Category: 23 Things Syndicated

My highlights from BLTC 2018

On 14 June 2018 we had our annual Brookes Learning and Teaching Conference. As usual, it was tricky to choose from the parallel sessions in the various strands (discipline, students, staff, and environment). I tried to create a mixture for myself,…

My highlights from BLTC 2018

On 14 June 2018 we had our annual Brookes Learning and Teaching Conference. As usual, it was tricky to choose from the parallel sessions in the various strands (discipline, students, staff, and environment). I tried to create a mixture for myself,…

23 Things – Thing 3

Thing 3 I must admit I was a little nervous about Googling myself. I previously thought I didn’t have that … More

Thing 14 Audio – Podcasts

I have been using podcasts with the students and teachers I work with since their inception. They have developed so much in a short time and the addition of easy to use apps to help access them on mobile devices revolutionised the engagement of my students. In the bad old days students could borrow a … Continue reading Thing 14 Audio – Podcasts →

Thing 14: Audio

I chose SoundCloud for Thing 14. I’ve known SoundCloud for a long time, but I barely use it and thought it only had music. Apparently, it has some content on education. I was randomly searching for ‘Edinburgh University’, I came across a Podcast: Are The Kids Alright? How society treats its young people from College of  Arts,… Continue Reading →

Thing 13: Video

I chose Vimeo for Thing 13. I really like After The ICU by Riley Thompson. This video explains what critically ill patients may experience after the hospital admission. I came across this video from a blog written by a former ICU patient. To be honest, I tried to look for the licence information on the video,… Continue Reading →

Thing 12: Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are new for me. I wasn’t familiar at all with the term before writing Thing 12. As suggested, I explored the topic of ‘health’ on Media Hopper. I found one video titled Problems with gloves? by Professor Jonathan Rees  This video interests me because I used to use gloves a lot when I was… Continue Reading →

Thing 11: Copyright

Copyright is an issue that is of importance to me, particularly if I want to use some images for my blog posts or pictures for oral presentation or tutorial slides. Pixabay is one of my favourite sites for good quality free images. When I was preparing my study leaflet and poster, I bought some Royalty… Continue Reading →

Thing 23: Reflection

Oh my! Finally here we are at the end of the 23 Things! I named this blog BlogXperiment because I wanted to try out anything I haven’t had a chance to do so in the past. Turns out not everything in 23 Things I like very much, but at least I tried. Overall, I’d say it’s been…