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Keeping you up to date with TELT developments in the Schools of Arts & Humanities and Education at Nottingham Trent University

This is a recording of a 60 minute online interactive presentation covering the basics of using free-to-use learning resources at NTU, on 17 January 2013.   The webinar gives a basic grounding in finding and reusing learning resources shared by others, and sharing your own resources, including copyright considerations and using Creative Commons licenses.  It highlights the benefits that these resources can bring to your work, gives examples of how they are being used by NTU colleagues and looks at how to use them.  This resource is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.   Copyright 2013 Nottingham Trent University

Free online course with University of Edinburgh starting in Jan 2013

A directory of serious games for education for all levels including university, and covering a wide range of subject areas inc. team building, climate change, Darwin,

My winning case study! It illustrates the approach we took to enable a large group of staff to develop the digital skills and knowledge required to confidently deal with a high volume of telephone calls and use software to fill vacant places in Clearing. The group had a mixed skill set and a short amount of time to gain new skills. Using the flipped classroom approach, factual and contextual information was delivered through online activities allowing for the maximum amount of classroom time to be dedicated to gaining practical digital skills. The case study describes what was done, the challenges involved and the solutions we found, impact on the learners and the wider university, and highlights ways this approach can be used at other educational institutions.

University of Nottingham, Learning Technology Blog

Guidance on various aspects of learning and teaching

Derby University's approach to sharing help guides for staff

Infographic on social media in education

Josie Fraser , social and educational technologist, Leicester City Council First define what you mean by digital literacy: The definition I most frequently use is this one: digital literacy = digital tool knowledge + critical thinking + social engagement.

Simple steps for success in using Poll Everywhere in teaching sessions. Poll Everywhere is the online polling software to enable audience voting in in lectures. This guide supports the workshop 'Lectures: From Audience to Active Learner' provided by the Centre for Professional Learning and Development (CPLD). Available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence. Copyright Nottingham Trent University 2013.

Details of the voting handsets available at NTU for use in lectures with TurningPoint software. This guide supports the workshop 'Lectures: From Audience to Active Learner' provided by the Centre for Professional Learning and Development (CPLD). Available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence. Copyright Nottingham Trent University 2013.