Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching

"MOOCs Forum is the only international publication dedicated exclusively to shaping the future development, design, and deployment of massive, open, online courses (MOOCs). Multidisciplinary in scope, this authoritative Forum evaluates the components and modules that are critical in creating a global education system and sustainable revenue models for MOOCs, as well as enforcing the integrity behind the creation and use of these systems."

"Direct observation of a medical trainees' performance in clinical settings remains challenging. Direct observation serves to ascertain and document the acquisition of core clinical skills. Barriers to direct observation include the lack of effective implementation strategies and difficulties in delivering transparent standards for judging competence at the bedside. Studies have demonstrated that in the absence of transparent standards, the discriminating ability of evaluators judging the exact same clinical performance is poor. The development of criterion-based assessment tools for use by observers during student-patient encounters offers a potential solution to this problem. "

Published papers and articles on the use of Pebble Pad in Learning & Teaching

"For the 2013 Conference in Orlando, we received nearly 50 full papers. From those 50, we selected a subset of the highest quality papers to publish. All articles went through a rigorous double-blind peer review and editing process. From the selected papers, we published two special issues - one IHR special issue and one JARHE special issue."

"mooc.org is an edX destination. We're working to help educational institutions, businesses and teachers easily build and host courses for the world to take. mooc.org goes live in the first half of 2014. Are you interested in creating or hosting courses on mooc.org? Complete one of the three forms below and let us know how mooc.org fits into your plans. We'll be in touch as we get closer to launch."

Special issue om MOOCs

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"Want the world to hear what you have to say? Well, with Hangouts On Air, you can share and record your live discussions and performances with everyone! Hangouts On Air lets you: Broadcast: Invite circles or individual people to join you in a Hangout On Air, then broadcast it to the world. A live player of your broadcast will be posted to your Google+ Home page and YouTube channel. Edit and share the recorded broadcast: Your Hangout On Air will be recorded as a public video and will be available on your Home page once the broadcast has ended. You'll also be able to edit the recording when the broadcast is over. If you edit your video, your post (including the video URL) will automatically be updated to show the edited version."

"Teaching with Moodle: An Introduction is a free course for teachers who would like to use (or anyone interested in) learning platforms to enhance teaching and learning in today's educational environment. Designed to provide a good foundation and context to Moodle, the course covers the basics of the open source (and free!) learning platform, including how to set up and effectively use Moodle in teaching. The course features:"

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"We're often asked for detailed information on how educators are using blogs. The main reasons why we get these requests from educators are: They need information to convince school administrators to allow blogging. They are trying to work out the benefits of blogging and how blogs are used with students. They want to know more about which blogging platforms are commonly used by educators (and why). So last year we decided to conduct an annual survey on how educators are using blogs.  Our goal is to document the trends in educational blogging."

"Think in a different way about the age-old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Which comes first, the assessment (the test) or the course? Do you have to have the course before you know what to assess or test? Or must you first define what you hope to accomplish-and how to best assess that accomplishment-before you can build the course that gets you there?"