Gamification in education is a pedagogical approach in which elements of games are incorporated into teaching sessions and/or online delivery, with the aim of increasing student engagement. This could be achieved by introducing a competitive element (through, for example, the…
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Introducing Canva: an accessible graphic design tool
What is Canva? Canva is an easy-to-use design tool which makes graphic design accessible for learners with all levels of abilities, from complete beginners to experienced designers. Canva’s simple drag and drop function combined with thousands of pre-made layouts enables…
#DIWSussex Makerspaces, conductive ink and more…
As part of Digital Innovation Week 2016 Pollie Barden (@polliepi), Lecturer in Product Design, ran a ‘Makerspace: Light an LED with Pencil, Ink and Paper’ workshop which introduced participants to ways of making simple circuits out of paper, pencils and…
Enhance your PowerPoint presentations with Office Mix
This week we are going to tell you about Office Mix – the much publicised add-on from Microsoft. Office Mix is a free add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint that enables you to transform your slideshows into interactive presentations. The additional features…
What can you learn? TEL training out now!
To start the new academic year, Technology Enhanced Learning have revamped our programme of staff development workshops with a brand new list of sessions for the Autumn term. From ‘Learning by creating with smartphones’ to ‘Augmented reality and virtual reality…
Get even more from Poll Everywhere – LaTeX, Surveys and more…
Polling and quizzing tools can be a great way to increase interactivity and engagement in classes, in particular in large lectures. Poll Everywhere is a useful tool which takes advantage of the mobile devices that students already use, affords students…
Tagged with: Mobile phones, PollEveywhere, Quizzing, Voting
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Technology Enhanced Learning
Using forums effectively – ways to improve engagement
In a Virtual Learning Environment such as Study Direct (Moodle), forums can be a great way to share course information, build community and allow students to easily share resources and ideas. Last year our post The benefits of lurking in…
Technology meets One World Week
This week, 14-20 March, is One World Week at the University of Sussex. One World Week is an annual event which features a great programme of events, from performances and competitions to talks and debates, all of which aim to…
Tagged with: #oneworldsussex, blogging, One World Week, video conferencing
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
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