Innovation blog

On January 18, 2017, ICTOL organised the first Teacher Talks meeting. Teacher Talks are related to the Just-do-IT workshops set up by ICTOL, in which faculty members get hands-on experience with different IT tools for use in education (read more >>>). 

One of the things that proved to be difficult is asking students to record an online video conversation. Many students use Skype to have an online video chat, but recording this chat requires the installation of additional software that is not free....

At the Dutch conference on IT in Education, the SURF "Onderwijsdagen", minister of Education Jet Bussemaker declared herself a strong supporter of sharing educational material. In fact, she has been propagating open and online learning via a four-year...

About half a year ago ICTOL started the Just do IT! workshops to offer staff at the Faculty of Arts training in digital technologies that they can use for teaching.

Recently, I came across two free tools that were used before, during and after meetings: Padlet and Tricider. With these tools, you can collect ideas from participants of an event; clearly, that could also include lectures or other educational meetings.......

After winning a SURF contest for the best proposal on using a 3D printer in education, ICTOL experimented with a 3D printer between March and June 2016. The printer, made available by SURF, was used to create a replica of the Lumière Cinématographe, as...

"The future is not flat" reflects the vision of the presenters of a meeting with the same name that ICTOL organized on May 26, 2016 to present three related RUG projects aiming at using digital visualization to explore cultural heritage collections. All...

On April 30 and May 1st, the complete ICTOL team (Sake, Peter, André) participated in the Google For Education 2016 Netherlands Summit, organized by the RUG in co-operation with several Google Apps community members. During these two days, we attended...

From 6 to 8 April, the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference 2016 (#BbTLC16) was hosted by the University of Groningen. Over 400 participants from across Europe had registered to learn about good practices and innovations supported by Blackboard and...

Welcome to our new site! We have redesigned the ICTOL site to support Faculty of Arts staff better in using technology for teaching and learning. Staff training in digital skills and using pedagogically innovative tools in support of the university’s...