Episodes
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#71 Return of the digital voice
Andrew Middleton returns to reinstate the LTA Podcast. Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#70 Reporting on e-learning 2.0
Andrew Middleton reports on the e-learning 2.0 conference at Brunel University, 6-7 July 2009. In doing so, he attempts to find a new manageable way of reporting on what happened and what was significant. With reference to notes made at the time, he attempts to create a 10 minute audio report…
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#69 Audio Active at e-learning 2.0
Andrew Middleton shares outputs from the short paper presented at elearning 2.0, Brunel University, 6-7 July 2009. A pause for breath half way heralded a series of 3 minute activities that are introduced and reprooduced here. The term a-learning 2.0 is introduced, examined and quickly disposed of...
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#68 Media Chairs
Andrew Middleton shares a couple of audio activities from the most recent Media Frenzy: Media Chairs and/or Pass the Parcel - who knows?! This demonstrates how audio devices can be used to promote and facilitate conversation and prime further learning activity. Contact: email lta-podcast "AT"...
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#67 Media-enhanced learning
This recording comes from the discussion that followed the most recent Media Frenzy event. This is the point where I, and those taking part, have the opportunity to ask, "What does this mean for academic practice?" Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#66 Media and the Frenzies
A product from a Media Frenzy. This is what it's all about! featuring the sample "ditto, ditto!" by DoKashiteru, 2009 - Licensed under Creative Commons, Sampling Plus Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#65 Media Frenzy
Andrew Middleton reports on the Media Frenzy, a student digital creativity challenge event he organised at Sheffield Hallam University. Mathew Love, a lecturer in Art, Design, Communications and Media, discusses why this sort of event is useful to students, including his first years. Contact…
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#64 e-Role Play
Claire Craig, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy in Sheffield Hallam's faculty of Health and Wellbeing, talks about e-Role play, one of her innovative approaches to teaching. Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#63 Educational podcasting - generating ideas for a book
This podcast episode presents a series of activities that invite you to participate in the writing of a book about innovative models for educational podcasting. The activities, which are introduced and accompanied by a downloadable work book, guide you through some simple techniques that will…
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#62 Audio Feedback: timely media interventions
Recording of the session entitled Audio Feedback: timely media interventions from the Blended Learning Conference 2008, University of Hertfordshire, 19 June 2008Abstract: Audio feedback involves the use of distributed digital audio to provide formative messages to students helping them to develop...
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#61 Connected
In this episode Andrew Middleton creates a commentary on the use of technologies whilst attending a two day conference - remotely. He attempts to answer the question: how does virtual attendance compare to attending a conference in person? As well as using the Adobe Acrobat Connections webinar...
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#60 Digital storytelling for HE
Digital Storytelling is yet to make a large impact on Higher Education in the UK. This is about to change. A small, but growing network of academic innovators is emerging recognising the potential of DST as a way of sharing experience, of developing one's understanding through the process of…
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#59 Picture This!
cc Elmada, 2007 An exhibition of photographs to enhance learning. Students and staff are invited to submit photographs to an exhibition of photographs and stories to be held in Sheffield Hallam University in May 2008. There is also a photo competition to encourage students to submit work. A…
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#58 Photographic interventions
Luke Bennett, a Senior Lecturer in the Built Environment subject group, shares his experience of using cameras to liven up law teaching. He has taken two approaches: the creative integration of photographs in his own teaching materials, and secondly by setting photography-based student…
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#57 Clinical skills vodcasts
Carol Pollard and Andrew Jackson talk to Andrew Middleton about how and why they are learning to develop digital video for clinical skills development amongst nursing students. Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#56 Flickr assignments
Natalie Turner, a Graphic Designer lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, discusses how Flickr, the Web 2.0 photo sharing application, has been used to support a field trip based assignment. Contact: email lta-podcast "AT" shu.ac.uk
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#55 Shared Futures - a Change Academy model initiative
This recording captures a preliminary event for the Sheffield Hallam Change Academy Shared Futures initiative. It is being led from the Learning and Teaching Institute by Abbi Flint of the Educational Change team. I spoke to several of the groups and individuals participating in this…
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#54 Audio feedback in the lab
In this episode Andrew Middleton talks with Anne Nortcliffe about the use of Audio Feedback in supporting her Software Engineering students. She discusses the specific approach she has formulated in providing formative, timely and engaging feedback by recording and distributing lab conversations....
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#53 Institution or student owned technology? - some conclusions on the academic adoption of Web 2.0
This is the third recording that has emanated from the ALT-C workshop that set out to evaluate the fit between Web 2.0 technologies and e-portfolios led by Susannah Diamond and Andrew Middleton from Sheffield Hallam University. Reflecting on the workshop, and the outcomes of the various...
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#52 Role play as a research method
Susannah Diamond and Andrew Middleton discuss the design and facilitation of a role play activity from a workshop they led at the ALT-C 2007 conference at Nottingham University. The role play was intended to reveal the perspectivities of various academic stakeholders with regard to the adoption…
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#51 Evaluating the fit between Web 2.0 and student portfolios
Susannah Diamond and Andrew Middleton led a workshop at the ALT-C 2007 conference at Nottingham University that set out to consider the opportunities and appropriateness of Web 2.0 applications as student portfolio applications. This podcast presents the discussion from the last part of the...
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#50 Collaboration and technology
Andrew Middleton speaks with Matt Gough about collaboration and technology. The interview followed a performance by Matt in collaboration with three other artists who between them used dance and various new and old technologies to transfer and mediate knowledge. It is hoped that by immediately...
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#49 MyChingo
This episode describes how a web-based application called MyChingo is allowing academics to invite students to leave voice notes in their Blackboard courses. We hear from Cheryl Middleton an academic in the ACES faculty, a student placement who worked with Cheryl, one of the students from her...
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#48 Engaging Educational Podcasts
Participants in an educational podcasting workshop discuss the question "What makes an engaging educational podcast?" This short episode repeats the activity carried out in episode #44, and many of the responses here echo what was suggested earlier. The podcast illustrates another aspect of...
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#47 Immersive Virtual Environments
Rob Appleyard talks to Andrew Middleton about his research into Immersive Virtual Environments. Rob, from our Faculty of Heath and Wellbeing, describes IVEs in general and discusses his own research that relates to developing a 3D awareness of anatomy by using interactive IVEs. Contact: email...
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Features and interviews about innovation in learning, teaching and assessment(LTA) for staff at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
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Andrew Middleton
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