Professor Agnes Kukulska Hulme - People Profiles - Open University
Profile Short biography Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology. She has been working in mobile learning since 2001, leading research projects investigating learning innovation in the UK and internationally. She is Past-President of the International Association for Mobile Learning (2010-13), and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning. Agnes has led numerous international projects investigating innovative and emergent practices with learning technologies, recently as part of the European MOTILL project on mobile technologies in lifelong learning, the MASELTOV project on smart and personalized technologies for social inclusion, and the British Council research partnership on Mobile Pedagogy for English Language Teaching. Teaching Interests Associate Director (Learning and Teaching), October 2011- July 2013. Earlier postgraduate teaching: Research Interests Books
The Augmented Web: Simplifying Augmented Reality In Education
The Augmented Web: Simplifying Augmented Reality In Education by Maria Politis, Head of Content and Community at buildAR If you spend time on twitter looking at the #augmentedreality and #edutech hashtags you will know that there is quite a lot of discussion going on about Augmented Reality, and how it can be used as an educational tool. And with good reason. The web is full of innovative examples of how Augmented Reality is used in classrooms around the world every day. The ability to overlay digital content and information onto the real world, using triggers like images and locations opens up a world of rich learning opportunities. There is a wide range of Augmented Reality applications for the classroom currently available and real, practical uses of the technology are easy to find. Misunderstanding The Complexity Yet there still seems to be a widespread belief that Augmented Reality is difficult to implement. How Does Browser-Based Augmented Reality Work? Want To Learn More?
Professor Mike Sharples - People Profiles - Open University
Profile For further information see My research concerns human-centred design of new technologies for learning. It involves gaining a deep understanding of how people work, play, learn and interact as a foundation for the design of novel socio-technical systems (people in interaction with technology). Qualifications PhD, 1984, University of Edinburgh, Thesis Title: ‘Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing’. B.Sc. Teaching Interests Teaching innovation: Pedagogy for eBooks project to promote research-led innovation within the OU, by understanding the opportunities to enhance teaching and learning processes of postgraduate students through next generation e-book technology, and examining new pedagogic practices that this emerging technology could support. Production of a series of Innovating Pedagogies reports, to inform policy makers and practitioners of innovations in higher education. Research Interests Mobile and contextual learning Other
The Evaluation of Next Generation Learning Technologies: the Case of Mobile Learning | John Traxler
to deliver informal and life-long learning, alongside conventional structured coursesand programmes; and other components of a larger political agenda such as personalised learning, work-based learning and skills-for-life to engage with industry and commerce by delivering more training and morevocational education; to compete globally and deliver internationally to work within more and more precise quality and regulatory regimes to teach increasing numbers of students in spite of static financial resources andinadequate and ageing estate.This suggests that ‘next generation’ trials and pilots working with new learning technologies inthese environments, in our case mobile technologies, must question the efficacy of traditionalevaluation techniques and must adapt and explore more imaginative and varied evaluationapproaches. The Purposes of Evaluation There are no a priori Rigorous, meaning that conclusions must be trustworthy and transferable Efficient, in terms of cost, effort, time
12 Sources for Free Images to Use on Your Blog and Social Media Posts
November 3, 2014 by Tricia Goss The image you choose can make or break your social media updates, blog posts and other content. But, finding the right picture to accompany your post can be challenging. Not only do you need to find one that complements your post and grabs readers’ attention, but you also have to make sure you are free to share the pic. When you know where to look, you can find professional, attractive photos that are free for you to use. Why We Love It: Every 10 days, Unsplash releases 10 new, high-resolution photos that you can use in any way you want. Searches and Downloads: There is no search feature, so you’ll have to browse to find the photo you want, but you can subscribe and have the 10 new pics emailed to you each week. Images at Pixabay are published under Creative Commons Public Domain deed CC0, so you can use and modify them without asking permission or paying attribution, even on social media. There is no search feature. Related September 25, 2014 In "Blogging"
HEAT
The Jisc TechDis HEAT Scheme funded over 80 projects designed to uncover or develop an aspect of accessible or inclusive practice. Staff involved in delivering Higher Education were invited to bid for items of technology to run small projects up to one year in duration, using them innovatively to develop or uncover an aspect of inclusive practice in their everyday activities - not all were involved in teaching- sometimes explicitly to benefit students or staff with particular impairments, sometimes implicitly in developing a use of technology which is by nature more inclusive than the previous, often non-technological method. The advantage of small scale funding is that it can be highly targeted and the administration and auditing burden is much lower than in large projects. Success comes quickly. The projects have been subdivided into categories to make it easier to find projects of interest: Related Resources HEAT at the Higher Education Academy Conference 2009
s WCAG 2.0 Checklist - for HTML documents
You are here: Home > Articles > WCAG > WCAG 2 Checklist Important! The following is NOT the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2. It is a checklist that presents our recommendations for implementing accessibility principles and techniques for those seeking WCAG conformance. The language used here significantly simplifies and condenses the official WCAG 2.1 specification and supporting materials to make it easier to implement and verify for web pages. Guidelines for using this checklist: This checklist should not be referenced in policies or in policy adoption. Success criteria added in WCAG 2.1 are marked as such and have a light green background. A PDF version of this checklist is also available Perceivable Web content is made available to the senses - sight, hearing, and/or touch Guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives: Provide text alternatives for any non-text content Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media: Provide alternatives for time-based media
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