Posted by: fionagrindey on: 22 May, 2009
The May edition of activity from the University Island and beyond has just been mailed to all on the second-life mailing list. If you would like to be added to the list, please visit the majordomo website (http://www.lists.soton.ac.uk) for further information.
Don’t forget – the next Second Life seminar will be on September 23rd in [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 22 May, 2009
Everyone welcome to attend a meeting of minds to discuss issues/processes around ‘Creating an online Masters’. we have gathered together people from across the University who are actively involved in creating masters programmes for online delivery. The meeting will be on July 6th and is organised by Fiona Grindey. Please contact fg@soton.ac.uk [...]
Posted by: adam1warren on: 23 March, 2009
This is a report on the first session of Learning and Teaching Week 2009, organised by Hugh Davis (University Director of Education for E-Learning) – 11.00-12.30 Monday 23 March in B27/3007. It focused on the issues raised by the current movement towards open (freely shared) educational resources, especially in relation to EdShare, the University’s new [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 24 September, 2008
LATEU hosted a Second Life Seminar on Tuesday 23rd September. Over 20 people attended with a range of Schools and Professional Services represented. There were presentations from Academics on how they have been using Second Life for both research and teaching. Helen Aspell from Communications gave a presentation on the new University Island and explained [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 22 July, 2008
Staff are invited to apply for funding for projects and activities which support the achievements of the University of Southampton Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy and the University of Southampton E-Learning Strategy. The scheme is open to all staff involved in teaching, or learning support, and individuals or teams may apply.
There is a common application [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 6 June, 2008
Julie Watson from the eLanguages team will be presenting the Arrival UK course at the Third International Blended Learning Conference mid June. More details can be found here from their own website.
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 2 June, 2008
As you may have already realised, the Good Practice Lunches have now concluded for this academic year. This prompted the question from the LATEU team that it would be a good time to get some feedback from all of our colleagues.
As we are planning for the next academic year, it would be useful for us [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 28 May, 2008
We are very excited to offer you a pilot course this summer in which Second Life experts from Clemson University in South Carolina, the University of North Dakota will be collaborating with the University of
Southampton to learn more about Second Life and how it can be used as a tool for education.
Second Life is a [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 16 May, 2008
If you or any of your colleagues are using virtual worlds, like Second Life, There.com or Home to enhance your teaching then please let us know. In September, LATEU will be hosting an event aimed at showcasing innovations in education using these immersive environments and in particular, Second Life. There will also be an opportunity [...]
Posted by: fionagrindey on: 16 May, 2008
This event is taking place on 21st May in Oxford. A LATEU representative will be attending and will report back on issues raised. For more details about this event, either visit the HEA web site or if you are a member of the Southampton Educators Network you can see these details in the RSS section [...]