{"id":293,"date":"2011-05-13T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncanning.wordpress.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2011-05-13T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:48:12","slug":"my-top-five-teaching-and-learning-websites-in-no-particular-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"My top five Teaching and Learning websites (in no particular order)."},"content":{"rendered":"

I've never\u00a0written\u00a0a top 5 list before, but here is a \"top 5\": list from me.<\/p>\n

Phil Race<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emeritus Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University and Educational Development Consultant Phil Race has shared lots of his materials on his website. The compendium of his writings on assessment is ideal for experienced teachers as well as lecturers starting out. He also shares his thoughts on the National Student Survey and his page \u201cIf I were in charge\u2026\u201d motivates reflection on the way universities operate.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/phil-race.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lots of great resources here on almost everything you can think of from assessment to plagiarism, internationalism to course design. I\u2019ve found its page on writing learning objectives with its extensive list of appropriate verbs valuable on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.brookes.ac.uk\/services\/ocsld\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

E-learning blog \u201cDon\u2019t waste your time\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found the website of David Hopkins, Learning Technologist at Bournemouth University when trying to find out what a QR code<\/a> was (I\u2019ve yet to feel that the purchase of smart phone is justified, but all the students seem to have them). The poster downloads on topics like using blackboard are helpful as so are the tips on making effective use of blogs and Twitter (lots for me to learn here.)<\/p>\n

www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

HumBox<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, I might be a bit biased here as some of my colleagues at the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies led the project to build this teaching resource repository. The HumBox describes itself as \u201c\u2026a new way of storing, managing and publishing your Humanities teaching resources on the web.\u201d The beauty of Humbox is its remarkable simplicity of use. Once you have set up an account you can upload and download resources in virtually any format, as easily as is\u00a0technologically\u00a0possible. I really started appreciating HumBox when trying (often unsuccessfully) to use some other repositories (no names will be mentioned here).<\/p>\n

www.humbox.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

YoutubeEDU<\/strong><\/p>\n

A mixed bag as you might expect, but some great material and good production standards. As I write I am listening to a round table discussion on \u201cWhy French Matter<\/a>s\u201d. A highlight for me is Dan Judge\u2019s statistics lectures <\/a>which succeed in making a difficult subject (for me) so engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n