digital literacy, Diigo, E-learning, HEA, Higher Education Academy, history, Learning objects, Making Digital History, Scoop.it!, Social bookmarking, Uncategorized, web2.0, Xerte | Leave a Comment on 2 case studies submitted to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies project

2 case studies submitted to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies project

We’ve just submitted two case studies to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future project, which aims to identify “pedagogies that are going to empower student learning, offering increased choice, and above all, facilitate high quality provision.” We submitted one case study on the Making Digital History itself and another on the use of socialContinue reading 2 case studies submitted to the HEA’s Flexible pedagogies project

Databases, digital literacy, E-learning, HEA, Higher Education Academy, history, Scoop.it!, Social bookmarking, social media, web2.0 | Leave a Comment on Scoop.it! …is Making Digital History…

Scoop.it! …is Making Digital History…

Scoop.it! is an online platform that allows you to create virtual ‘magazines.’ That is, it allows you to collate a bunch of different websites online and draw them together onto a centralized, stylish webpage on the Scoop.it! platform – and they call this a ‘magazine’. You’re not so much a writer or a publisher onContinue reading Scoop.it! …is Making Digital History…

Classics, Databases, digital literacy, Dissemination, Making Digital History, Newspapers, Student research | Leave a Comment on Neo-classicism in the HE classroom, 13th June 2013

Neo-classicism in the HE classroom, 13th June 2013

I attended a really excellent HEA event at the University of Roehampton last week, Neo-classicism in the HE classroom, on the reception of classical culture in eighteenth century England. Dr Alannah Tomkins, of Keele University, ran a really useful workshop on how we can use the search functions of databases such as Gale’s 17th andContinue reading Neo-classicism in the HE classroom, 13th June 2013