Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

This website and blog is designed to help all of us working at London Met to share our passion for teaching and learning.
There are resources here on the site that people can use whenever they want to hopefully feed their passion for emancipatory and creative learning, teaching and assessment (LTA). There will be fortnightly blogposts sharing tips on easy-to-use ideas that can be embedded into any module at any level to develop student learning and success.

"take just 5 minutes" to: - find a new idea - share how you applied it to your subject/module - share a new approach - add a comment...

I was a skeptic, but I’m not anymore. I didn’t think there would be an easy and free way to build Virtual Reality experiences. I didn’t even have a need for Virtual Reality, so I never gave it a thought.

A few weeks ago, a colleague reached out to a group of learning professionals that I happened to be a part of. They asked if anyone in the field of learning had been working with Virtual Reality, also known as VR. My internal reaction was "Well, no, but I can figure out how to do it!". That’s how it usually begins with me. Someone asks a question about technology and I can’t get it out of my mind. I’m a do-it-yourself kind of gal. My hobby is testing out technologies and creating awareness in the learning community about those technologies.

I am lucky to know some amazing teachers. I know teachers who are throwing open the doors of their classrooms and partnering with community organizations, libraries, and museums to expand students’ learning opportunities. I know teachers who are flipping the hierarchical teacher-student relationship on its head to allow students to take the lead in their learning. I know teachers who are linking their students to networks that discuss and take action on the most pressing issues of the day.

Whether you want to increase student engagement or minimize your own stress, you’ll find ideas here.

For a teacher, trying to come up with creative ways to teach your students can sometimes be a challenge. Thankfully there are some easy ways to spark creative thinking in your classroom. How about exploring some education Pinterest boards for some cool stuff?

When I read Camillia Matuk’s The Learning Affordances of Augmented Reality For Museum Exhibits on Human Health, I knew I wanted to speak with her about AR and learning. Camillia is assistant professor of educational communication and technology at New York University (with a Ph.D. in the learning sciences from Northwestern University, an MSc in biomedical communications from the University of Toronto, and a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Windsor.)

I have a confession to make. Over the festive period I binge-watched a number of DVD boxed sets. I watched multiple episodes of the Walking Dead, Scandal and Game of Thrones. It hasn't got any better. Now work has started again, I've been spending time each evening watching The West Wing.