Higher Education Blog

Welcome to our blog series written especially for Higher Education. We’ve been working hard on it and we hope you like it and find it useful. If you want to add your voice to any of the blogs then we encourage you to add your comments after the blog. We want to hear your thoughts!

We will be publishing several blogs a month – some written by us, and some written by you. We’re looking for guest writers from the world of Higher Education to write about anything that is of interest and relevance to you. If you would like to get involved and write a blog that we can publish here, please complete this form.

How Banning Laptops in the Classroom Fostered Critical Thinking

15th April 2019

Ioannis Costas Batlle

Ioannis Costas Batlle discusses how banning laptops in his lessons lead to a noticeable increase in student engagement and critical thinking.

The Benefits of a Good Resource List

9th April 2019

Becky Owen

This blog looks at the benefits of a good resource list and how a resource list management system, like KeyLinks, can help institutions put together a great list.

Something to Write Home About: How Copying and Scanning Translates into Royalties for Writers

18th March 2019

Alice Donovan

ALCS are an owner and member of CLA, which means data and licence fees gathered from HEIs are a critical part of how ALCS pays royalties to writers. Alice Donovan, Communications Executive at ALCS, explains more about how this relationship works and what these payments mean for writers.

Live Streaming a University Event: Consider Copyright

11th March 2019

Becky Owen

Does your university use live streaming? Check out our tips to consider before live streaming an event!

The Aspire project: Making e-books more e-ffective

4th March 2019

Alistair McNaught

E-books offer unprecedented opportunities for those with print disabilities. Alistair McNaught discusses how this can be applied and what the Aspire project is doing to improve accessibility.

Augmented Reality – An Educator's Response

19th February 2019

Debbie Holley

Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation and Head of the Centre for Excellence in Learning at Bournemouth University, outlines how educators can harness technologies for learning in meaningful ways.

The Marrakesh Treaty & the CLA Higher Education Licence

11th February 2019

Becky Owen

This blog post looks at how the UK implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty into law affects the CLA Higher Education Licence.

Engaging Academics in Copyright

4th February 2019

Dave Puplett

Dave Puplett shares how the Library Services team at the University of Greenwich are engaging the rest of the institution in copyright.

Rethinking Referencing

21st January 2019

David Bennett

University of Portsmouth's David Bennett looks at the need to rethink the current referrencing system.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Digitisation

14th January 2019

Martin Snelling

Martin Snelling discusses his journey in the world of digitisation, from starting off with Packtracker to becoming part of the DCS project.

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Welcome to our blog series written especially for Higher Education. We’ve been working hard on it and we hope you like it and find it useful. If you want to add your voice to any of the blogs then we encourage you to add your comments after the blog. We want to hear your thoughts!