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…
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ALT-C: The ‘coming of age’ of learning technology #altc
Anne Hole, a member of the Sussex TEL team, was one of over 400 delegates at the Association for Learning Technology’s ‘Riding Giants’ conference this week. This is her report. This was a huge conference so this post is…
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…
Digital, interactive and inclusive?
Digital media and associated technologies afford many new opportunities to enhance and innovate in teaching and similarly to support and enrich student learning. Used positively, these technologies can facilitate interaction and active engagement (both within the classroom and beyond), and…
Visualize learning: 7 sources for free images
It’s easy enough to find an image using a search engine. Simply type the word ‘orange’ into Google, for example, and 577,000,000 orange-related results are retrieved in just 0.47 seconds. Which of these results, however, will find you an image rather…
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Posted in Images and Copyright, Technology Enhanced Learning
Language Tutors show and TEL
The modern language tutors in the Sussex Centre for Language Studies are great at exploring opportunities to use technology to enhance their students’ learning – and sharing what they are doing with each other. Anne Hole, the liaison learning…
Remember everything with Evernote
This week we want to introduce you to a great organisation and productivity tool called Evernote. Evernote is basically a note-making app, but it does much more than that. With tagging, reminders, sharing and a powerful search capability, it…
Digital devices take reading back to its social roots
When I imagine my ideal setting for reading a good book, I think of a comfy chair, a cup of coffee and some soft background music. Your perfect reading situation might be different, but it is likely that what…
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