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Hi there, We missed you at our Master Class last week - Top 5 eLearning Best Practices From 2019 But don't worry, we recorded it for you to have a look at whenever you find convenient! If you'd like to view the webinar or share it with your colleagues, simply click on the link below to access the recording and slides.

Hi there, We missed you at our webinar last week: Lambda Suite: Online Course Creation and Management Simplified. We recorded the presentation for you though! If you'd like to view the session and/or share it with your colleagues, simply click on the link below to access the recording and slides.

Hi there, We missed you at our Lambda Lab today: How To Use Assignment Rubrics To Drive Learning Outcomes. We recorded the presentation for you though! If you'd like to view the session and/or share it with your colleagues, simply click on the link below to access the recording and slides.

Hi there, We missed you at our webinar today: Creating Effective Learning Videos in 7 Easy Steps. We recorded the presentation for you though! If you'd like to view the session and/or share it with your colleagues, simply click on the link below to access the recording and slides.

We missed you at our webinar today: Delivering Personalized eLearning Programs With Moodle. In this session, we spoke about how to easily personalize your eLearning programs to make learning easier and more effective for your learners, with the best tools to keep improving and creating an even better learning experience. We recorded the presentation for you though! If you'd like to view the session and/or share it with your colleagues, simply click on the link below to access the recording and slides.

Storyboarding is an invaluable tool for planning effective eLearning courses and obtaining stakeholder buy-in, but the process of creating one may seem daunting. Where do you start? What interactions should you include? How do you avoid getting bogged down by design? In this webinar, one of our custom development instructional designers, Monica Newell, shared tips for building an engaging storyboard and solid foundation for your course. By planning out your course ahead of time, you can ensure that you achieve: - Logical progression of content - All learning objectives addressed - Realistic idea of seat time Click on the link below to access the recorded webinar.

We currently have access to SCRAN, an online learning ​service that provides access to Scotland's culture and heritage through 500, 000 rights-cleared images and media from museums, galleries and archives. SCRAN can be accessed automatically through the college network or remotely with an OpenAthens account. If there are any problems with automatic access, the following username and password can be used: User Name: usr0218 Password: stroke48 ​For any further information on this resource, please contact joy.mclean@wcs.ac.uk

The BLE's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Get Interactive: Practice Teaching with Technology is a 3-week romp through some of the popular technologies that educators use to make their learning engaging, interactive and dynamic. It's free to take this MOOC but if you want a course completion certificate, there is a charge of £39, payable on the course site.​ Each week focuses on a particular topic: Using multimedia for teaching and learning Encouraging student collaboration Formative assessment and feedback Register Here Participants read, watch videos, research, do activities, discuss and complete a practical, peer reviewed assessment each week. The emphasis is on gaining a wide range of experience. Although a few concepts are introduced along the way, this is a hands-on course, and participants should find many ideas to incorporate into their teaching. This course is aimed at educators who have little experience using online tools and technology for teaching purposes but who have basic familiarity with the Internet, online learning environments and computers in general. The course is most relevant for teachers, lecturers and instructors of adults and older children (i.e., secondary school, college, further education, higher education, continuing education). Taught by Dr Eileen Kennedy Researcher in online learning, UCL Institute of Education Dr Nancy Weitz Digital learning specialist, Architela Sarah Sherman Manager, Bloomsbury Learning Exchange (BLE)Get Interactive runs every four weeks. You can enrol at any time and access the content but to benefit from the peer activities, it's worth joining with a cohort. Get In MOOC was presented with an award for innovation in learning and teaching. The Get In MOOC team was also shortlisted for the Association for Learning Technology's Team of the Year (2017) award. Read the independent review of our MOOC here, researched and written for us by Dr Kathy Seddon.

Course Description This badge is for anyone supporting teaching or other support staff to take the first steps into online teaching. Online course development is very much an iterative process so getting started will allow lecturers to build their confidence and experience, try out a few approaches and focus on improvements. Online course design is best approached as a collaborative process with lecturers working with their peers to plan and develop their modules. Similarly, these professional development workshops are designed to be as collaborative as possible. Criteria The learner should be able to: Develop an understanding of the student perspective of what it is like to study online Apply principles of online module design including a range of assessment options Develop online activities and open education resources and approaches to media creation Experience online facilitation and interaction including some strategies for engaging students in the online space (towards building a learning community) Watch the video below for more information then visit the website to sign up.

Explore the essentials for teachers, trainers & managers developing blended learning Technology has fundamentally changed how we learn, making it more engaging but also challenging. The program contains essential knowledge for teachers, trainers & managers developing blended learning and prepare learners to succeed in the workplace. You may be working in further education, skills training, vocational education, workplace learning and lifelong learning or adult education. Whether you are directly supporting learners or delivering training, this program will help you use digital technology and blended learning more effectively. Throughout this program you’ll understand the main principles of blended learning, how to embed it in your practice, how to develop your learners’ digital skills for the modern workplace and how to use digital technology to enhance apprentices’ experience. You will find practical advice from with teaching and training professionals on how overcome challenges and resources you will need to make digital technology work for you.