Episode 7: Audio Feedback

For our latest podcast we’ll be looking some examples of using audio recordings as a way of providing feedback to students on their work.  Asun Solano (Dept of European Studies and Modern Languages) describes her project using audio to provide feedback to Spanish language students and Hedley Bashforth (Dept of Social and Policy Sciences) talks about recording and delivering audio feedback on student performance in mock exams.   We discuss what audio feedback can offer, the practicalities of recording and delivering audio files through Moodle, and how to ensure your audio feedback is as effective as possible.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 7 – Audio Feedback

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

* Case study: Audio feedback for language students

* Case study: Audio feedback for mock exams

* Nitin Parmar’s blog post ‘Introducing Audio Feedback‘ on Jo Phoenix’s presentations at the University of Bath

Other useful links:

* Details of e-Learning Staff development sessions are, as always, available on and bookable through the LTEO home page.

* Learning Technologies FAQs are available here.

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Episode 6: Panopto Lecture Capture

In this podcast we’ll be looking at the use of Panopto Lecture Capture here at the University of Bath.  Sacha Goodwin (AV Recorded Media Production Manager) and Nitin Parmar (Learning Technologist) talk with us about last year’s pilot of Lecture Capture and about plans to extend the service for the upcoming academic year.  We investigate what lecture capture can offer for learning and teaching, and ideas for integrating it with your current practice.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 6 – Panopto Lecture Capture

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

* There is further information on the Panopto Lecture Capture service in the Classroom Technologies blog and in the Lecture Capture section of the Learning Technologies FAQs.

Other useful links:

* Details of e-Learning Staff development sessions are, as always, available on and bookable through the LTEO home page.

* Further information on Xerte Online Toolkits for creating learning objects is available in the ELAT blog.

* How to guides:

• How do I add the Panopto block to a Moodle course?
• How to create a view in Mahara
• How to set up your Mahara profile

* Events: the ESTICT Classroom Technologies event is on 17 November at the University of Bath. Further information on the programme content and online registration can be found here.

* Projects: details of the OSTRICH OER project are available on the Bath OER blog pages and if you’re interested in finding out more contact v.k.jenkins@bath.ac.uk.  To get a flavour of OER at Bath why not listen to our earlier podcast with Momna Hejmadi discussing her Biosciences OER project.

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Episode 5: Open Educational Resources (OER)

This month we look at Open Educational Resources (OER) with Momna Hejmadi, Senior Fellow in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry.  We’ll be talking about her involvement in a JISC/HEFCE  funded project through the UK Centre for Bioscience where resources created at the University of Bath have been shared openly with the wider academic community.

The e-Learning Team will be taking a break from podcasting over the summer and will return in October 2010.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 5 – Open Educational Resources

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

* Momna Hejmadi’s Cancer Biology OERs
(http://go.bath.ac.uk/vn2r)

* UK Centre for Bioscience OER project (http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/oer/)

* Jorum: access to free learning and teaching resources (http://www.jorum.ac.uk/)

* Open Educational Resources Infokit: guidance on using and creating OERs (https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/)

Other useful links:

* My Moodle can be accessed from a button at the top of your home page. Check the My Moodle FAQ and Moodle Service Blog post (http://go.bath.ac.uk/m0nx) for more information.

* Case study: using forums to support distance learners (http://go.bath.ac.uk/qghr)

* How-to: make sense of your Moodle Gradebook (http://go.bath.ac.uk/dw7j)

* Moodle Day 23 June 2010
Presentations and Panopto recordings of the University of Bath Moodle Day can be downloaded from http://go.bath.ac.uk/uays.

* Information on usage of the Moodle FAQs and Learning Technologies FAQs is available here: http://go.bath.ac.uk/xgdd.

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Episode 4: QR codes

This month we investigate QR codes in education and talk with Andy Ramsden (Head of e-Learning) who has been co-ordinating their use at the University of Bath.  In the light of a recent 12-month review of the QR code service, we explore its successes and failures, and consider what form QR codes might take as a learning technology in the future.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 4 – QR codes

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

QR codes at Bath: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/

OPUS reports on QR codes: http://go.bath.ac.uk/bc0k

Other useful links:

* The search for active learning: Lessons from a happy accident. A case study of the use of Electronic Voting Systems to teach social research methods, in OPUS http://go.bath.ac.uk/mwyb

* Case study:  delivering feedback and assessment information through Moodle http://go.bath.ac.uk/ck8y

* How-to: create conditional activities in Moodle http://go.bath.ac.uk/vn94

* How-to: tidy up quiz question banks in Moodle http://go.bath.ac.uk/ymly

Moodle Day 23 June 2010

A full programme for the Moodle Day can be downloaded from http://go.bath.ac.uk/uays.

To sign up for the Moodle Day, please email acdev@bath.ac.uk providing your name, department and any special dietary requirements (lunch will be provided).

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Episode 3: Effective use of texting for education

The topic we’ve investigated for the third of our monthly e-learning podcasts is the use of texting in education.  Geraldine Jones, the e-Learning Support Officer for the Department of Education has joined us to share her experiences from a pilot of SMS technologies at the University of Bath.  In this podcast we discuss the ways in which SMS technology has been used in the Department of Education, how Txttools has been integrated with Moodle, and what your next steps would be if you were interested in using texting in your learning or support context.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 3 – Texting for education

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

SMS (edutxt) at Bath: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/sms/

You can find more information on the “Let’s talk about txt!” event at the University of Bath on the 19th May 2010 here.

Other useful links:

An update on the e-Learning Team’s presentations at conferences this April is available here and the following presentations are available online:

* “Technology to enhance learning in 2015“, Andy Ramsden at Northumbria University
* “Where’s The A-Z? Driving Moodle forward… with roadmaps!“, Nitin Parmar at Moodle Moot 2010
* “Online submission: How Moodle can drive wider institutional change in an HEI“, Vic Jenkins and Rachel Wood at Moodle Moot 2010

Details of the e-Learning workshops mentioned are detailed on the LTEO webpages at http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/.

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Episode 2: Communicating with Students

In this second of our monthly e-learning podcasts we’ll be looking at ways of using technology to improve communication with students and the tools available to achieve this.  Abby Hill (School for Health) and Alex Hetherington (Dept of Chemical Engineering) will be talking with us about their experience of using the variety of technologies now available (Moodle, Pidgin Instant Messaging, MegaMeeting, Skype) for them to communicate with the students they work with.  We’ll be exploring how to choose the most appropriate technology,  student and staff expectations and perceptions of the tools, and recommendations for how to introduce their use to learning and teaching.

Listen to the podcast: Episode 2 – Communicating with Students

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

Which tool should I use for real-time (asynchronous) communication?: http://go.bath.ac.uk/ufmf

SMS (edutxt) at Bath: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/sms/

MegaMeeting (Desktop Conferencing): http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/desktopconferencing

Pidgin – Instant Messaging how to guide (supported by BUCS): http://go.bath.ac.uk/eo6q

Guidelines for using Web 2.0 tools: http://go.bath.ac.uk/0l1p

Other useful links:

Recent publications from the e-learning team are available on Opus here http://go.bath.ac.uk/6sip.

You can access the e-learning case studies at http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/casestudies/ and our how to guides are available here http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/elearninghowto.

Details of the e-Learning workshops mentioned and many other training opportunities and events are detailed on the LTEO webpages here http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/.

You can find more information on the “Using txt (SMS) in your teaching”day and sign up for the event on the 19th May here http://go.bath.ac.uk/nudd.

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Episode 1: Using the Moodle Assignment Activity

This first in a series of podcasts from the e-Learning Team at the University of Bath will investigate the Assignment Activity in Moodle and how it can adopted for online submission of student work.  In a discussion with Jess Francombe (Doctoral student in the Department of Education) and Rachel Wood (e-Learning Development Officer in the Department of Engineering), the benefits and challenges of using the assignment activity for formative and summative assessment within two very different programmes of study will be explored.  Conclusions will be drawn that highlight opportunities for integrating its use in other teaching and learning contexts and the processes needed to ensure successful implementation.

Listen to the podcast: eatbath Assignment Podcast mp3

Further information related to the subject of this podcast:

Assignment activity FAQs are available here: http://go.bath.ac.uk/bxs6

How to: set up an assignment activity in Moodle: http://go.bath.ac.uk/ogie

Support available from the Moodle community:
* Assignment activity documentation: http://go.bath.ac.uk/lmoc
* FAQs about the assignment activity: http://go.bath.ac.uk/mozi
* User forum on the assignment activity: http://go.bath.ac.uk/dr77

Other useful links:

Recent publications from the e-learning team are available on Opus here http://go.bath.ac.uk/6sip.

The Moodle Development Plan 2010 is now available online at (http://go.bath.ac.uk/moodledevplan2010).

Details of the e-Learning workshops mentioned and many other training opportunities and events are detailed on the LTEO webpages here http://www.bath.ac.uk/learningandteaching/.

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University of Bath e-learning podcast

This series of podcasts aims to support practitioners in using technology in their teaching and learning and to develop an understanding of good practice by highlighting examples of the use of technology at the University of Bath.

These monthly podcasts will:  give updates on news from the University of Bath e-learning team; provide advice, guidance and links to further information on using technology; and explore the enhancement of learning through technology in discussions with staff from a variety of contexts across the University.

The podcasts can be listened to or downloaded from this page or you can subscribe to the podcast RSS feed (What is RSS?).

We would welcome feedback on any of our podcasts.  Feel free to leave comments on these podcast blog pages, fill out our quick and easy survey here, or e-mail e-learning@bath.ac.uk with observations, ideas and questions.

Many thanks go to Daniel Thomason for his brilliant composition of the e-learning podcast intro music.