29th September 2023 will mark one whole year since I joined the University of Sussex as a Learning Technologist. I joined the fantastic Educational Enhancement team and was informed on day one that I would be supporting Media, Arts and…
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Academic Developers August round-up
New tool to support group work at Sussex Coming soon to Canvas – ‘Buddycheck’, a new peer evaluation and feedback tool, will be available from August. It can help make group work fairer, more transparent and reduce workloads for staff.…
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Writing Across the Curriculum in US and UK Higher Education
When I started my English PhD in the US, it was expected that I would teach the introductory composition courses that are required for all first-year students. I was surprised to find that I did not really know how to…
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Posted in AI, Inclusive teaching, Learning Design, Uncategorized
Posted in AI, Inclusive teaching, Learning Design, Uncategorized
A cheat code for Learning Technologists
I’m hoping to tell you something you already know. This post is as much a celebration of the team I work in as it is a mission statement for the year ahead. This is a post about kindness. First, some…
LGBT+ History Month: focus on inclusive teaching, learning and assessment
This year’s theme for LGBT+ History Month is ‘Behind the Lens’ and seeks to focus attention on the makers of images. However, everyone is a creator of representations and technology has made a huge contribution by providing the means for…
Portfolios: Collecting the best
A portfolio is a collection of a students work built up over a specific period of time often highlighting their development and collating the best examples of their practice. Portfolios can be a great tool for assessing students’ development as…
Season’s Greetings from TEL
A Year in TEL – 2021 Online Distance LearningThe university Online Distance Learning (ODL) provision has continued to grow this year, now with over 1000 enrolled students across 5 Masters programmes. Over 100 students have graduated on an ODL course.…
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Flexible tools for teaching online and face-to-face
As we start to deliver face-to-face teaching, with some students still not able to make it onto campus, it is a good time to think about teaching tools which can be used online and face-to-face. One inclusive way to think…
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