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Using Moodle easyVoter Student Response SystemColleen Hurren from Cumbernauld College has been a member of the Scottish Moodle User Group Forum (SMUG) since its inception in 2005 and has been actively promoting the use of Moodle within the college for several years. Moodle easyVoter was mentioned by a presenter at the SMUG meeting in December '09. Colleen immediately saw the potential in having this student response system and set about introducing it to staff at Cumbernauld College. Video for Beauty TreatmentsIn order to help students with their revision in practical skills for Beauty and Hairdressing, Cumbernauld College Learning Technologist Colleen Hurren set up a pilot using video to record beauty therapy classes. The videos were embedded into the VLE, allowing students to access them from both College and home. Students could re-play the videos to practice their timing, hand positioning and technique in real time, while watching the video. The videos proved very popular with both students and staff and became rapidly adopted in other subject areas in the College including Catering and Hospitality, Motor Vehicle and Sports Performance students. Nintendo WiiIn 2008, Cumbernauld College bought the Nintendo Wii with the Wii Fit balance board and Wii Sports as part of the Healthy Working Lives programme for staff. The intention was to site the Wii Fit permanently in the college staff gym so that staff could use it as part of their exercise programme. For logistical reasons, this wasn't possible so new uses were found for this equipment. Social Studies Research LabThe Social Studies Research Lab is a new resource for Social Studies learners to use to support their own individual learning and carry out a range of activities, group work and research. Courses that utilise the room include NQ Highers, NQ Combined Studies, Access to Social Science and HNC Social Science. Xbox 360with Kinect Cumbernauld College has successfully used games consoles for learner engagement, health and fitness, teamwork and curricular activities in both campuses over the past few years and the Nintendo Wii with the Wii Fit and Just Dance having been particularly popular.
When the Xbox Kinect became available in December 2010, it seemed a natural progression to purchase this console. Whereas the Wii tracks the player's movement through a handset, the Kinect tracks the movement of the whole body. Equalities Data ToolAll FE and HE institutions are now required to analyse learner retention and attainment performance at course level in relation to gender, age, ethnicity, and disability. To assist this analysis at Cumbernauld College, a tool was designed and developed using the FES (Further Education Statistics) return. The college's Quality Manager in partnership with the Head of Information Systems and Technology have created a tool which is efficient, accessible and simple to use and produces reports that can be used by both management and staff alike to analyse equality data and thereby feed into the college's quality improvement process. Immersive Use of Mahara for Creative Industry Courses at Cumbernauld CollegeCumbernauld College have taken an immersive approach to the use of the e-Portfolio system Mahara, for all Creative Industry courses at Cumbernauld College. Mahara serves as a learning and teaching hub, as well as a platform for both formative and summative assessment. The use of the e-Portfolio system allows students to showcase the media rich work they produce throughout their studies and to pull together feeds, external content, to reflect on influences and link theory with practice, all in the context of their personal portfolio. For assessment, students also submit 'views' of their work via Mahara, which depending on context, may be shared with peers and a range of teaching staff, to enable a 'feedback conversation' about their work. Read more..... Using Logitech Camera with students on supported learning programmes at Cumbernauld CollegeCumbernauld College have been using Logitech Webcams in their supported learning courses. Linda Aitcheson who is a supported Learning Lecturer and Colleen Hurran who is the Learning and Teaching Technologist discuss how they have been used and benefits for different student groups. Read more....
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