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How can technology be used to help prepare for post-university life?
There are many digital tools that can help students to start researching careers and building a positive online presence.
We look at tools useful to a student or to a tutor wanting to promote Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Read more ›
[Image adapted from “An open spiral bound planner for 2017” by Your Best Digs, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence]
We’d like to extend a warm welcome back to all staff and students as we move into 2017. This term, TEL are offering a range of workshops for teaching staff, so why not sign up to brush up your digital skills for the New Year. Read more ›
One of the greatest pleasures of a new colleague is the new ideas and ways of thinking that they bring to a team.
New learning technologist Tab Betts (@MrTabKey) introduced the Sussex TEL team to Anchor FM during Digital Innovation Week #DIWSussex.
We’d like to share this app with our readers here as a potential tool for teaching and learning. Read more ›
Canva is an easy-to-use design tool which makes graphic design accessible for learners with all levels of abilities, from complete beginners to experienced designers.
Canva’s simple drag and drop function combined with thousands of pre-made layouts enables users to quickly and easily create a wide range of different designs. Choose from, among others:
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Everyone is busy and sometimes it seems we are too busy to find ways to organise our time better. This post will take you through three steps to improving the way you manage that most precious resource – your time. Read more ›
Over the summer, I worked with Amanda Griffiths (Student Wellbeing Manager) at the University of Sussex to develop “My Wellbeing” – a bitesize online induction course aimed at all students within the university.
This used a scenario-based learning approach to educate students on prevention and intervention within the context of health, safety and student wellbeing and to raise awareness of available help and support. This article will explore the approaches used to design, conceptualise and produce the resource. Read more ›
As part of Digital Innovation Week 2016 Pollie Barden (@polliepi), Lecturer in Product 
Design, ran a ‘Makerspace: Light an LED with Pencil, Ink and Paper’ workshop which introduced participants to ways of making simple circuits out of paper, pencils and conductive ink. We decided to find out more about Pollie’s teaching practices both in the community and at Sussex. The interview is edited for brevity and clarity. Read more ›
