For this post, Tab Betts (Technology Enhanced Learning) spoke to Professor Janet Boddy (Education) about her experience of using lecture capture in her teaching at the University of Sussex. Listen here to what Janet had to say about how lecture…
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Scaffolding student learning with lecture capture.
Tagged with: Janet Boddy, Lecture Capture, Lectures
Posted in Study Direct, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Study Direct, Technology Enhanced Learning
MUGSE at Sussex, April 25th 2017
In a previous post, Antony Coombs wrote about ‘Portfolios, assessment and Mahara at Sussex’ outlining how the Mahara e-portfolio system has been introduced at the University. We are now pleased to be hosting the spring meeting of the Mahara Users Group Southern…
Tagged with: ePortfolio, HEFCE, Mahara
Posted in External events, Mahara, Marking and assessment, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in External events, Mahara, Marking and assessment, Technology Enhanced Learning
Developing students’ discipline-specific vocabulary.
Every discipline has its own specialist terms and concepts. As students progress in their studies they learn the relevant language, but when they begin their studies there are lots of words that they are unsure about. Developing students’ fluency in…
Tagged with: glossary, Interactive teaching, Language learning, Learning Design, polling, Study Direct
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Study Direct
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Study Direct
3 ways to develop rich resources on Study Direct (Moodle)
Most people start using the Sussex University VLE (Study Direct) to upload resources – usually slides from lectures. That is a great start, but there is much more that can be done to provide interesting and engaging resources for students.
Tagged with: Moodle, Study Direct, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Posted in Learning Design, Study Direct, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Learning Design, Study Direct, Technology Enhanced Learning
3 steps to improving your time management with digital tools
Everyone is busy and sometimes it seems we are too busy to find ways to organise our time better. This post will take you through three steps to improving the way you manage that most precious resource – your time.
Posted in Digital scholarship, Technology Enhanced Learning
Exploring spherical photography in Digital Innovation Week #DIWSussex
There are many exciting events lined up for Digital Innovation Week which began yesterday (Monday 28th November 2016) and runs through until Friday. Today, we are looking at the Spherical Photography session which will be held on Friday 2nd December…
Working together online
Collaborative working online is an important skill for students and staff. This post looks at some of the tools which can be used to accomplish tasks together online and why it is important to introduce students to them. Digital skills…
Tagged with: Collaboration, Working together
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design, Technology Enhanced Learning
MusicCircle – creative peer feedback goes digital
Giving and receiving feedback from peers is a great way to learn. After all, professionals do it all the time. Organising this type of activity during a seminar can be difficult, but there are now many online tools for sharing…
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