(Put Yourself On…) PEDESTAL. ‘PEDESTAL stands for Platform for Exchange of Documents and Expertise Showcasing Teaching At Loughborough. The name reflects PEDESTAL’s mission of creating a service which provide new opportunities for the sharing of materials and discussion related to teaching.
Teaching materials can be easily uploaded to PEDESTAL through a simple upload mechanism and the access of each item can be determined to suit every need. For example, a file can be kept private, be available to logged on users i.e. Loughborough staff, or it can be made open to everyone.
PEDESTAL is not just about the sharing content, each user has their own blog which can be used to capture user’s thoughts and interests. Links to useful documents or webpage’s can be recorded, which also may be of interest to many others.
PEDESTAL is structured around people – i.e. the users. Each user is given a personal profile page which can be customised to show their teaching and research interests.’

PEDESTAL overview for all users

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PEDESTAL: More Than a Teaching and Learning Materials Repository is a post from Learning Online Info, a blog dedicated to the world of e-learning and the new learning technologies.

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