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Improving focus with the Pomodoro technique

Your Teams account pings with a new notification. A meeting invite pop-up screams for attention. A fresh email arrives. Social media needs checking—the demands on your time from digital can be a huge distraction. As much as we all can’t do withou…

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Meta educators community summit – an update from the ALT/ Jisc XR community

On the evening of Sunday 10th and all day Monday 11th November, Meta hosted an educators summit in London focused on XR in education, bringing together around 100 attendees primarily from UK but also including some European institutions. From the Jisc …

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Changing places

Reflections from workshops with staff from FE colleges in Wales, looking at how their physical learning spaces are changing, and might change in the future.
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Emerging themes from the digital wellbeing community

Scott reflects on the emerging themes raised at the Welsh Digital Wellbeing community of practice. A description of the rose, thorn, and bud method is described to capture the feedback from participants.
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Creating safe spaces and belonging with AI communities in Wales 

Reflections of the first year of the Wales AI working group from the co chairs and Jisc.
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Apple Vision Pro – First look

Zac books a demo with a new device from Apple and considers whether it has opportunities for teaching, learning and assessment. The Apple Vision Pro.
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Teams as a VLE webinar

Can Teams be a VLE? Can the platform fulfil the needs for an effective environment to support teaching, learning and assessment? On Thursday 27th June 2024 we had a discussion with two people who’s institutions have decided to use Teams as their …

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Digital Universities UK 2024 conference – personal reflections

Chris gives a personal take on some of the themes and issues raised at this year’s Digital Universities UK conference in Exeter, with thoughts on AI, block teaching, student-centred design and serious play.
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Planning your extended reality (XR) journey: lessons from our Digifest community workshop

In a recent community session, around 30 members gathered to discuss how they were integrating immersive technologies into teaching and learning at their institution. Through the discussion, participants explored some of the challenges, questions, and …

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What’s your digital superpower?

Scott shares an activity to foster positive conversations around digital with staff, developed as part of Jisc’s recent initial teacher education project.
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