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The Learning Technology team have successfully supported a live radio streaming event for The School of the Arts at the University.
Richard Hollingum (Principal Lecturer – Arts – Media, English & Culture) created a unique opportunity for students to broadcast a live radio programe from The School of the Arts Radio Broadcasting suite at Avenue Campus.
The broadcast was routed through the Helix Streaming Server at the University and was subsequently made available to the World Wide Web via an embedded link to a “Real” player within the School of the Arts University web page.
The broadcast period lasted three days (8th – 10th June 2011).
Further details can be obtained from Rob Davis – Learning Technologist – 01604 893531)
The Learning Technology team have successfully supported the Northampton Busines School lecturers KathyMortimer and Sally Laurie in Skyping into a Marketing conference in Australia alongside a team from the USA.
Kathy and Sally have facilited a team of marketing students to present to a Marketing Conference in Australia via a Skype link which also allowed a student team from a University in the USA to also present. The event meant a late start as the time difference in Australia resulted in the Northampton team presenting at 01.00am in the morning!
All went well, with only the occassional connection drop-out with Skype. The event was held in the Avenue CTC room (Creative Teaching Centre) which allowed for dedicated large screen visual and enhanced audio provision to make the students feel like they were really at the Conference in Australia. “…..a great experience that went well. Our student did a great job.” -( Sally Laurie)
For further information contact Rob Davis – Learning Technologist 01604 893531
Kirsty Mason used the Flipcams during a simulated Child Protection conference, which had a big positive impact on the students and the tutors. Read more by following the link.]
This is an interesting case study on the use of the multiple choice tool in NILE to assess students. Have a read and feel free to comment.
The University of Northampton hosts the regional training and development of police recruits and this case study looks at the benefits of using NILE for active management of work-based learning tasks. Additionally, it explored the range of tools within NILE to broaden the training strategies currently utilised with police.
The University Skills Lab is a great setting to run sessions which simulated real practice environments, and this case study highlights just one example of how it can improve learning for students.
This is an interesting look at the use of the Wii game console used in a health context. The Wii has been around for a few years, it’s an old console but there’s still plenty of benefits to be had in health settings. Check out the case study and if you want to borrow one of our Wii’s then let us know.
More and more tutors in the School of Health are using Flipcams, and here’s another example of some interesting work which took place recently.
A couple of weeks ago lecturers from the School of Health and Information Services held a video conference call to colleagues in Malaysia. This was the first time we had all used Skype so I was nervous, but the call went perfectly. The audio was clear, the video sync’d to the speech and it was just like holding a normal conversation.
We also recorded the call using a Skype add-in called Vodburner which means the lecturers can look over the call and review the questions and issues raised.
Overall I was pleased with the way it went and I would encourage other tutors to try out Skype.
Click on the link for an interesting case study from Kardi Somerfield in the Northampton Business School. If you are interested in trying out some of Kardi’s suggestions for NILE styling then get in touch with us.
