E-learning
Introduction
Welcome to the e-learning area of the website. This e-learning area currently consists of a growing archive of projects we have either sponsored or carried out ourselves looking at the ways in which technology is enhancing the teaching of English studies.
Current work
One of the most exciting developments for the academic year 2009/10 is the arrival of the Subject Centre’s new e-learning consultant, Dr Rosie Miles from the University of Wolverhampton. Rosie is an enthusiastic user of her institution’s VLE with her students and has worked with us over a number of years in e-learning projects and initiatives. Make sure you also check her new blog: ‘A year in the life of e-learning in English’ and don’t forget to leave a comment! You can read more about what Rosie can offer on her web page.
We are currently working with our 4 cognate Subject Centres on a one-year major pilot project to design an ‘open’ collection of teaching materials across the humanities. We are calling it HumBox. We have also recently completed an innovative project exploring the pedagogical effectiveness of the Virtual World ‘Second Life’ with our colleagues at the PALATINE (Dance, Music and Drama). A seed guide for those starting out with VLE’s will be published shortly, as well as a Good Practice Guide to Online discussion.
The Duologue project looked at the rollout of a VLE in the English department at the University of Durham and examined the pedagogical issues from the viewpoint of both the students and staff involved. Digital Resources for Teaching and Discussion was a major project which examined how digital resources can assist learning and teaching and is designed to stimulate discussion about the use of digital resources in the discipline.
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EEBO Workshop
Encouraging Student-Centred Interaction Online – Birmingham, January 2009 – Event videos
Creative Writing: teaching & technology – April 2008 – Event videos
Creating & Assessing Online Discussion Forums – 2005 Event Videos
Teaching the New English: Teaching, Technology, Textuality – Approaches to New Media
Edited by Michael Hanrahan and Deborah L. Madsen Print Pub Date: March 2006 Online Date: December 2008 Overview This exciting volume in the Teaching the New English series is concerned with establishing the ways in which English Studies, with its capacity to embrace a...
Integrating PDP (Personal Development Planning) and the e-portfolio PebblePAD into the English curriculum: Students’ perspectives.
Author Marina Orsini-Jones (Dott. Lett. Bologna; M.A. Warwick; HEA Fellow) First Year Course Tutor – English/Teaching Development Fellow Faculty of Business Environment and Society/Centre for the Study of Higher Education George Eliot Building, Coventry University...
E-learning: Additional reference
Useful starting points E-learning General The Theory & Practice of Online Learning - Second edition Edited by Terry Anderson & Fathi Elloumi a feely downloadable book on the subject focusing primarily on distance teaching but plenty of use to all online...
Report 5: English & IT
Overview The report is a description of the state of C&IT in relation to English teaching in the UK (Published in December 2002) and is therefore relevant to anyone interested in the development of the subject as a whole. The report ostensibly describes the...
Report 21: Online Discussion in English Studies: A Good Practice Guide to Design, Moderation and Assessment
Overview This new Good Practice Guide provides a long overdue introduction to the use of one of the most widely available and easy to use elearning tools - the discussion board. The Guide provides a wealth of practical advice about how to start using discussion boards...
Depositing a Learning Object with JORUM
Author Dr Stuart Lee Oxford University Computer Services & English faculty University of Oxford Summary As part of the project to build the online Old English coursepack, funded by the English Subject Centre, the completed web site was deposited within JORUM....