Individual learning
Overview
Students must become independent learners, able not just to manage their time and workload, but understand how they learn, seek appropriate challenges and reflect on their experiences.
This section includes articles on independent learning, reflection and retrieval practice as well as personalisation of learning materials and student support.
Student tips for watching Panopto recordings
Here are some tips that students might find helpful when watching Panopto event capture recordings.
Help students develop their academic writing skills with SafeAssign
Find out how Blackboard’s originality checker can be used to embed good referencing practice.
Six staff describe how PebblePad has enhanced their module
Academics from FET explain how they have used PebblePad to deliver authentic and innovative assessments to students at all levels.
Using Collaborate Ultra for one-to-one sessions
The term ‘webinar’ is perhaps mostly associated with meeting with a group of people, however the technology used for webinars…
BB Student – an app for accessing Blackboard on mobile devices
Find out what students using a smartphone see on Blackboard
Using LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) in your module
LinkedIn Learning has dozens of courses covering the subjects taught in FET, so you’ll probably find material to supplement the modules you teach
Open Badges – informal learning accreditations
Informal micro credits to encourage and reward participation
What is gamification?
Gamification in education is the use of game thinking and game design elements in non-game contexts to engage learners in…