Brief Overview: The increase in use of mobile devices and availability of wireless networks means that mobile devices can be used in an increasingly wide variety of ways in teaching, research and administration.
Using social media
Brief Overview: Social media create online communities that enable the interaction and exchange of information and ideas, and can be used to help develop an individual or group’s online presence and in creating engaging learning activities .
Presenting
Brief Overview: There is an increasingly wide range of devices and software available that can be used to enhance presentations.
Emailing
Brief Overview: This section looks at using email effectively, including how to manage the volume by using techniques such as tracking and prioritisation, and also improving accessibility to your email account.
Managing calendars
Brief Overview: Online calendars are used to create and manage meetings, invite participants, and allow colleagues to access each others’ calendars.
Using spreadsheets
Brief Overview: Spreadsheets can be used to manage data effectively and present it engagingly.
Word processing
Brief Overview: Word processing software can be used to write reports, documents, theses etc. This section describes how to work effectively with word processing software to save you time and improve the presentation and accessibility of your documents.
Minimum usage – My Studies
Brief Overview: This section covers the minimum requirements for the use of studentcentral.
Implementing Digitally Enabled Learning effectively
Brief Overview: Digitally Enabled Learning is defined as the combination of online and face-to-face learning which focusses on online learning as a response to Covid19.
Detecting plagiarism
Brief Overview: Students need to know about plagiarism at an early stage in their course, to help raise awareness of the importance of correct referencing and good academic conduct.