Many staff and students at the University of Sussex are using Padlet, which is a very versatile and flexible digital tool that we have been sharing with colleagues for a few years. At the beginning of April 2018, Padlet changed…
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Padlet – some changes to a popular tool
Tagged with: A - Z of apps, Active learning, Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Mobile, Multimedia, Padlet
Posted in Mobile learning
Posted in Mobile learning
Canvas highlights 5: Collaborations
[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] In the second of these Canvas Highlights posts we looked at Groups and some of the ways that…
Canvas Highlights – 2. Groups
Canvas provides lots of opportunities for students to learn together. One of the features that enables this is Groups. This post provides a brief overview of Canvas Groups and suggests some ways in which teachers and learners may want to…
Tagged with: Active learning, Canvas, Collaboration, group work, Instructure, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
Nearpod Mid-year update, Sussex staff and student views so far
In September 2017 Technology Enhanced Learning launched a pilot of Nearpod, an interactive presentation tool. The pilot is intended to assess how useful this tool can be for staff and whether Nearpod has a positive effect on students’ learning experiences.…
Tagged with: A - Z of apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Interactive teaching, Quizzes
Posted in Mobile learning, Polling tools
Posted in Mobile learning, Polling tools
5 Great reasons for students to use OneNote
Whether you are a tutor or a student, and whatever your discipline, it’s likely that you are going to have to make notes. Paper and pen can be convenient and it’s something we’re all used to, but digital notes have…
Seeing how it all fits together – a timeline for Art History
Last year Professor Liz James (Art History) received a Digital Practice Award. The purpose of the funding was to give staff the opportunity to develop or experiment with new tools, resources or teaching approaches with the potential to inform practice…
Tagged with: Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Innovation Scheme, Multimedia
Posted in Learning Design, Learning Spaces, Mobile learning, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Learning Design, Learning Spaces, Mobile learning, Technology Enhanced Learning
The campus is dead, long live the campus.
Take a moment to think about all spaces in which you learn. Whilst certainly not an exhaustive list, here are a few I could think of: Formal (on campus) Informal (on campus) Public spaces Home Online Lecture theatre Cafe Library…
Padlet for collaborative learning.
Over the last couple of years we have often mentioned Padlet in our blog posts* and workshops but never devoted a whole blog post to this versatile tool. As there have been some useful updates recently this seems like a…
Tagged with: App reviews, Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Multimedia
Posted in App review, Mobile learning
Posted in App review, Mobile learning
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