Tweet We are seeing an increasing interest in the use of Clickers to gather student thoughts during face to face teaching sessions. However, many staff don’t realise the Elevate team support another interactive classroom technology to facilitate student feedback. We also support the use of http://www.polleverywhere.com, which allows you to create a web space where [...]
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During the 2010/2011 academic year, the service will aim to:
- Evaluate the effective use of classroom technologies to enhance learning and teaching at the University Campus Suffolk
- Foster the emergence of a community of practice around the use of classroom technologies
- Capture and disseminate good practice in the use of classroom technologies at the University Campus Suffolk
- Feed into discussions around the technologies installed in Teaching Areas at the University Campus Suffolk
To see more information about the service, click on the service catalogue. This answers the following broad questions;
- An overview of what the service is about
- What is included within the service, and what should they expect
- Who to contact about issues
- The degree to which the services supported… and what happens when things go wrong!
Text walls offer an interesting way of gathering student thoughts during face to face teaching
AndyR 
September 13th, 2012 Ever thought of using a text wall in your face to face teaching?
AndyR June 6th, 2012 Tweet The Elevate Team have purchased a text wall service (www.polleverywhere.com) for those who would like to pilot the use of free text interaction in the classroom. The service will allow you to gather student free text response via them texting, completing an online form or using Twitter. We used it to gather audience thoughts [...]
You said, we did … improving the way you book the clickers
AndyR March 16th, 2012 Tweet Informed by user feedback we have changed the online booking form for the clickers (TurningPoint – Audience Response System) - http://creativewebscape.com/bookclickers/ The new form is based around a calendar, therefore you can see when they are booked or available, and you now will receive an email validation and confirmation of your booking (yippee). The rest [...]
Interactive Poster Prototype #UCSConnect #aurasma
AaronB February 22nd, 2012 Tweet The Elevate Team have been working with Sam Chenery-Morris, a lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Sam is presenting a poster at the RCN Education Forum Conference titled “Evaluating Midwifery Practice “. The Elevate picked up on this poster during a chat with Sam as part of the “Learning Technologist for a [...]
Posted in Classroom Tech, Mobile Learning, Projects & Pilots 
Tags: Augmented Reality, Aurasma, UCS Connect 
1 Comment »Using Clickers in Teaching and Learning
AndyR December 6th, 2011 Tweet As we near the end of the calendar year, we’ve seen a steady growth in interest for the clickers (audience response systems) at UCS Ipswich. Between September and December 2011, we have had 28 bookings (excludes bookings for Student Induction), from 13 people (so lots of repeat bookings). There seems to be more discussion [...]
Capturing lectures, student presentations etc.,
AndyR November 16th, 2011 Tweet There is a growing interest from staff at UCS around recording their lectures or student presentations. For instance, a recent request is to record student presentations which are to be assessed (by two internal assessors, and an external examiner). This would mean the external examiner would get the opportunity to view it, while student [...]
The use of clickers at UCS: reflections on academic year 2010/11
AndyR May 17th, 2011 Tweet I’ve written the report of the initial observations and staff feedback on the use of clicker’s (audience response system) to enhance the learning experience. The full report is available from: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12497737/reports/clickers_report_2011_elevate.pdf The outcomes were very encouraging. The executive summary is; In January 2011, the Elevate Team started administrating an audience response system (clickers) pilot [...]
New Featured Video: Debut Video Capture
AndyR April 8th, 2011 Tweet We’ve a new featured video for April 2011. It is a talk through of the Debut Video Capture Software which is available on all networked PCs. The video discusses how to set and record (capture) the screen. This supports an increase in interest in screen casting across the institution. We’ve a number of resources [...]
Testing desktop conferencing with the big blue button
AndyR April 7th, 2011 Tweet A very common request from staff has been for desktop conferencing to run webinars, 1-2-1 support, e-workshops etc., Infact, a session was run successfully with a presenter in the USA and the rest of the group in Ipswich last week (more to follow from Aaron). The Elevate Team have been investigating various software to [...]
A new featured video: Introducing the visualiser
AndyR March 24th, 2011 Tweet As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve changed the featured video. This featured video is one created by the team as part of our Classroom Technologies Series: What stuff is around me? This 4 min video introduces staff to the visualiser, which is standard in most teaching rooms. This tool is often forgotten by staff but [...]
