Category Archives: Video

Getting it right through the Reading Internship Scheme

Along with my colleague Nina Brooke I was really delighted to have the opportunity to work with a student this summer through the Reading Internship Scheme, funded by the Digitally Ready project. Simon Hyslop joined us for five weeks with the … Continue reading

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Videos with philosophy students

Molly Knight, Alex Gregory and I have been making videos with some students in the Philosophy Department, supported by the Digitally Ready Small Projects fund. One video is designed to tell prospective students a little about what it’s like to … Continue reading

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My success at the Digitally Ready showcase

As you have picked up from the title, the recent Show & TEL event on ‘Progress with Digitally Ready’ was a success for me! I was excited to find out more about other projects here at the University of Reading that … Continue reading

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(Video) Lessons learnt the hard way last forever

Hello, I am Katerina Lazidou, a research student working on a small project funded by the Digitally Ready team. This small project is being conducted for the School of Biological Sciences here at Reading, with Dr Teeroumanee Nadan and Dr … Continue reading

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Learning on Screen Awards

Congratulations to our Digital Hero Matthew Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, who has been shortlisted for a prestigious Learning on Screen Award by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUVFC) in the Courseware and Curriculum Non Broadcast/Multimedia Award … Continue reading

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Digital Digest: Spotlight on video

We are delighted to bring you the second issue of Digital Digest, our collaborative newsletter on all things digital happening around the University. Mobile video and YouTube are increasingly part of our day-to-day lives, and open up new ways of … Continue reading

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Moving forward through video feedback

Ever since Neil Morris’ research seminar in November on ‘Making technology-enhanced learning work for staff and students in Higher Education’, his name has been cropping up again and again in my conversations with staff here at Reading. At the time … Continue reading

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Students like live lectures … and online ones as backup

The University of Reading is part of a JISC-funded project considering museum ethics, display design and object-based research, Object-based Learning for Higher Education (OBL4HE). As part of the project, Rebecca Reynolds, Visiting Lecturer in Museum Studies at Reading’s Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), has … Continue reading

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Do you want to be in my movie?

My sheer amount of challenges with regards to recording started last year when I had the opportunity to take up a two-day video course delivered by Be Inspired Films here at the university. On the first day participants learnt how … Continue reading

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Placement showcase: Rachel Glover

Subscribers of this blog will have followed the adventures of our placement student, the fabulous Rachel Glover, who has been working with us since June on the student employability aspects of the Digitally Ready project. Rachel has now started her … Continue reading

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