Back in 2015 I wrote a post for this blog on digital tools for reflective practice, and it has proved to be one of our most-viewed posts, but things move fast in the world of digital tools, so it seemed…
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Peer feedback for student learning
Professionals in all fields are constantly giving feedback to, and receiving feedback from, their peers. This blog post, for example, was reviewed by one of my colleagues before it was published and they made suggestions for ways to improve it.…
Tagged with: assessment, Canvas, feedback, Office365, Padlet, peer assessment, peer review
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Posted in feedback
Effective pedagogy for students with Specific Learning Difficulties
This is a guest post by Dr Lara Montesinos Coleman (School of Global Studies). Teaching staff in most schools and universities tend to have limited awareness of how a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) can affect learning. There is particularly sparse literature…
Tagged with: Accessibility, Inclusive practice, pedagogy, Specific Learning Difficulties, SpLDs
Posted in Accessibility
Posted in Accessibility
Reflections on an Erasmus visit to Sussex TEL
My name is Claire Fennell and I am a Senior Instructional Designer from University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. I recently visited the TEL Sussex team as part of the ERASMUS + programme, an EU funded programme allowing staff in…
What makes a good Technology Enhanced Learning blog post?
Here in Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Sussex we have been blogging for 4 years. In that time we have picked up a few clues as to what makes a successful post. Here I will share a few…
Canvas Know-how 4: Creating a Glossary in Canvas
Whilst Canvas provides a variety of new opportunities that weren’t available in Study Direct, there are a couple of resource types that don’t have a direct Canvas equivalent. One of these is the Glossary tool, which has been used in…
Canvas Know-how 2: Making Use of Announcements
[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] Announcements in Canvas are a great way of making students aware of important news. For example, if there…
5 Top Tips for creating inclusive presentations
For presentations to be part of truly inclusive teaching practice they need to be created with an eye on accessibility. This post will outline some things you can do to make your presentations in lectures, seminars, meetings and conferences accessible…
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