As promised in my session here are my slides from: What Online Teachers Can Teach Us About Connecting With Students The post Slides: What Online Teachers Can Teach Us About Connecting With Students appeared first on NCCE's Tech Savvy Teacher Blog.

Last year with help from The Compass we set out to gather some feedback from students on the apps they would recommend to others to aid study at University. We’ve repeated the event this year to find out in this fast moving market, what’s changed and what has remained popular. Recent statistics reveal that educational apps are the third most downloaded category in Apple’s app store, dropping just behind Business apps. But what constitutes as an educational app? Often apps that aren’t typically seen as educational can be assistive in University study, so using the speak-board on Penryn campus helped us gain further insight into the apps our students found useful and would recommend to others. This year, social media and social learning apps feature most prominantely; Facebook to "get involved with events", Pinterest for social bookmarking and newcomer YikYak which allows you to post updates anonymously and subscribe to feeds from specific geographical locations such as Penryn and Falmouth Campuses at the University. Referencing tools are again popular, with RefMe appearing for the second year in a row and Mendeley cropping up aswell. Discipline specific apps such as the Steinway Metronome app get a mention for music students. Organisational tools such as Wunderlist and LifeRPG appeared this year. With HabitRPG on last years list, the notion of game play in productivity would appear important to students. Apps that support student wellbeing remain popular, with Rain Rain helping us get to sleep, School Sucks podcasts on remedies for procrastination and Colour Switch to facilitate it! Thanks again to all who took part in the speak-board, if you’d like any more information about any of the apps mentioned or you’d like to talk about using apps as part of Learning and Teaching at Falmouth University please get in touch - etsupport@falmouth.ac.uk Here’s the full list of recommended apps from our speak-boards. Please upvote and comment on those that you find useful: Apps to Support Study in HE View more lists from Educational Technology

Government funding cuts in Adult and Community Education and the relationship with Ofsted’s ‘Inadequate’ Training Providers. All adult learners have some level of understanding in relation to Government Funding in relation to Adult Skills. This would seem to be the case whether they are looking for a basic course to improve their skills in order […]

We propose to publish a series of podcasts on the use of technology in the FE & Skills education sector, technology that is fit for the 21st century. Correction - Fit for the year 2016 - back in the year 2000, most of the technology that we use in everyday life was unheard of. You […]

James Taylor is one of the busiest English teachers I know. He has a lot going on and he is heavily involved in ELT, both online and off. We get into a lot during this interview, including: how he got into teaching why he started a blog Twitter and #eltchat his podcast BELTA TEFL Equity […] The post James Taylor Interview: Blogging, Twitter, English Teaching Methods, Non-Native Teachers and More! appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

When using a piece of software you are sure to have experienced a bug. No? Think of your Twitter or Uber app, has it ever done something that you know it really shouldn’t or didn’t do previously? Yes? Then you have definitely experienced a bug. This is a small scale issue but some bugs can have detrimental effects especially when it comes to security. This post will take a closer look at the impact the type of programming language can have on cloud based software security.

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February has been an exciting month at Trivantis®. So, before we get to our usual Best of February article roundup, we’d like to share our top news this month. Trivantis released an eBook: eLearning 101: A Practical Guide! This free eBook will help you get started with eLearning and the course development process. Learn the basics of instructional design, eLearning standards, graphic design, and more. If you’re curious about the type of info you can expect from this eBook, our Trivantis Community Manager Jennifer Valley wrote a great article titled "Developing Quality eLearning at the Speed of Sound" this month in conjunction with the eLearning 101: A Practical Guide eBook. Download the eBook today! Here’s the rest of the Best of eLearning in February: Insights on Modern Learning by Laura Overton: LUC 2016 Keynote Speaker Laura Overton, Founder and CEO of Towards Maturity, is the keynote speaker for the 2016 Lectora® User Conference. See her keynote presentation on preparing for the bright future of learning at the conference—register today! 5 Learning Tech Trends to Watch in the Next 5 Years Gamification and learning expert Karl Kapp lists important learning and development trends on the ATD Learning Technologies Blog. Trend number one is microlearning, a trend where mobile learning plays a huge role. Tips and Tricks to Making Accessible Content More Interactive Trivantis VP of Product Management Laura Silver shares how to create content that’s accessible and still interactive using Lectora. Keeping Tabs on Lectora Interaction Templates Our friends at the eLearning Brothers shared their favorite click-and-reveal Lectora templates—great for saving space and allowing the learner to explore more information while staying on the same page. Lectora Advanced: Creating a Student Notes Feature You may have read the Lectora Basics series blog series by Trivantis Lead Content Developer Wendy Miller. We’ve now added a Lectora Advanced series for developers who want to get more creative with Lectora. Have another great article from this month to share? Post it in the comments below.     The post The Best of eLearning in February 2016 appeared first on .

With 2016 upon us, we now have a firm footing into the 21st century. Although we’re not quite at the Johnny Five stage yet (the robot demonstrated the ability to scan and instantly assimilate information in the 1986 movie, Short Circuit), technology is starting to revolutionize the learning landscape. In this article I will share […] The post The 4 Hottest eLearning Trends For 2016 appeared first on PulseLearning.

PulseLearning will attend the Learning Solutions 2016 Conference & Expo, produced by the eLearning Guild. Today’s training and development professionals are under increasing pressure to deliver innovative solutions on time and under budget. Learning Solutions 2016 is all about connecting industry professionals with peers who are focused on sharing what works as you explore proven methods for leveraging […] The post PulseLearning to attend Learning Solutions 2016 Conference & Expo appeared first on PulseLearning.