Recently a member of the eLearning team was lucky enough to attend the 2013 turnitin conference at the Leeds School of Music. For those who are unfamiliar with turnitin- it is a piece of software for teaching staff that checks academic work for plagiarism, we use it here in the college to check for …
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, …
What is a blog? A blog is a term that is derived from the phrase Weblog. Blogs are a collection of posts made by a user or users reporting news quite often on a particular subject but can be on a wide range of subjects. In addition to the author of a …
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 …
Quia and HotPotatoes are tools that can be used to create online activities/quizzes for learners to access either in an educational setting or at home. The activities/quizzes are quick and easy to create and can be uploaded onto a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). On completion feedback is provided instantly to the learner, and …
Qwizdom is one of the brands in the market and our choice of voting pads at Loughborough College. Electronic Voting Pads (EVPs) are being used more and more to transform teaching and learning practises within the traditional classroom setting. Also known as ‘Personal Response Systems’, ‘clickers’ and ‘quiz pads’, they work …
What actually is Screencasting? Screencasting is a digital recording of everything that appears on your screen. It is often accompanied by narration, which tends to be an explanation of what is on screen. There are many different technologies that allow you to create a screencast, but one that we would …
Podcasting is a way to deliver audio blogs or commentary. Podcasts are usually delivered as a series of digital media files over the internet in a downloadable format. The table below shows some potential uses of this technology in both Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE). Below this are videos which …
