Augmented Reality: Beyond QR codes
December 17, 2023
On this merry day in our advent calendar, Sally Hanford, our Learning Technology Consultant for Arts, brings tidings of joy and reflects on the opportunities that await with Augmented Reality (AR)! 🎁🌟 What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality (AR) has made it possible to interact with the digital world in new ways, using the physical …
A Christmas Cryptic Crossword
December 14, 2023
Today, we’re delighted to present an absolute Christmas cracker, thanks to Jon Lewis, our Learning Systems Test Lead, who has created a Christmas cryptic crossword. 🎅 🖨️ Just print off the crossword and clues to enjoy at your leisure, or view below. 📅 Answers and explanations will be revealed next week, so pop back to …
An Introduction to AI for Higher Education
December 13, 2023
In this post, John Horton, Learning Technology Senior Project Manager (Pedagogies), reflects on the development of AI and how it might impact higher education at the University of Nottingham and the wider sector. “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) – more specifically, generative AI – is arguably the biggest computational development to hit the general public for many …
A H5P Gift to You
December 12, 2023
A festive shout-out to Claire Storr for today’s advent contribution! Claire, our Placements Learning Technology Consultant, brings a touch of holiday magic by sharing her expertise in H5P. 🎄✨ Did you know that you can build small eLearning activities in Moodle with H5P? If not, now is the time to find out more. H5P allows …
We Are Learning Technology
December 8, 2023
The Learning Technologies Section supports students and staff with their use of learning technologies, as well as maintaining, developing and upgrading core University teaching and learning systems. We are a team of professionals, working at the crossroads of education, technology and creative media. Our role is to work with you as you create teaching resources, either on …
Navigating the Future of Virtual Learning Environments
December 1, 2023
Tis the 1st of December, marking the start of our festive advent calendar on the Learning Technology blog! Every day throughout December we will bring you a new post on all types of learning technology, leading right up to December 24th where the last door will open to reveal… well, you’ll have to wait and …
Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Takeover: Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Escape Rooms
November 24, 2023
Expanding Horizons: Opportunities for Teaching and Learning with HoloLens 2 Throughout the 2023-4 academic year, we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each month (excluding December), we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to …
Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Takeover: The Immersive Suite
November 17, 2023
Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each month (excluding December) we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to technology in teaching and learning and showcase unique projects from …
Moodle 4.1 is coming! Re-scheduled Upgrade, December 18th and 19th 2023
November 10, 2023
Moodle will be undergoing an upgrade to version 4.1 on December 18th and 19th, so it will not be accessible during this time period. This new version of Moodle brings with it lots of improvements to the layout of Dashboard and My modules pages when you first login, and to your module site pages. The …
Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Takeover: 3D anatomical models
Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each month (excluding December) we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to technology in teaching and learning and showcase unique projects from …
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