{"id":5533,"date":"2016-12-22T09:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T09:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2016-12-22T09:44:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T09:44:03","slug":"shoal-promotes-discovery-and-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2016\/12\/shoal-promotes-discovery-and-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOAL promotes discovery and connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5534\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/files\/2016\/12\/SunsetGroup-300x186.png\" alt=\"SunsetGroup\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/files\/2016\/12\/SunsetGroup-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/files\/2016\/12\/SunsetGroup-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/files\/2016\/12\/SunsetGroup.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Discoverability and connectivity are core to the SHOAL project\u2019s aims.<\/p>\n<p>Digital learning activities will be <strong>discoverable<\/strong> through the new SHOAL portal currently being developed by Matthew Buckett and Adam Marshall within Weblearn.\u00a0 Resources will be tagged with Learning Object Metadata such as the type of activity, interactivity, and subject, so that you can identify the resources that are most relevant to you.\u00a0 We are testing the portal with a small number of resources, but welcome information on others, particularly in STEM subjects.\u00a0 If you use digital tools to enhance face-to-face teaching or online courses, or know someone who does, please get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>SHOAL will also promote <strong>connectivity<\/strong>, helping you to feel part of a new generation of educators and learners using digital resources at Oxford.\u00a0 The portal will connect educators who wish to incorporate digital resources into their teaching, and students who want to find helpful resources for revision and discussion.\u00a0 We have been testing the mock-up and need volunteers to put it through its paces.\u00a0 We anticipate opening it up to willing students and teachers to trial in February, and we would love to hear from you if you want to try the portal and become part of a community of digital education enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact us on our new SHOAL project email: <a href=\"mailto:shoal@maillist.ox.ac.uk\">shoal@maillist.ox.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discoverability and connectivity are core to the SHOAL project\u2019s aims. Digital learning activities will be discoverable through the new SHOAL portal currently being developed by Matthew Buckett and Adam Marshall within Weblearn.\u00a0 Resources will be tagged with Learning Object Metadata &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2016\/12\/shoal-promotes-discovery-and-connections\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40507,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shoal-project","category-weblearn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5533"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5533\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}