Educational Development Unit Showcase

This game was developed in response to a request from an academic colleague in Engineering and was built using Storyline. The aim of the interaction was to demonstrate an incorrect approach to controls and instrumentation, via the scenario of the learner adding water to a mash tun used in brewing beer. The in-built difficulty in achieving a perfect score in the game is intended to encourage reflection and further learning - in short, to put the case for accurate and repeatable measures by showing the variable results that come from a lack of these.

A virtual forest walk created for our colleagues in Forestry to illustrate what the 3D Vista software can do. Created using 360 photography and hotspots to highlight specific areas and move the viewer to the next scene.

The EDU has produced a variety of different video resources, including promotional material, capturing events, and creating course material such as instructional videos, interviews and case studies.

During lockdown when it was not possible to record any videos on specific locations, we provided advice and guidelines to staff on how to record their own material which was then edited by the EDU.

These animated engineering diagrams were developed for the ESIF BEng project to illustrate aspects of the workings of pieces of machinery that may be difficult to describe in words, such as the actions of forces. Although developed for a BEng, the diagrams themselves are un-levelled and thus can be re-used or modified for any STEM course. If you have any diagrams that you would like to animate, just contact the EDU.

This training resource, created in Articulate Rise, was designed to increase staff awareness of gender-based violence, a strategically significant national priority. The resource was shared with all Scottish universities.

The interactive map was an opportunity for BA (Hons) Marine and Coastal Tourism students to collaborate on a lasting resource, a legacy for future cohorts. It allowed them to develop skills in research, presentation of online materials, and copyright. The map covers key sites across the whole world. Students gain a valuable overview of the sector, by exploring virtually, clicking on each pin and viewing descriptions, photos and relevant links. Year on year, each cohort creates their own pins, adding to what has become an incredible body of subject specific knowledge.

This suite of resources was redeveloped using Forge with H5P interactions to replace Adobe Flash objects that are no longer supported. They are currently being used by a number of different subjects. If you would like to use the resources in your own course then you can link to them from the APH page.

This is a sample from a set of resources that were created to allow students to virtually exerience a dig.

Created using Storyline, this interaction was developed for the MSc Infection Prevention and Control. The aim of the interaction is to encourage students to consider and identify areas of risk in a hospital bathroom.

In Scotland, improving care and support for people with dementia is a national priority. This resource, created in Articulate Rise, was one (of three) created by the EDU for a project funded by the Churchill Trust to deliver dementia training materials for care home staff, during the time of COVID.

Forge is a new authoring tool to make the creation, editing and publishing of learning resources both faster and easier. Designed from the ground up to give you a comfortable user experience, creating responsive online content has never been easier!

Create an engaging learning environment for your students, using rich media content from the web into a consistent, easy to digest format. Broken links in a resource? Re-editing is also a breeze! With Forge you can easily keep your learning space up to date with the latest information relevant to your teaching.

You are in control! Your Forge profile will keep all you resources organised, and you can export and share exactly what you want.

A 'just in time' resource for staff and students of the university. The single web page contains clickable tiles which open to reveal content, including audio files.

The EDU will be collaborating with the university's Gaelic officer to create further resources including an Introduction to Gaelic module for staff, which will be shared externally too.

Launched in 2017, the Support Portal was developed by the EDU to enhance the skills and confidence of staff in technology enhanced learning. Each topic can be accessed at any time, many are ‘bite-size’ and include a summary and estimated completion time. The resources work well for self-directed learning and as core learning content in a flipped-classroom approach.

This is a SharePoint site and therefor only availble to interal staff