Peer learning is a term that covers a broad spectrum of activities in which students work together to further their learning, from peer teaching, to group working, to peer assessment. There are great benefits to be seen from peer learning…
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Peer Learning with Canvas
Tagged with: Canvas, Collaboration, discussion, peer learning, peer review
Posted in Canvas, Learning Design
Posted in Canvas, Learning Design
Dates for your diary! Book now for these great TEL workshops.
We have a great line-up of new workshops for University of Sussex teaching staff this semester. Whether you want to explore next steps with Canvas, are looking to make the most of Panopto, our new online media platform, or are…
Tagged with: AR, augmented reality, Canvas, Collaboration, Flipgrid, flipped learning, Gamification, Panopto, Podcasting, Quizzes, Surveys, Twine, Video
Posted in Professional Development
Posted in Professional Development
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
Padlet Backpack for staff and students
Users of Padlet will be aware that the popular tool underwent some changes in April which introduced limits on a free account. As many University of Sussex staff use Padlet in their teaching, we have purchased a Backpack licence for…
Tagged with: app, Canvas, Collaboration, Curation, Learning Technology, Padlet
Posted in Learning Technologies
Posted in Learning Technologies
Canvas highlights 7: Discussions
Discussion boards are a common feature of VLEs, supporting the collaborative exploration of ideas and understanding that plays a central role on the development of knowledge. Canvas Discussions offer a rich set of options and a clean, highly usable interface.…
Tagged with: Canvas, Collaboration, discussion, interaction, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
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
Canvas highlights 5: Collaborations
[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] In the second of these Canvas Highlights posts we looked at Groups and some of the ways that…
Canvas Highlights – 2. Groups
Canvas provides lots of opportunities for students to learn together. One of the features that enables this is Groups. This post provides a brief overview of Canvas Groups and suggests some ways in which teachers and learners may want to…
Tagged with: Active learning, Canvas, Collaboration, group work, Instructure, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
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