Toolkit in a Day – did we do it?

Last Thursday about 100 people worked together to produce three new MELSIG toolkits at the #melsig_shu Enhancing Practice with Digital and Social Media event. Where did we get to? Our video team is topping and tailing a huge quantity of video from the three toolkit strands – this is made up of scenes of the day,…

Introducing social media for learning

The third toolkit being developed in this week’s MELSIG Toolkit in a Day event will focus on Social Media for Learning. (See introductions to FAB and PPP) In considering social media for learning, we will take a broad view that encompasses the formal and informal experience of our students. Social media disrupts a traditional view…

Voices of Innovators

You may be aware that the MELSIG community is crowdsourcing toolkits to support academic innovation. On the 21st of June we are running the next MELSIG event in Sheffield using Toolkit in a Day methodology. One of the secrets to that is to encourage people to submit useful materials beforehand. This call goes out to the…

Call for Examples of Good Practice

Participants at the MELSIG event later this month in Sheffield are building three online toolkits to share and inspire good innovative teaching practice with digital and social media. Have you experience and knowledge to share? These open toolkits will focus on: Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes Social Media for Learning Flipped Active & Blended learning (FAB)…

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Audio Feedback – Voices of Innovators

The Audio Feedback Toolkit is ready! But the call for innovators remains open. Please continue to send 3 minute long recordings describing how you use audio feedback including three tips so that others can follow your lead. This has to be the best part of the toolkit – thank you to all of you who submitted a 3 minute…

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Audio Feedback Toolkit

We are currently constructing the Audio Feedback Toolkit Do you use or support the use of audio feedback (including screencast and video feedback)? We are asking all practitioners to create an audio file lasting less than 3 minutes that explains, how you are using audio, video, screencast, or other forms of feedback that incorporate the recorded voice; why…

Building the Twalk Toolkit

We are currently constructing the Twalk Toolkit Discussion groups in the Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference (#SocMedHE17) contributed to our understanding of the #twalk method and the outcomes of this will be added to our Twalk toolkit. In the meantime, you can contribute your own ideas through the Google Docs we used.…