Stephen Bostock's slides and materials

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More recent items are at the bottom, the oldest date from the mid-1990s. You may need the free Acrobat PDF viewer.

1. MSc in IT:

  1. Presentation design for learning multimedia (v1.1998/99)
  2. Conceptual design for learning multimedia (v1.1998/99)
  3. Learning (v1.1998/9)
  4. example of a learning objectives hierarchy, content chunking and sequencing (1999/2000)

2. Web authoring:

  1. Web authoring tools (2002-3 version) as a PowerPoint file, 1.7Mb
    Introduction to Web authoring tools, presentation of 2001 generated from Powerpoint2000 (year 2000 version from Powerpoint97 is here) and accompanying notes
  2. Style in designing Web pages
  3. Example module web for accessibility
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3. FY Option: Information and How it is used

  1. Human Computer Interaction
  2. Decision making with spreadsheets 

4. The effects of learning environment and gender on the attainment of computer literacy (presentation to gender workshop)

5. Interaction in Frameworks for course design (TACT talk)

6. Using the web in teaching

  1. Using the Web in Campus Courses (updated 2002)
  2. Computers and learning - a quick overview
  3. Creating a strategy for using IT in teaching
  4. A Context for developing the use of the Web in teaching - June 2000
  5. Teaching with online discussion (November 2001)

7. Subsidiary Computer Science: Introduction to IT 1998/99

  1. Spreadsheets
  2. Introduction to the Internet 

8. For old Subsidiary Internet lectures, see the Lectures page off the old course home page.

9. Using PowerPoint for Teaching

  1. The agenda (ppt file) 52Kb
  2. Using PowerPoint for Teaching (ppt file 1.5Mb including video)
  3. PowerPoint Basics (as ppt file, 71 Kb) also PowerPoint basics handout, in pdf format (36 Kb)
  4. The design of presentation slides (ppt file 800 Kb), also  the design of presentation slides handout as a pdf v.3 file (39 Kb), and as a web presentation (1.3 Mb)
  5. Some suggested Dont's with PowerPoint

10. Further PowerPoint for Teaching

  1.  Basic and further uses and features (53 Kb ppt file) and as a pdf file of slides (146 Kb)
  2. Powerful presentations - examples of features (2.5 Mb ppt file including video)
  3. Agendas, custom shows and layers (270 Kb ppt file)
  4. Agenda  slides (950 Kb ppt file) and menus (387 Kb ppt file)
  5. A conference presentation with layers and speaker's notes and a pdf file of the handout
  6. A kiosk show with sound (580 Kb ppt) and a web version (365 Kb, no sound)
  1. Computer Science Demonstrator training programme and Demonstrator training resource document
  2. A Law Department module web template and a self-extracting zip file of it
  3. Computer assisted assessment (1 hour workshop), a review of CAA and a review of assessment software tools
  4. Preventing Plagiarism (pdf) workshop with Mike Brough
  5. Handout for my presentation at the Keele Learning and Teaching Strategy day, 25th April 2002
  6. Presentation on my project on Web support for peer review at the Keele Innovation Projects day 22 May 2002
  7. Visual Impairment and web accessibility workshop
  8. Introduction to web authoring for teachers (.ppt file)
  9. Web accessibility workshop 1
  10. Web accessibility workshop 2 (with impaired computers)
  11. Stats28 - a program to give advice on which statistical test to use (zip file) by Stephen Bostock
  12. eLearning on campus a talk for the medical school Feb 2004 (ppt)
  13. A Word Normal.dot template with Arial body text and lists for creating simple HTML files. Right click, save it and replace your Normal.dot file with it. Use only the styles provided.
  14. If you use Office/Word to create web pages: in Office XP use File, Save as Web Page, and choose the Filtered file type. With Office/Word 2000, download the Office HTML filter and install it, to create smaller, more accessible web pages.
  15. A list of ideas for student activities in lectures (pdf) and a sheet for observing or planning activities in a lecture (pdf) - also available as an .rtf for digital editing.
  16. Helping your students make the best use of IT (2005,6 TLHEP)
  17. Information on learning and teaching for visit and open days (.ppt) 2004-5
  18. Detecting and dealing with plagiarism (PDF) workshop with Mike Brough
  19. Learning technology in teaching, learning and assessment (2005 for TLHEP)
  20. Designing blended learning (.ppt , various workshops)
  21. A 20 question audit for inclusiveness in teaching and guidelines on teaching with race equality (Approved 2006)
  22. A tool for designing a blended learning mix from intended learning outcomes (a two page .pdf file to print). There is also a double-sided form for designing blended learning and assessment that takes workload into account (a two page .pdf file to print double-sided and to fold).
  23. Slides used for Postgraduate Induction : The nature of postgraduate study, writing and avoiding plagiarism.
  24. Tools for designing blended learning courses, a presentation at Liverpool Hope University on 17 April 2007 (.pdf)
  25. Blended learning: recipes or pick-and-mix? , PPT February 2008
  26. SEDA Conference November 2009, SEDA's new Fellowship Pathway, with Ruth Pilkington (PDF)
  27. Web2.0 and HE (PDF late 2009)
  28. Starting to Lecture (PDF Sept 2010)
  29. Web2.0 and education, resources
  30. Introduction to L&T at Keele 2010-11 (PDF Jan 2011)
  31. SEDA Conference November 2011 Introduction to SEDA-PDF presentation (ppt)
  32. Julia's presentation on the science technicians' survey in Leiden Nov 2011 (pptx file in a zip file - right click to download and then open it) and as a PDF file

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