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SCIENCE FACULTY

DIGITAL LEARNING TEAMScience faculty

ABOUT US

Committed to creating high-quality, inclusive digital teaching and learning experiences.

We can help with:

Developing learning resources
Developing programmes of study
Student engagementin Learn Ultra
...and much more

Green screen videos

‘Inspiring the extraordinary'

meet the team

360 degree maps

Learning glass

Reflective Journal

Course Planning

Interactive Activities

Video Planning & Editing

Principles for Teaching,Learning and Assessment

DCAD: Educational Development Resources

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WHAT WE do

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Adel GordonSenior DigitalLearning DeveloperTeam Lead

Steve BoultonSenior Digital Learning Developer

Jennifer GutridgeDigitalLearning Developer

Paulina YoungAssistant DigitalLearning Developeron maternity leave

Eva Fernandez AmezAssistant DigitalLearning Developer

the team

As a team, we allocate specific time and resources towards remaining abreast of technological educational advancements. This allows us to offer professional, up-to-date help with digital tools to both our academics and students.

RESILIENT CURRICULUM

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENHANCE YOUR CURRENT COURSE WITH INTERACTIVE MATERIAL?READY TO START AN ACTIVE AND STIMULATING LEARNING EXPERIENCE?

The development of an online CPD course by academic staff at Durham University showcases how academic expertise can be harnessed to create high-quality, engaging, and accessible professional development opportunities.To create an engaging, inclusive, and accessible learner experience, the Developers team makes full use of Rise Articulate functionality, including various means of delivering knowledge and ensuring that alternative text, captions and transcripts are available for learners using assistive technology. Genially is used for custom visual elements to create interactive and accessible activities.

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

We are committed to creating engaging content in which students can play a main role through various interactive activities, courses, and online tools.We believe that each educational scenario is an opportunity for cultivating students' initiative and involvement in their academic and personal growth.

ACTIVE PEDAGOGY

COURSE PLANNING

The Digital Learning Developers have been involved in creating various courses, such as a Biosciences Microscopy Best Practice Course: Human Tissue Guidance Course or a coming online Executive Master in Behavioural Science.To plan their courses, they utilize various tools such as Loop, Miro, Blackboard, Rise 360, and Genially. They meticulously plan the development process, keep in touch with academics and professors, and provide support in matters of content accessibility, design, and pedagogical supervision.

THINKING OF STARTING A NEW COURSE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START?DO YOU HAVE AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REORGANISE?

PebblePad is “a portfolio and personal learning platform, designed to help learners, wherever they are learning (at study, work or play), develop, shape, and share their unique skills and attributes for success in today's world.”Once a workbook is created, it could easily be linked to from the module site.This tool has been used as part of weekly reflections, which are then referred to in students' summative assessments. This App allows them to record and upload information, be it textual or multimedia (video recordings etc), quickly and easily to their PebblePad asset library, straight from their phone.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

THINKING OF ADDING A REFLECTION SECTION TO YOUR COURSE?WANTING TO EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH A COMPLETE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR LEARNING JOURNEY?

Learning Glass allows for a more engaged, natural, relaxed, and interactive viewing experience. The instructor is recorded forward-facing, which allows for natural eye contact with the camera/students, gesturing and demonstrating what has been written on the glass.The team guided and supported the tutor through the process, from preview and trial of the Learning Glass to providing advice and recommendations on how to plan the session. Utilising the expertise of the Developers (who set up the studio, recorded the talk and edited the recordings) allowed the tutor to concentrate solely on delivering the material. Polished, edited videos were then returned for the tutor to review and embed in their Blackboard Learn Ultra Module using Panopto

LEARNING GLASS

WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THIS TOOL FOR YOUR MODULE?WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS ON YOUR PROJECT?

Feedback from students

"They felt more interactive than standard recordings of problem classes using the visualiser."

"It's more interactive than staring at a sheet of paper so it kept me engaged."

"Very clear presentation and ideas flow in an easier to understand manner (compared to in person problems classes)."

INCLUSIVE LEARNING DESIGN

ACTIVE PEDAGOGY

RESILIENT CURRICULUM

VIDEO PLANNING & EDITING

The Digital Learning Developers have filmed and edited a wide range of video resources.Using software such as Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Editor, they have supported the creation of personalised module introduction videos to be featured on Learn Ultra module pages.Currently working on other projects within the Faculty, such as TechUp Women, and are involved in video storyboarding, filming and editing.

DO YOU HAVE MEDIA MATERIAL AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT A VIDEO TOGETHER?THINKING OF CREATING A VIDEO BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START?

One of our goals is to provide the teachers with the necessary tools to ensure that assessment transcends mere grades.Every marking methodology ought to serve the purpose of improving the learning process of the students and equipping them with the help needed.

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

We are committed to the development of content accessible for every member of our community.As a team, we offer unwavering advice to academics and professors to ensure every resource is inclusive, promoting a culture where diversity is celebrated

INCLUSIVE LEARNING DESIGN

Using advice about the cameras and editing software, shared by the Digital Learning Developers from DCAD, we set off to take images outside the entrances to each building, inside the main foyers and lecture theatres. Using Articulate Storyline we added interactions to these images, giving us the ability to share more information about elements in that scene.

360 DEGREE MAPS

WOULD YOU LIKE A MORE DETAIL TOUR FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT?DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS?

INCLUSIVE LEARNING DESIGN

ACTIVE PEDAGOGY

RESILIENT CURRICULUM

The Professor was filmed in the DCAD studio (and later in the temporary studio as well) in front of a green screen, which was then ultra-keyed in post-production to allow layering underneath the relevant slide content to illustrate the narrative.Recordings were made using an HD DSLR camera and a lapel mic feeding video and audio onto one of the team’s Macbooks.Post-production editing was done largely using Adobe Premiere Pro, with DLD staff ultra-keying away the green screen and tucking Ric into a corner of the recording to allow the vast majority of the video background to be the associated slides, illustrating what was being taught.

GREEN SCREEN VIDEO

NEED SOME CREATIVE INSPIRATION TO TAKE YOUR LEARNING MATERIAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL?WOULD YOU FANCY GIVE IT A TRY?

We support academic and teaching staff with the creation of learning materials and whole programmes of study in the faculty, making use of appropriate digital learning tools to enhance the student learning experience. We can help you with learning design when building new modules (or redesigning existing ones) and use innovative technology solutions as and when they add value to the learning.

GREEN SCREEN VIDEO

NEED SOME CREATIVE INSPIRATION TO TAKE YOUR LEARNING MATERIAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL?WOULD YOU FANCY GIVE IT A TRY?

INCLUSIVE LEARNING DESIGN

ACTIVE PEDAGOGY

RESILIENT CURRICULUM

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Over 30 million people build interactive content in Genially.

SLYCE DECK

LET’S GO TO LONDON!

ENERGY KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT KEY

CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

DOWNFALLL OF ARAB RULE IN AL-ANDALUS

ABOUT THE EEA GRANTS AND NORWAY

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