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Mobile Technologies Week round up

Two weeks ago University of Sussex staff from the Library and Technology Enhanced Learning team came together to organise and deliver a week of workshops, seminars, drop-ins and challenges revolving around the use of mobile technologies. These sessions ran throughout

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Take the University everywhere with the Sussex mobile app #sussexmtw

If you’re a student or staff member at the University of Sussex then you might not already be aware of the University’s free mobile app available for download from the IT Services download page. The Sussex Mobile app was launched

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Are you using Socrative? An engaging tool to quiz student understanding

Socrates (470-399 BC) would be pleased to see his philosophy of enquiry-based learning underpinning Socrative; the easy to use, quiz resource for teachers. By using Socrative, you can test your students’ knowledge to gauge their current level, check ‘in-lesson’ concept learning, and add

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New TEL workshops: future-proof your teaching

The TEL team has a new programme of workshops which will give you the opportunity to test and assess new technologies before using them in the classroom, or in your work or study routine. If you are interested in using

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Poll Everywhere: interactive, mobile and now at Sussex

You may have recently heard that, ready for the start of the new term, the University of Sussex has licensed Poll Everywhere. Poll Everywhere is a student response system that allows students to give instant answers or feedback on presented content,

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Feedly: Make the internet come to you

Each month the TEL team will be introducing you to a useful resource and this time it is Feedly; the app that allows you to bring together everything you regularly view on the web. Feedly is an app that allows

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Open world, connected world

Nick Botfield, Learning Technologist for the Sciences, attended the Academic Practice and Technology (APT) Conference at the University of Greenwich, which focused on how teaching and learning can become more connected. Waves of change The conference was organised to ‘provide

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The e-Classroom: From Flipped to Global to MOOC

Exploring Technology, Enquiry, and Pedagogy Monitoring emerging trends in learning technology and guiding the development of innovative teaching practice is a core activity of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team here at the University of Sussex. On 26th June 2014, Nick Botfield,

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