Tag Archives: technology

Using Blackboard to deliver a virtual classroom session

Posted on June 18, 2013 by simonwarwickshu

Blackboard Collaborate provides staff with a modern, powerful tool to facilitate synchronous (at the same time) learning activities. Its features include sharing audio, webcam video, presentations in a white board, and a chat window which includes a polling feature. It … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Blackboard upgrade dates 7-9 June and 12-14 July

Posted on May 21, 2013 by simonwarwickshu

This is a repost of information about the Blackboard upgrades this summer This summer we will have two upgrade periods scheduled for the Blackboard system. Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace and Blackboard sites during the … Continue reading →

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Using live a twitter stream in lectures

Posted on April 5, 2013 by simonwarwickshu

One of our lecturers tried an experiment – trialling the use of twitter in lectures. He set up his powerpoint slides with #tags relating to various topics and got his students to post comments / answer questions. Below is his … Continue reading →

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Here goes a first post…

Posted on April 4, 2013 by simonwarwickshu

So here it is – our very first post. I will endeavour to use this blog to bring exciting developments in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in Sheffield Business School (SBS), with the aim of inspiring my fellow colleagues to innovate … Continue reading →

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