Colin Simpson

Slides – Create and share presentations online

powerpoint, presentation, screenface, slides, slideshow, tools by Colin Simpson

https://slid.es/ Quick and easy to use online tool for creating slideshow based presentations via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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14 Web Tools For Teaching Without Student Logins – Edudemic

blog, edtech, elearn, screenface, tools, web2.0 by Colin Simpson

http://www.edudemic.com/web-tools-for-teaching-without-student-logins/ Some useful login-free online tools for use in teaching – I’m a particular fan of Padlet via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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English Raven: Moodle Tutorial: Page design to avoid the ‘scroll of death’…

education, elearn, elearning, Moodle, navigation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/2012/02/moodle-tutorial-page-design-to-avoid-the-scroll-of-death.html via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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How to Moderate a Forum » Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm

discussion, elearn, elearning, facilitation, flexed, forum, moderation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://laurelpapworth.com/how-to-moderate-forum/ A very practical and informative guide to effectively running and moderating an online community from someone with a lot of experience in the field. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Using Feedback in Moodle for more than student evaluations & Using Padlet

activity, assessment, education, education design, ePortfolio, interaction, interactive, Moodle, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The first in our series of CITFLN TeacherNet Show and tell sessions went well with Jo Whitfield sharing some ideas about using the Feedback tool for more than student evaluations and I presented Padlet, an […]

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Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

clicker, elearn, elearning, flexed, interaction, interactive, mlearning, mobile, quiz, screenface, survey by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

https://create.kahoot.it/# Kahoot is a very simple but highly interactive online tool that enables teachers to create quizzes (or survey questions) that students are able to access via mobile devices. It takes a fairly gamified approach […]

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Digital Research – a double edged sword (infographic)

agency, ed tech, education, education design, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Allison Morris has shared a very interesting infographic that she worked on about digital research with regard to U.S college students. She discusses this image in a blog post at Infantium – http://www.infantium.com/blog/2013/05/25/students-and-digital-research/ It clearly […]

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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity | News | Times Higher Education

connectivism, elearn, elearning, mooc, moocs, screenface, stephen downes by Colin Simpson

http://ht.ly/pWmjI Stephen Downes pulls few punches as he discusses how the current iteration of the MOOC is far removed from the original ideas behind it. This has also been a concern of mine – the […]

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Technology-enhanced learning – workloads and costs | The Weblog of (a) David Jones

ed tech, elearn, elearning, screenface, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson

http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/technology-enhanced-learning-workloads-and-costs/#comment-6535 A sensible overview of long overdue research into the real costs (time and money) for teachers developing and delivering eLearning. The number one issue that our teachers raise with me is that they would […]

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MOOC Discussion Forums: barrier to engagement? |e-Literate

discussion, education, elearn, elearning, forum, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://mfeldstein.com/mooc-discussion-forums-barriers-engagement/ I’ve often felt daunted by the volume of posts and chaotic nature of discussion forums in MOOCs – glad to see that I’m not the only one. Interesting that posters tend to be higher […]

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