to hear staff discuss what the do and don’t like about in a meeting just before the Christmas break. Even more intriguing was the way in which different staff use the form; some …
After the initial excitement of winning the project Fast-tracking feedback has taken a slightly slower start, partly delayed by a wedding, a holiday, and the time it takes for paperwork to flow through systems however were are now up and running and looking forward to the first big milestone in …
The LSIS Leadership In Technology bid required our project to nominate a mentor, after discussion, we’ve secured the services of Martin Hawksey Google scripting extraordinaire whose examples of the wonders possible with Google scripts can be found on his blog. As an added bonus LSIS have also provided us with …
In October 2011 it was confirmed that the Sport Team at Loughborough College had won funding from another LSIS (Learning and Skills Improvement Service) project. This time for developing Leadership in Technology. The project is called Fast-tracking feedback using Google Scripts and by the end of it the team should …
Mahara is an open source student centred e-portfolio. It is an environment where students can collect, reflect on and share achievements and developments in a space they can control. It also offers the opportunity for social networking, through forums, blogs and groups and formal assessment submission of student work if required. The table …
