If Santa was a learning technologist, he might well recommend the following digital tools to help you organise your revision over the Christmas holidays. Fill your mind as well as your stocking with the TEL team’s top five suggestions for Smart…
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Delete or file? Managing your inbox
Email is the beauty and the beast of the modern workplace. It’s a quick and easy way to communicate, yet there is a dark side. Reading and responding to email can be time-consuming, and teaching staff can find their lesson-planning or…
Try something new for Mobile Technologies Week – borrow a laptop with your Library card #sussexmtw
The Library has teamed up with IT Services to bring you 20 Google Chromebooks, with an additional four due to arrive in the next few weeks. You can borrow a Chromebook for up to six hours at a time in the…
Skills at your fingertips: Skills Hub
Looking for skills support at Sussex? Staff and students at the University of Sussex now have access to a one stop shop for study and support needs in one easy to find, online location. Whatever the type of resource or guidance…
Facebook: how private are your privacy settings?
You might be surprised to see the information available to the public via your Facebook account, even if your privacy settings are set to ‘friends only’. Despite this setting, the public may still be able to view: previous posts (pre-privacy…
TodaysMeet: embracing the backchannel for learning
TodaysMeet is designed to enhance learning by embracing the backchannel; the ‘secondary or covert route for the passage of information’ (Oxford Dictionary) that runs alongside learning. TodaysMeet for learning and teaching TodaysMeet allows for shared thoughts, questions,…
Digital, interactive and inclusive at Sussex #melsigus
On Tuesday 9th September, the University of Sussex was pleased to host a Media Enhanced Learning and Special Interest Group (MELSIG) event. ‘Digital Media Interaction and Inclusivity’ explored accessibility, inclusion, and some of the ways in which digital media can be…
Study Direct: add your own video and audio
Media Upload is a new function developed by the Study Direct team. Using this feature, you can now upload any video or audio file that you have created from your computer, camera or phone. The use of video and audio can…
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