Coming soon to Canvas – Buddycheck is new peer evaluation and feedback tool that can help make group work fairer, more transparent and reduce workloads for staff. It’s Learning Tech that dreams are made of! Here I explain what it…
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Educational Enhancement (EE): a fresh start for TEL
To better reflect the activities of our department, Technology Enhanced Learning has been renamed Educational Enhancement (EE). In recent years the team, which was originally focussed on Learning Technologies, has grown to also include Academic Development and Online Distance Learning.…
AI in education – what can we expect in the future?
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly and, as a data-driven technology, AI-powered tools lend themselves to a wide range of applications. In this blog we will look at potential opportunities for AI integration into teaching and learning,…
The top TEL blog posts in 2020/21
It’s been a year (plus) like no other, but now the academic year is ending there’s a chance for some reflection. I was interested to see whether the number of views of posts on the TEL blog could tell us…
Poster presentations online
Over the last year many activities that would previously have been run in rooms on campus have moved online. One such activity is the poster presentation. In this post I’ll explore how tutors can adapt this activity for online, gaining…
Tagged with: assessment, presentation
Posted in Accessibility, Blended learning, Learning Design, Technology Enhanced Learning, Uncategorized
Posted in Accessibility, Blended learning, Learning Design, Technology Enhanced Learning, Uncategorized
Facilitating discussion and collaborative note-making in lectures through a backchannel
What is a backchannel? The ‘backchannel’ is a term coined by Victor Yngve, Professor of Linguistics (1970) to acknowledge subtle and informal responses from a person actively listening to someone else speaking. This term has since been adapted to fit…
Tagged with: Canvas, Collaboration, communication, Engagement, Mobile
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Technology Enhanced Learning
Reflections on an Erasmus visit to Sussex TEL
My name is Claire Fennell and I am a Senior Instructional Designer from University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. I recently visited the TEL Sussex team as part of the ERASMUS + programme, an EU funded programme allowing staff in…
What makes a good Technology Enhanced Learning blog post?
Here in Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Sussex we have been blogging for 4 years. In that time we have picked up a few clues as to what makes a successful post. Here I will share a few…
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