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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2025 · 48 MIN

Students and Technology at the University of Nottingham

from The iTeach Online Podcast · host iTeach Online, University of Nottingham, UK

Students and tech. That age old conundrum. Are today's students digital natives or something else entirely? First up, Simon is chatting with Dr Denise Sweeny from the School of Education about her recent research paper, “Students’ experiences of educational technology use to facilitate university learning: factors influencing their mediation of learning” and the different ways that students can be observed with technology in their pursuit of knowledge. Then David McMahon and Steven Galloway from the School of Life Sciences, join Simon to discuss their unique way of facilitating group work when it comes to creating a digital magazine with their students. Hosts   Ben Atkinson, Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr   Guests   Denise Sweeney, David McMahon and Steven Galloway Running Order   00:00 Welcome back  01:02 Denise Sweeney discussion  20:17 Thoughts on what Denise had to say  23:32 David McMahon and Steven Galloway chat with Simon  46:38 Wrap Up   Links   Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠⁠our blog⁠⁠  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly.  Visit our ⁠⁠SharePoint site⁠⁠ (University of Nottingham only)   Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.      Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠⁠Music Radio Creative⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.  

Students and tech. That age old conundrum. Are today's students digital natives or something else entirely? First up, Simon is chatting with Dr Denise Sweeny from the School of Education about her recent research paper, “Students’ experiences of educational technology use to facilitate university learning: factors influencing their mediation of learning” and the different ways that students can be observed with technology in their pursuit of knowledge. Then David McMahon and Steven Galloway from the School of Life Sciences, join Simon to discuss their unique way of facilitating group work when it comes to creating a digital magazine with their students. Hosts   Ben Atkinson, Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr   Guests   Denise Sweeney, David McMahon and Steven Galloway Running Order   00:00 Welcome back  01:02 Denise Sweeney discussion  20:17 Thoughts on what Denise had to say  23:32 David McMahon and Steven Galloway chat with Simon  46:38 Wrap Up   Links   Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠⁠our blog⁠⁠  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly.  Visit our ⁠⁠SharePoint site⁠⁠ (University of Nottingham only)   Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.      Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠⁠Music Radio Creative⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.

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