Digital Experience Insights of New Zealand students
“Australian and New Zealand students made extensive use of digital technologies in their independent study.” (p. 6)
“Almost two thirds of [Aus & NZ] students still used university desktops and printers.” (p. 8)
“More [Aus and NZ] students disagreed than agreed with the proposition that their university looked after their personal data.” (p.10)
To learn more get the full report: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/survey-results-benchmark-students-attitude-to-technology-in-teaching-and-learning-13-feb-2019from JISC in the UK.
Adding Turnitin plagiarism checking to your course
Plagiarism checking provided by Turnitin can be added to several activities within Moodle.
Resources
- Plagiarism Detection Software Use at Otago
- Supported file types (turnitin.com)
- Academic Integrity at Otago
University Policy on Using Anti-Plagiarism Tools
Adapted from the University of Otago Blackboard helpsite.
Free Image Resources
Adding images to learning resources can help with learning, but legally usable images can be hard to find …
Check these posts for some sources and information about legal use: Finding Images on the Web and CC-BY or CC-BY-NC
Today, the tweet above caught my eye.
The site: https://redstagfulfillment.com/free-stock-photo-resources/ profiled, lists 85 other sites that collect images.
I haven’t looked at all of them for medically related images.
As you look at a site feel free to comment here about the value, or otherwise, of the collection for medical education purposes.
How to embed an eReserve reading into your moodle course
Having a link directly to the reading on your moodle course increases the chance students will access the reading.
Previously it was hard for students to navigate to the correct place in the eReserve activity.
There are two ways to make the link to a reading(s). Both assume you have already added your reading to eReserve. Continue reading
How to add a single Echo video to Moodle Coursepage
Having movies held within Echo360 means that you don’t have to resize them, as the system takes care of the streaming.
However you want to avoid forcing your students to have to search for a video amongst a whole collection within Echo360.
This is possible by linking directly to a particular video on the moodle page. Continue reading
CC BY or CC-BY-NC
- How can I use an image labelled CC BY? What about CC BY-ND?
- Which one should I apply to my work?
- What do these acronyms mean?
Creative Commons (CC) licences are assigned by creators (authors, artists etc) to their work. The CC licence makes it easier to share copyrighted work by defining the conditions of use for that work. Continue reading
How to reduce the file size of a Video using Handbrake
Reducing the size of video files is useful to save bandwidth and make videos more accessible for students on the move.
If you are using Moodle there is a file-size limit of 200Mb. If you are making the video available via Echo360 that limit does not apply, as Echo360 streams the file.
Fortunately reducing the file size of a video is relatively easy using Handbrake, which is freely available open source software. Continue reading
University supported online learning
Do you want to learn more about educational, office, business, or hobby software?
Where do you go?
The University has made access to Lynda.com free through ITS. Continue reading
Blogging and Tweeting in Higher Education
Are you using blogging for education, pedagogy, research?
Would you like to participate in a Twitter Conference?
PressEDConf18 is the place to be …
Contributions due 23 February 2018.
Conference starts 2200h 29 March 2018 (1000h 29 March 2018 British Summer Time)
Participate by following the hashtag #pressedconf18
More info at https://pressedconf.org/
Want some help setting up Twitter? Contact Sarah Gallagher ( sarah.gallagher@otago.ac.nz ), Sam White ( samuel.white@otago.ac.nz ), or your local eLearning ELF.
The Case for Using Video to Support Learning
Have you ever watched a movie and thought about what you learned from it for days afterwards? Have you watched a video and forgotten about it as soon as the end credits rolled? Whether a video sticks with you and keeps you thinking is down to a considered use of visuals and script to ensure that viewers continue processing what they saw and heard after the video ends. Video used well is a powerful medium for learning, but used poorly, it can harm learning. Continue reading
