Developing learning materials
Overview
Whether creating new learning materials or updating old ones, good design, accessibility and appropriate pedagogy are all important considerations, as well as the proper use and attribution of third-party materials
This section includes articles on learning design, use of different media, accessibility and inclusivity, copyright, collaboration in creating learning materials, and some of the tools you may use for these things.
See also articles from UWE on:
Gamified learning and student motivation
Motivate your students to learn by considering how games engage their players.
Testing your Blackboard course
Test courses, preview users and test student accounts to help you check your course is working properly.
Blended Learning Essentials – free online courses
These free online courses are designed to help you understand the benefits of blended learning and how to make more effective use of technology to support your learners.
UWE’s four principles of learning design
A resource to help you implement UWE’s four principles of learning design.
Laurillard’s learning types for online and blended learning
Learn which tools can help you implement Laurillard’s six learning types online.
Designing your teaching sessions using Laurillard’s learning types
Plan your lessons using a variety of activities to help your students learn.
Practical guides for improving digital accessibility
Interactive resources to help you make your Blackboard content more accessible, including step-by-step guides for Word and PowerPoint.
Using video to flip the classroom
Case study on flipped learning and using desktop recording to provide teaching materials, by Senior Research Fellow Juliet Jain.
Using third party content in teaching materials and recordings
For information on the different licences available, exceptions and examples of using copyright content in your teaching material and recordings.
Panopto recordings – The safe and effective way to include YouTube content
Use the ‘Add a YouTube video’ button to safely, and seamlessly, include YouTube content in your learning resource.
Give new life to your online topic material with Xerte
If you have teaching and learning material in an online topic, Xerte offers you a great way to republish it.
Copyright-free images for use in teaching activities
There are websites that offer copyright-free images, but you still need to check the terms of use on each site, and on each image.
Using Open Educational Resources (OERs)
OERs are freely available, normally digital assets for research, education and assessment – anything from whole lectures or even courses to images, pictures, software, techniques, sound or films
