Catching up with WebLearn

Members of WISE pilot groups met up in December 2015 at a WISE Champions community event at IT Services. It was an opportunity for participants in the WISE project to  share ideas and see examples of newly designed WebLearn sites. The … Continue reading

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Do you use peer assessment?

The WebLearn team have released a new step-by-step guide to help staff who wish to use the “Peer assessment” option in the Assignments tool. Benefits Students can comment on and mark each others’ work. Tutors can review the comments and revise … Continue reading

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WISE improvements Phase 1

As well as collaborating with Faculties to launch new WebLearn sites, the WISE team have been working with our technical developers to improve the WebLearn design and interface, based on feedback from staff and students. We have concentrated our efforts … Continue reading

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Presenting WISE

The WISE team have given presentations at the recent Sakai 2015 virtual conference. Sakai is the open source software which powers WebLearn. Amongst the presentations by colleagues were: 1) On the Journey: developing templates Steve Burholt and Xavier Laurent show how … Continue reading

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WISE designs

Departments and faculties across the University have been busy launching their revamped WebLearn sites. The screenshots below show the variety of front page designs. For more information including larger screenshots, see the project website.

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Web-Learning from History

Learning Technologists Steve and Xavier from the WebLearn team have given a presentation at the recent UAS Conference, along with colleagues in the History Faculty to demonstrate the Faculty’s revamped WebLearn site. Key features of the new site include: A simple structure, easily navigated by all … Continue reading

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A step in the right direction

At the heart of the WISE project is the aim to improve the student experience of WebLearn.  Here is a word cloud which describes the aims of the project.

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WISE project on the road

(picture shows Learning Technologist Fawei Geng working with the Department of Social Policy and Intervention). The WISE team have been talking to lecturers, staff and administrators to gather requirements for their new, or improved WebLearn sites.  The process normally involves: … Continue reading

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