Education Technology
This website is a collection of posts all about technology enhanced learning, tools and tips. It is run by me, Hadrian Cawthorne, with the help, from time-to-time, of a few other colleagues at the University of Sheffield's School of Education.
Building a website using Eleventy
15 Mar 2024
Some more advanced use of the Eleventy static site generator.
Read more >>Using WondaVR to co-create a virtual exhibition of student work
30 May 2023
Exploring using WondaVR to create a virtual exhibition space with students on the EDU61004 Media Making and Creativity module.
Read more >>Developing WebVR using A-frame
21 Dec 2021
A-frame is a Javascript WebVR framework. Read how I've set up a development environment to create VR experiences
Read more >>Making a basic static site using Eleventy
17 Dec 2021
This is how I made a site using the static website framework, Eleventy.
Read more >>Play, Place and the Parkive - Hillsborough Park in 360
21 Sep 2021
In my last blog I described the way 360 content can provide students with a distinct opportunity to experience learning spaces (an early childhood setting) and research data (an episode of play.) In this one, I am staying with a focus on play to share an account of a resource we created when faced with the realisation that we would not be able to take our students on a face to face visit to a local park.
Read more >>'It's just not the same'- The realities of virtual realities in teaching and learning in Higher Education
26 Aug 2021
When we first proposed to colleagues that we could use virtual reality in our higher education teaching, it is fair to say there was some healthy scepticism. Some colleagues had early experiences of VR headsets and worried about feeling sick. Others couldn’t see how it might relate to their work.
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