Twitter is a great companion for academic conferences – before, during and after the event, the micro-blogging platform can expand and deepen the experience. This post offers some ideas for making the most of Twitter at your next conference. Building…
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Conference tweeting – some tips and tricks
Tagged with: Apps, Conference, digital skills, Mobile apps, Social media, Twitter
Posted in App review, Social media
Posted in App review, Social media
Digital tools for reflective practice – an update
Back in 2015 I wrote a post for this blog on digital tools for reflective practice, and it has proved to be one of our most-viewed posts, but things move fast in the world of digital tools, so it seemed…
Apple Clips: A free and easy video editor
This week we want to introduce you to an iOS app that is great for quickly producing short videos for sharing. What is it? In Apple’s own words Clips is ‘..an iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with…
This week we are introducing a fabulous social media tool, Instagram. Instagram is a social media app which allows users to share images and video clips. As social media sites like Facebook (which its worth noting is the parent company…
Tagged with: Active learning, App reviews, Apps, Engagement, Images, Mobile, Social media
Posted in Active learning, App review, Social media
Posted in Active learning, App review, Social media
Introducing Paper and Paste – tools for creating visual learning materials
In this week’s post we are going to look at two tools by FiftyThree; Paper an annotation and sketch tool and Paste a collaborative presentation tool. Both Paper and Paste can be useful in teaching and learning and for your own…
Padlet – some changes to a popular tool
Many staff and students at the University of Sussex are using Padlet, which is a very versatile and flexible digital tool that we have been sharing with colleagues for a few years. At the beginning of April 2018, Padlet changed…
Tagged with: A - Z of apps, Active learning, Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Mobile, Multimedia, Padlet
Posted in Mobile learning
Posted in Mobile learning
G Suite – to share and collaborate on documents and presentations online
Microsoft Office is a suite of programs that I’d imagine most people have encountered, whilst it’s a good suite of programs and all University of Sussex staff have access to a full licence (details on the ITS website ), it…
Add interaction to videos with Vizia
This week we want to introduce you to a great tool for creating interaction with videos. Video is increasingly being used in teaching and learning, from recorded lectures to short videos used as part of a Flipped Learning approach. Watching…
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