Archive for the 'UsPaCe news' Category
Web2.0 for Busy Tutors
November 5th, 2009We’re pleased to announce we have completed our latest newsletter / helpsheet titled Web2.0 for Busy Tutors.
There are a number of free to use tools available via the Internet which have the potential to help students who have to work collaboratively. These tools are particularly useful for learners who [...]
Creating CV’s, Starting Reflection and an I-Phone
September 30th, 2008Today I was in City College Plymouth assisting a tutor with a couple of sessions. As part of their module the students are required to create a CV and do reflection.
Today we got them to use UsPaCe as a tool for creating the basics of a CV by adding information to their profile. They [...]
City College Plymouth – Student Induction Afternoon
September 23rd, 2008So today was the big one, an afternoon of inducting students from various courses at City College Plymouth.
We made a few tweaks learning from our experience yesterday with the 12 Public Services students – removed and added a few bits to the presentation and changed a few steps in the sign up process. I also [...]
New Intute and University of Plymouth Colleges I-Google Gadgets
July 25th, 2008This week I’ve finished the last couple of gadgets for our I-Google tabs.
I have developed a simple University of Plymouth Colleges gadget which links to the main university intranet, email and library services.
The second gadget allows a direct search of the Intute database of educational resources. I’d like to open this gadget up to [...]
Focus Group #4 Public Services Foundation Degree – (Plymouth College of Further Education)
March 19th, 2008Today we visited a very bright and enthuastic group of students studying Public Services Foundation Degree. We had an updated presentation incorperating a lot of the changes we had taken on board from the 3 previous groups. Unlike the other groups, these students were full time which is great as now we have a good [...]
JISC E-Learning Programme Meeting (Birmingham)
March 14th, 2008This week Neil and I travelled to Birmingham for the JISC E-Learning Programme Meeting. It was a productive day out, particularly for me as it was my first JISC event and a good opportunity to meet and discuss aspects of our project with other project teams and also the JISC team. It’s given me lots [...]
Focus Group #3 Sheltered Housing Studies (Cambourne, Cornwall)
March 13th, 2008I am a couple of days behind this week but better late then never
On monday we travelled through hideous weather and gale force winds (avoiding swerving high-top vehicles and the odd loose hubcap) down to Camborne again for our 3rd focus group. This group was relatively small compared to the others we had [...]
UsPaCe Flyer
March 6th, 2008The first (of hopefully many) UsPaCe flyers is now available for downloading. The ‘What is it all about?’ flyer gives an introduction to the UsPaCe project
Focus Group # 2 – Saltash (Cornwall College) Lean Manufacturing
February 27th, 2008Yesterday we held our second focus group at Saltash. The group were friendly and helpful we appreciate their assistance particularly having had a long day of teaching and staying on at the end of their day to take part.
Some interesting issues were raised by members of the group. Access to the web when in [...]
Focus Group #1 – Camborne Health Studies Students
February 26th, 2008Yesterday we held our first focus group in Camborne, Cornwall. The group of Health Studies students were a friendly bunch and by the end of the session lots of great ideas, feedback and questions were being voiced. This session, the first of six, gave us a great insight into what the students were frustrated by [...]
