# data[].attributes.body
https://ucu.london.ac.uk/

I helped set up this site for the UoL UCU branch. Have tried to encourage committee to use it more. Such is the fate of many blogs.

# data[].attributes.body
Share a blog or blogpost that you have come across that supports learning and teaching

# data[].attributes.body
I subscribe to the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)'s blog. Regular contributions are made by members of ALT, sharing their practice and research into the use of technology in education.
https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog

# data[].attributes.body
I'm looking for some new e-learning blogs. Looking forward to seeing what you post!

# data[].attributes.body
https://hanatichaeltblog.wordpress.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I like the blogs written by language students on their year abroad. One of my favourites is 'Neither here nor there' by Elizabeth Gibson, a student at Manchester University http://lgfrance.blogspot.co.uk/

# data[].attributes.body
Well, I don't follow any blogs, but by completing this activity I found one that I might be interested to follow, it's from the BBC and it' about teaching English. Here is the link: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blog

# data[].attributes.headline
Hi there! Acutally I don't really follow a blog, but I sometimes read this one:

# data[].attributes.subject
Hi there! Acutally I don't really follow a blog, but I sometimes read this one:

# data[].attributes.body
http://www.dirkvongehlen.de/
It is not about e-leanring in higher education in particular but about the ramifications of digitization in general. And it's in German.

# data[].attributes.body
Joe Kirby is a secondary school teacher but his blog deals with many issues common to all educators. Clear thinking and provoking

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
I'm Deputy Headteacher at Michaela, a school in London. I write about teaching, research, curriculum and assessment, teacher training, leadership and the education system. MICHAELA:
BEHAVIOUR TEACHING COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT TRAINING LEADERSHIP EDUCATION SYSTEM

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
I'm Deputy Headteacher at Michaela, a school in London. I write about teaching, research, curriculum and assessment, teacher training, leadership and the education system. MICHAELA: BEHAVIOUR TEACHING COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT TRAINING LEADERSHIP EDUCATION SYSTEM

# data[].attributes.body
I am a blended learning teacher so my favorite blog for education is http://www.blendedlearning.org/blog/

# data[].attributes.body
The blog I seem to go to the most and enjoy the most is http://www.blendedlearning.org/blog/

# data[].attributes.body
I had been using this blog for several years to allow people to receive a video (story telling - coursera class) related to my weekly writings on my web page: http://csfasis.wix.com/semanario#!semanario

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video.

# data[].attributes.body
This link is for Spanish language learners http://www.fluentu.com/blog/spanish/

# data[].attributes.body
https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I follow the VetGirl Blog which provides practical, clinically relevant, veterinary continuing education (with a few humour our posts about life in the profession along the way!):
https://vetgirlontherun.com/blog

# data[].attributes.body
This one prepares me for my retirement in the sun
https://siciliangodmother.com/

# data[].attributes.body
DVM's venting anonymously about frustrating situations (often involving clients, of course!) in an often very humorous way. Though not updated much anymore, there are years of great archived posts.
http://vetsbehavingbadly.blogspot.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I have just searched for a blog that I might use with my students and found this link:-
http://makeeducationinteractive.blogspot.ae/

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/online-testing
I like the humor and insight from a different perspective within the community college.

# data[].attributes.headline
This is my own blog that I created a few years ago

# data[].attributes.subject
This is my own blog that I created a few years ago

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
I'm acutely aware that, since my situation has changed, the things I want to write about are not really appropriate for this blog, so I've started a new one:
The way I'm making sense of baby
Whilst I sincerely hope that my happy ending gives hope to others, I am well aware that those who have found my story whilst searching for hope and help probably won't want to hear about the new chapter in my life.

I will still keep track of new research into RMC and write about it as and when I become aware of it. I am so grateful to the mumsnet forum members who first alerted me to the existence of the Implantation Clinic team at Coventry ( http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/tsm/bru/clinic/), without which I honestly believe I would never have been able to carry my baby to (almost) term.

Wishing everyone still trying all the very best, and thank you for reading.

Posted in Uncategorized

For the birthday boy!

The way I'm making sense of miscarriage
View original post 1,151 more words

Posted in Uncategorized

Poor puss is going to be usurped.

Posted in Uncategorized

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
I'm acutely aware that, since my situation has changed, the things I want to write about are not really appropriate for this blog, so I've started a new one: The way I'm making sense of baby Whilst I sincerely hope that my happy ending gives hope to others, I am well aware that those who have found my story whilst searching for hope and help probably won't want to hear about the new chapter in my life.

# data[].attributes.body
I follow Dr. Sarah Boston https://drsarahboston.com/ - she is a veterinary oncologist, who has survived cancer herself and she blogs about all manner of things; politics, veterinary contentious issues, scientific advances ... anything goes! We also follow each other on Twitter and recently met in person for the first time at a conference! Proof that social media can definitely assist with networking!

# data[].attributes.body
Very interesting educational blog
https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I also love following blogs that I can relate to funny/serious events as ateacher. Like the folowing:

# data[].attributes.body
https://explorationsofstyle.com/
I follow this blog on academic writing. It is well written and offers an insight to students on how to develop their writing.

# data[].attributes.body
This is an important and educative site for teachers, students, educators, parents and everybody who is interested in education. https://edublogs.org/

# data[].attributes.body
I follow this blog which features lots of different illustration artists :) http://www.boxbird.co.uk/blog/

# data[].attributes.body
This article links to a number of HE blogs:
https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/higher-education-network-blog/2012/aug/23/top-higher-education-policy-blogs
Teresa

# data[].attributes.body
I like this blog that I recently discovered - the post "The traditional lecture is dead. I would know - I'm a professor" is particularly relevant to this course :)
https://www.wired.com/category/science/

# data[].attributes.body
I use an RSS feed block in Moodle to promote this blog in a Blended Learning course that I have delivered.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
One mistake many e-learning experts make is that they talk about "e-learning" as if it's a single thing and always focused on performance improvement. They talk about engagement and interactivity and measurable objectives. Those are all good things and super important for many courses. However, anything not linked to performance is then considered ineffective. But are those things always the measure of effective e-learning? A common challenge is your organization focuses more on getting content out and less about learning engagement, and probably not about measurable improvement. This may appear to be ...

Storyline 360 includes a 360° image feature where one can insert interactive markers and labels. On top of that, one can also leverage all the other capabilities of Storyline and layer content on top of the image. Last week, the e-learning challenge was to create some 360° image interactions. Some of the submissions intrigued me with how they used other layers and variables to track movement through the 360° image. Here are four examples from the weekly challenge that demonstrate this: 360° Image Example: Once in a ...

When I create presentations for our webinars or workshops, I like to use the imagery from our e-learning community or the Articulate website. They're on-brand and with the illustrations, we have a lot from which to choose. When I created training at previous organizations, I did something similar. If you need to collect images from your company site to use in your training this tip should help. Usually when I find an image, I right-click to save. However, this is a bit ...

In a recent workshop on creating interactions, we looked at ways to take a single image and create interactive content. It's a good practice activity because many of us aren't graphic designers so it helps us see different ways to use stock imagery that doesn't require a lot of editing. And it gets us to think about interactive content in ways we may not initially consider. The general idea is to find a single image that you can use for an interaction. A few things I look for:

...

In e-learning software like Storyline 360 and Rise 360 you can record (or import) audio narration into your courses. Since many e-learning developers tend to produce all media that belongs in the course, recording audio narration usually is one of those responsibilities. That means there are a lot of people that record audio narration who aren't trained voice over talent. If you have money and the time, using professional voice over talent makes sense. But most of us don't have that luxury. So here are some ...

A guest post by Elizabeth Pawlicki, Training Program Manager, Articulate. You need a portfolio! Even if you're not currently looking for a new job, maintaining a portfolio is important as an archive to highlight your work and experience. In previous posts, we covered what should be in your portfolio and how to build one (with links to some potential sites). However, I continue to get questions on how to host and manage a portfolio. That's what I'll cover today. Free Portfolio Site Recently I came across a free tool called ...

I love free icons and illustrations that can be used in e-learning. Here are some good ones for the health and medical industries courtesy of Health Icons. What's cool is that the icons are open source and free to use in commercial projects without any attribution requirement. Why are the icons free? " Health Icons is a volunteer effort to create a 'global good' for health projects all over the world. These icons are available in the public domain for use in any type of project. The project is hosted by ...

Online training is hot right now. And between video chat services like Zoom and course authoring tools like Articulate 360, there's a lot of content creation. Since creating the e-learning content is easy, there's often an increased demand to create yet more online training. And with that demand is the need to manage resources, which for most training organizations is limited. Any opportunity to save time (and money) is a good thing. Here are three ideas to help manage your e-learning resources. They help improve development time and decrease the ...

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Rapid E-Learning Blog | Practical, real-world tips for e-learning success.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
One mistake many e-learning experts make is that they talk about "e-learning" as if it's a single thing and always focused on performance improvement. They talk about engagement and interactivity and measurable objectives. Those are all good things and super important for many courses. However, anything not linked to performance is then considered ineffective.

# data[].attributes.body
'provoking deeper thinking'
The title just got me hooked!
e-Learning Provocateur

# data[].attributes.body
This is a great blog about rapid innovation and the importance of speed in the interactive innovation process.

https://nbry.wordpress.com

# data[].attributes.headline
This one is about keeping up to date with antiques news.  However, the posts aren't as frequent as they used to be

# data[].attributes.subject
This one is about keeping up to date with antiques news.  However, the posts aren't as frequent as they used to be

# data[].attributes.body
http://blog.millersantiquesguide.com/

# data[].attributes.body
https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I want to know more and more about other teacher's classroom management methods. This blog gives many examples:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/big-and-small-classroom-management-strategies-todd-finley

# data[].attributes.body
This guy tends to focus on topics most relevant to those working in elearning in corporate training contexts.However, he seems to take quite an interesting, sometimes irreverent approach which can cut throughsome  of the marketing speak out there. Useful for picking up on technology trends now and for the future.

https://elearninfo247.com/

# data[].attributes.headline
A blog on flowers, planting and gifts :)

# data[].attributes.subject
A blog on flowers, planting and gifts :)

# data[].attributes.body
I use blogs to improve students' imersion in a second language. This is the funniest Blog in Portuguese, with comments on everyday topics.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
O melhor blogue de Portugal, segundo a minha avó. Mas ela tem Alzheimer e não se lembra que é analfabeta. Opiniões, humor e muita parvoíce.

# data[].attributes.headline
I followed David Colquhoun's blog for many years. Sadly he doesn't seem to be updating it any longer, but it is still worth a read if you enjoy "quack-busting"!

# data[].attributes.subject
I followed David Colquhoun's blog for many years. Sadly he doesn't seem to be updating it any longer, but it is still worth a read if you enjoy "quack-busting"!

# data[].attributes.body
http://www.dcscience.net/

# data[].attributes.body
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
This is useful to learn that how a teacher can get benefit from the technology available and reachable for all.

# data[].attributes.body
http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/
I learnt about this blog fairly recently but love it. Lots of contributors sharing learning expertise for teachers of children and adults.

# data[].attributes.body
Interesting blog by David, who shares his experience of the uses of technology in Higher Education.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Technology Enhanced Learning / David Hopkins

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Digital University, Distance Learning, Education Technology, Educational Technology, Learning, Learning Technologist, Learning Technology, MOOC, Online Course, Technology, University, University 2.0

# data[].attributes.body
http://cammybean.kineo.com/

# data[].attributes.body
http://james-thinks-its-worth-a-look.blogspot.co.uk/

It's an excellent site, well worth a look.

# data[].attributes.body
I find Wonkhe super interesting "home of higher education wonks: those who work in and around universities and anyone interested and engaged in higher education policy, people and politics."

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Wonkhe - Home of the higher education debate

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Everything UK higher education policy: latest analysis, research, comment, debate, data, events, briefings plus university jobs and recruitment

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
George Lucas Educational Foundation

The benefits of movement in the classroom aren't limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding-and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

# data[].attributes.body
I thought of this one immediately but now I look at it, perhaps it is more of an online magazine ...?https://mediadiversified.org/

# data[].attributes.body
Trying to learn to post Blog here
http://blogs.nhs.uk/choices-blog/

# data[].attributes.body
This one's my favorite.  https://diwyattcustomwoodworks.com/blog/

# data[].attributes.body
I write two blogs and so follow the comments on them. One is about my motor racing - beambreaking.wordpress.com and the other is about postcards called carsonstreets.wordpress.com.

# data[].attributes.headline
This is one of the best blogs for English teacher and resources. She shares ideas and resources to use in the classroom

# data[].attributes.subject
This is one of the best blogs for English teacher and resources. She shares ideas and resources to use in the classroom

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
-Full of wonder and surprise and...
Betcha by golly wow! (wow!) (wow!)

Prince - Betcha by Golly, Wow - Emancipation

Whenever anyone shares their work their generosity always amazes me. Teachers on twitter,in particular, are so kind and helpful. This is because most have one thing in common; they all want children up and down the country to succeed. And it's their generosity with ideas, knowledge and kindness that always makes me think "wow"!

So, this blog as well as a few other recent ones (my most requested resources) "Extraordinary" (my best twitter steals) (my not such good ideas) is another little way of me saying thank you. To be fair my folders may not help you at all, maybe just helped me sticking in one place, but I hope it does help.

One thing about planning that can take time is finding articles or extracts, so below are links to some (hopefully) useful folders with a load of articles or extracts in them. Each folder is a working progress so I will continue to add to them.

If you have any documents you want to add please find me on Twitter (@FKRitson) and I can add you to the dropbox account. Also has a collection of 19c texts to use with the new AQA spec - if you have anything to add drop him a line too!

I repeat, these are all working documents, so I am constantly adding, re-naming or plain sorting- I'm aware some are a little untidy! They will get tidier as now they are 'public'.

1) List of theorists

This is for AS/A-Level English teachers, a table of some theorists.

2) Articles (19c)

Some non fiction articles to help with AQA new spec - I am in process of trying to catalogue by date then brief description of what each is about (big job, going slowly)!

3) Modern articles

Mainly from The Guardian - but lots of articles that you 'could' pair up with non-fiction 19c articles. The same as (2) I will slowly sort these with better titles.

4) Extracts for analysis

Extracts for normal classroom analysis from classic and modern literature. I have sorted these in author then book. These may be fiction or non-fiction. Please help me add to this!

There are over 300 extracts here:

Below you'll find a link to lots of resources for the new AQA spec language and literature. I need to make it clear that this has been made possible by the kind and very generous Twitter #TeamEnglish staff that have all agreed to allow me to post their resources here in one place. Please help yourself... but what would be even better is to help us by adding to it!

5) AQA Language resources

6) AQA Literature resources

7) AQA Extract booklets (via AQA)

8) AQA Short Stories (old spec......)

If any of you can remember the old AQA Sunlight on the Grass Anthology (spec 4705 I think), they were a collection of short stories for GCSE students. Well, below is a link to each one and resources AQA kindly made up for each one. When you follow this link, there are 12 folders, in each folder is the short story, word and PDF (except Flight - will have to see what's happening there) and you will find a bunch of teaching resources for the story. Enjoy!

9) Questioning Templates

10) Glossary of Terms

Various glossaries - GCSE, A-Level and others I've acquired!

11) Sentence Starters

Again over time I've collected these, some are mine - some aren't. I will try to credit those that are not mine.

12) Speaking & Listening Resources

Again, from kind generosity of other teachers I have started to collect some S&L resources.

13) Links to other blogs with free resources!

Here are some links to other blogs with kindly donated free English resources (I will add to this as I remember them!:

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Full of wonder and surprise and... Betcha by golly wow! (wow!) (wow!) Prince - Betcha by Golly, Wow - Emancipation . Whenever anyone shares their work their generosity always amazes me. Teachers on twitter,in particular, are so kind and helpful. This is because most have one thing in common; they all want children up and down...

# data[].attributes.body
I've always found the ALT Blog really interesting to keep me up to date with all thing surrounding technology enhanced learning as well as new technologies. You are also able to submit pieces to it which I have been able to do. https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/

# data[].attributes.body
Darren Wilkinson does a great job of explaining some complex stats approaches, and he publishes regularly
https://darrenjw.wordpress.com/2017/04/01/mcmc-as-a-stream/

# data[].attributes.body
Instead of recommending blogs that I'm actually familiar with, I decided to explore new blogs. I discovered this site where the authors explore the concepts of understanding and sharing a story.
http://stillmotionblog.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I enjoyed this posting from Cathy Moore's blog 'Lets save the world from boring training' about 'The big mistake in e-learning' in which she argues the relative unimportance of information vis a vis experience:  http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/the-big-mistake-in-elearning/

# data[].attributes.body
I follow the British Council's Learn English blog as it focuses on interesting topics and indicates various levels of English it is appropriate for.
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/blog

# data[].attributes.body
This is a great blog packed with advice and support from annotated bibliography to PhD lit reviews. Aurelie adds new Posts quite often but the historical items are really useful too.
http://www.howtodoaliteraturereview.com/

# data[].attributes.body
I find this blog really useful, for both discovering new tools and finding out more info about tools I'm interested in using. Lot's of practical guidance. http://james-thinks-its-worth-a-look.blogspot.co.uk/

# data[].attributes.body
Prof. Steve Wheeler's blog Learning with 'e' s is a blog I follow.
http://www.steve-wheeler.co.uk/

# data[].attributes.body
I follow Geoff Petty

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Learning Teams and Study Buddies - Geoff Petty

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Geoff Petty author of Teaching Today and Evidence Based Teaching. Teaching methods. Active Learning. Teaching skills, creativity, self assessment and Professional Development. Improving the use of the creative process. Evidence Based teaching of creativity.

# data[].attributes.body
Connie Malamed, an instructional designer,  blogs about designing online courses.
http://theelearningcoach.com/

# data[].attributes.body
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/education/

It's from the LSE.

# data[].attributes.body
I follow Donald Clark Plan B blogs - thought provoking: https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.co.uk/

# data[].attributes.body
I follow this blog Donald Clark Plan B