The University of Sussex prides itself on being an inclusive education community, indeed inclusion is one of the five core values of the University’s Strategic Framework. Building on wider institutional efforts in this important area Technology Enhanced Learning and the…
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Canvas news: May update
The implementation of Canvas continues to progress well and training for staff is well underway. Since our last update in early April bookings to attend Canvas Fundamentals workshops have been flooding in. The demand has been such that Technology Enhanced…
Tagged with: Canvas, Learning Design, Learning Technology, Training, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Canvas, Technology Enhanced Learning
Enhanced Analytics in Mahara
The reporting capabilities within the leading open source eportfolio solution Mahara will be fundamentally enhanced in a future release as a result of a project led by the University of Sussex and Dublin City University (DCU). The Higher Education Funding…
Tagged with: assessment, DCU, ePortfolio, HEFCE, Hefce Catalyst Fund, learning analytics, Mahara, OER17
Posted in Mahara
Posted in Mahara
Learning in the post-digital age #DIWSUSSEX
In this first of five blog posts that we’ll be publishing as part of Digital Innovation Week here at the University of Sussex we interview Professor Peter Hartley ahead of an invited seminar he will be delivering here at the…
Learning about Learning Technology
Learning technology is an exciting and fast moving field. Whether you’re an academic interested in increasing engagement in lectures or a student looking for ways to improve your approach to studying, the development of your digital capabilities will be increasingly…
Tagged with: Learning Technology, Personal Learning Networks, Professional Development
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
Developing accessible web content
In our recent post Making learning accessible through technology, Tab Betts (@MrTabKey) took us through some valuable tools that promote inclusivity, productivity and help overcome what are for some significant barriers to learning. A growing range of free content creation…
Tagged with: #a11y, Accessibility, ATAG, David Sloan, Inclusion, Inclusive practice, WCAG
Posted in Accessibility
Posted in Accessibility
Get connected – engaging with online communities
‘Connectedness’ is the very essence of the social web. Digital technologies have an important role in mediating connections but it is important to recognise that it is the connections that these tools facilitate that are important and not the tools themselves.…
Designing digital learning activities and interactions
In the face of the myriad of technologies available to support teaching and learning, considered approaches to the planning of activities and integration of technology into curricula have never been more important. Universities across the sector have invested in specialist…
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