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Tag: e-learning
8 trends to watch in learning technologies for 2018
What's on the horizon for learning technologies in 2018? Here are a few of my predictions for trends worth watching this year.
Full circle: Returning to Politics at Warwick
Having recently migrated this website from Blogger to WordPress, I thought it would be worth posting a quick blog update covering my recent job move! At the end of September I said farewell to nearly 6 years working at the University of Nottingham, where I've been an e-Learning Developer for the AgriFood Training Partnership initiative. … Continue reading Full circle: Returning to Politics at Warwick
Event roundup: ALT Conference 2016 (#altc)
During 6-8th September 2016 I attended the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) conference for the first time, held at my alma mater University of Warwick. I've had my eye on the conference for a number of years as it is arguably the biggest conference of its kind in the UK, but the time-commitment and conference … Continue reading Event roundup: ALT Conference 2016 (#altc)
How to record a screencast with VLC Media Player
In this tutorial I show how to record a screen capture using VLC Media Player's 'Capture Device' tool. In the video below, I explain how to attach a mouse pointer via the 'screen-mouse-image' command, and then I talk through the steps of recording an MP4 video file. As it took me a little while to … Continue reading How to record a screencast with VLC Media Player
The Xerte Project: Annual General Meeting 2012
The Xerte Project provides a full suite of open source tools for e-learning developers and content authors to produce interactive learning materials. Recently I attended the Xerte Project's Annual General Meeting to hear about the latest developments. On 10th October 2012 I attended the 'Xerte AGM', held at the East Midlands Conference Centre at the … Continue reading The Xerte Project: Annual General Meeting 2012
The ‘Content vs. Presentation’ debate
It's a long-running issue in many areas of creative media - which should be prioritised: content or presentation? In other words, is it more important to have accurate, relevant and high-quality content, or should we dedicate more time to the design and delivery of a particular piece of media? I feel this issue applies to … Continue reading The ‘Content vs. Presentation’ debate
Moving to pastures new…
It's been an age since I've updated this blog, so I thought it was time to give a quick update! A lot has changed in the last 6 months... I left the e-Learning team at Harper Adams at the end of February to move to a new position at the University of Nottingham. I'm now … Continue reading Moving to pastures new…