Thanks for coming to our blog. Last week, we looked at Queen’s Alumni Services and we continue this week with Alumni Volunteering. Let’s get started! Volunteering So, you’ve graduated from Queen’s and you want give something back. Why not consider volunteering as Alumni and offer your experience and expertise to Read more…
Hello. Welcome to Monday. It’s the start of another lovely week! This week, we want to look at the International Student Support pages via QOL. These can be found under Academic & Student Affairs and Student Support & Development. Last week, we covered Careers & Employability Skills. What is International Read more…
Students, you may have just started your course at Queen’s recently or you may be nearing the finish line. Either way, you may have heard of the Careers, Employability & Skills section in Academic & Student Affairs. If you haven’t, read on. If you have heard about the Careers, Employability Read more…
Moving on from last weeks blog post on the Learning Development Service, this week, we focus on Widening Participation. This is part of Student Support & Development under Academic and Student Affairs (QOL). What is Widening Participation? Education starts from an early age. And from an early age, Queen’s University Read more…
Last week, we covered accessibility and audio for hearing and hearing impaired audience members. We distinguished between closed captions and subtitles and when transcripts should be used. This post can be viewed here: Hacking Accessibility: Audio. In our post on January 25th, Hacking Accessibility: Visual Information, we looked at ALT Read more…
It’s Monday again and seemingly, Monday’s come around very quickly. Really, it’s been no time at all since last weeks blog post on Visual Information and the previous weeks post on Text. We do hope you are finding these hints and tips helpful in your practices as this week we Read more…
In our previous post, we looked at mindfulness tips to help with using digital tools, screen and digital fatigue. Over the next number of weeks, we will be revisiting accessibility and breaking it down per area: Text Visual information Video Audio Colour, and Design and Output Everything that will be Read more…
Many of us spend a lot of time working on computers as part of our jobs, studying and our everyday routines. It’s not just computer time, it’s screen time. Screen time also takes into account the use of tablets and mobile devices and televisions, not just computers. The fact that Read more…
Happy new year and welcome to 2021! We hope you had a joyful and restful Christmas break and now the university has restarted, you are hopefully refreshed (both as teachers and learners) and ready to get back into the swing of things: Teaching Studying Exams Feedback Between November and December Read more…
Good afternoon and we hope you’re having a lovely start to your week. DigiKnow has been covering different learning Apps lately. This has included: Duolingo TED Talks Anatomy 3D Atlas Flash Cards Office Lens Mind Mapping, and Padlet To move on a little, DigiKnow wants to look at how information Read more…