Author Archives: Matt Lingard

About Matt Lingard

Learning Technologist at the LSE Centre for Learning Technology

Aug 31 2011

Introducing Moodle 2

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We are planning our move to a new version of Moodle in Summer 2012 and need volunteers to pilot it during Lent 2012. There is a new version of Moodle: Moodle 2. Earlier this year we explained Why LSE is … Continue reading

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Aug 22 2011

Preparing your Moodle Courses for 2011-12

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Moodle training for September, further support & a Moodle end-of-year reminder! There are several Moodle Training courses scheduled for September, including a new weekly Moodle Refresher to help you prepare for the new academic year. The refresher course is for … Continue reading

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Aug 4 2011

Introducing Google+

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The Google+ Project is Google’s new social networking service. There have been lots of detailed reviews already, for example, the Huffington Post’s Google+ Review Roundup so I’ll keep this short. The cornerstone of G+ is Circles. Circles allow you to … Continue reading

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Aug 3 2011

5 tools for making your working day easier

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A brief overview of my 5 favourites: Remember the Milk, Dropbox, Delicious, Evernote & Doodle. After reading The research lab in your pocket: apps and the academy in this week’s THE I thought I’d highlight the 5 tools I make … Continue reading

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Jul 20 2011

CLT Closed on Thursday 21st July

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CLT staff will not be available on Thursday 21st July as it is our annual away day. You are welcome to email us clt-support@lse.ac.uk and we will be in touch as soon as we can.  We will be back in … Continue reading

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Jul 19 2011

Moodle End of Year Arrangements

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Students & student data from 2010/11 will be removed from Moodle in August/September and courses will be hidden We will be resetting courses – removing students and their data – on two dates: Tuesday 30th August – most courses will … Continue reading

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Jun 13 2011

Blogging & Twitter Workshops

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Due to popular demand we have scheduled two additional workshops next week. A handful of spaces remain for each. Introduction to Twitter – Wednesday 22nd June @ 12:00 – Uses of Twitter in education, including a hands-on session to get … Continue reading

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May 23 2011

Watch Teaching Day 2011 online

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Tuesday 24th May, 2011 is LSE Teaching Day. You will be able to participate online as follows. Keynote – this year’s keynote is by Professor Niall Ferguson: ‘History Teaching & the History of Teaching’. All LSE staff are welcome to … Continue reading

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Feb 22 2011

Blogging Help & Support

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We are developing a new website to support LSE bloggers Blogging Help & Support is a guide for LSE Staff & students on creating & contributing to blogs. It provides general guidelines on blogging and specific help with WordPress, the … Continue reading

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Feb 9 2011

Emerging Technologies

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The 2011 Horizon Report includes predictions on the technologies that will enter mainstream use in Higher Education over the coming years.  I’m a bit sceptical of these predictions as they always seem overly optimistic.  For 3-years in-a-row Mobiles have been … Continue reading

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