Ben Atkinson
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The iTeach Online Podcast: Artificial Intelligence in Teaching at the University of Nottingham
December 3, 2024
In this episode, Nigel Owen and John Horton delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education. They explore how AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot and others are reshaping the educational landscape by automating some tasks that traditionally required human intelligence while highlighting that students still need to use skills like critical …
The iTeach Online Podcast: More Digital Accessibility at the University of Nottingham
November 19, 2024
In this episode, Ben, Nicholas and Claire all back in the studio as the iTeach Online Podcast once again shines alight on Digital Accessibility. Simon talks with Julian Tenney, the first returning guest on this run of the pod, getting an update on things since the Digital Accessibility Conference 2024. There’s talk about where next …
Disability Recognition Month 2024
November 18, 2024
Each year, the university celebrates Disability Recognition Month (DRM). This year, we’re celebrating between Thursday 14 November and Friday 20 December. The theme for DRM 2024 follows the national theme of ‘Disability Livelihood and Employment’, highlighting the current and historical opportunities and challenges the disabled community may face when accessing work or in everyday life. Disability Recognition Month …
Moving to Monthly Moodle Updates
November 11, 2024
We’re improving how we manage Moodle updates. We’re moving to a monthly schedule that will deliver new features and fixes more efficiently. Updates will now occur monthly on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30pm. These regular, shorter updates will reduce overall system downtime and help us maintain a more stable service. We’ve selected this timing to minimise …
Moodle on the go: Accessing form your Mobile Device
November 4, 2024
It’s likely that as students at the University of Nottingham, you will access Moodle on a regular basis to visit your module sites, download and view important learning materials and submit your assessed work. There are many tasks which can be completed on Moodle and it is the main resource for your learning here at …
iTeach Online Podcast: Online Learning at the University of Nottingham
October 25, 2024
Welcome back! Now that term has begun and teaching is well underway, the iTeach Online Podcast is back with five more episodes to take you to the end of 2024. We are starting this run talking about teaching online, something that has become much more relevant to many people over the last few years. However, …
Reflecting on the 23-24 Faculty Takeover
July 29, 2024
In our final post of this academic year before our summer break, we want to reflect on the many wonderful posts we received from colleagues across the University during our Faculty Take Over feature earlier in the year. These posts were curated by colleagues in Faculty and School Support within the Learning Technology Section, and …
Moodle 4.3 Upgrade – 17th July 2024
July 5, 2024
Moodle will be upgraded on Wednesday 17th July 3pm UK time (10pm China/Malaysia) for approximately 2 hours. This is for some minor changes – no big changes to look and feel or to functionality. While there are no significant changes, the new version of Moodle (4.3) brings some key usability improvements and makes certain features of …
Bulk Editing Moodle Question Banks
July 1, 2024
In today’s post, I want to discuss the process of making of bulk editing Moodle question bank questions, primarily to make them more accessible. This is a topic we have been discussing for a number of months in the Faculty of Science. We are currently in the middle of the Moodle Rollover ahead of the …
Re-launching the iTeach Online Podcast
June 25, 2024
Exciting news! This week we have re-launched the iTeach Online Podcast with a new presenting team, after a few years off air. The podcast re-launches with a special episode focusing on work to support digital accessibility at the University of Nottingham. Your new hosts, Ben and Claire introduce the in studio guest, Nicholas Cameron (Learning …
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