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Understanding Creative Commons Licences

As members of a University, we all enjoy a fair amount of freedom to reuse and distribute copyrighted material to our colleagues and students, under the framework of our Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) and Educational Recording

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How to overcome barriers when using tech in your teaching

Today we are looking at the barriers that can exist for some when using technology in teaching. The use of technology in lectures and seminars can help to engage students, create opportunities for flipped learning and make resources more accessible

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Working together online

Collaborative working online is an important skill for students and staff. This post looks at some of the tools which can be used to accomplish tasks together online and why it is important to introduce students to them. Digital skills

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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

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Learn about Learning Technology at Sussex

Learning and sharing information with others is an effective way to contribute and further personal and collective knowledge in any given field of study. Last week the Sussex TEL blog looked at various ways of learning about learning technology, with

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Learning about Learning Technology

Learning technology is an exciting and fast moving field. Whether you’re an academic interested in increasing engagement in lectures or a student looking for ways to improve your approach to studying, the development of your digital capabilities will be increasingly

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What’s in your pocket?

Today we are pulling out our pockets and looking at our phones and asking, what are the most popular apps that we use in the TEL team? In alphabetical order, starting with Tab. 

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Introducing our brand new podcast – Teaching with Tech

Looking for creative ideas to engage students? Wondering how to incorporate technology into your teaching? We have a brand new podcast for you!   The Teaching with Tech Podcast is a podcast produced by the Technology Enhanced Learning department at

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We are the Educational Enhancement team at the University of Sussex. We publish posts each fortnight about the use of technology to support teaching and learning. Read more about us.

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