Last year Professor Liz James (Art History) received a Digital Practice Award. The purpose of the funding was to give staff the opportunity to develop or experiment with new tools, resources or teaching approaches with the potential to inform practice…
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Seeing how it all fits together – a timeline for Art History
Tagged with: Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Innovation Scheme, Multimedia
Posted in Learning Design, Learning Spaces, Mobile learning, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Learning Design, Learning Spaces, Mobile learning, Technology Enhanced Learning
Padlet for collaborative learning.
Over the last couple of years we have often mentioned Padlet in our blog posts* and workshops but never devoted a whole blog post to this versatile tool. As there have been some useful updates recently this seems like a…
Tagged with: App reviews, Apps, Collaboration, Engagement, Multimedia
Posted in App review, Mobile learning
Posted in App review, Mobile learning
Making meaning with Social Media
When you hear the phrase ‘social media’, probably the first association that springs into your mind is conversing through short-form messages and shared links or images. You probably also recognise a range of practices, conventions and behaviours, such as collaborative…
Tagged with: curriculum, Engagement, meaning, Social media
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design, Mobile learning, Social media
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design, Mobile learning, Social media
Tech for active learning in large groups.
How can we promote and manage active learning during lectures? How can we measure student understanding and make sure that students are engaging with material? In 1972, Donald Bligh (1) undertook an extensive study on the use of the lecture…
Tagged with: Collaboration, Engagement, Interactive teaching, Learning, Learning Design, Learning Technology
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools
Plickers! An easy-to-use quizzing tool
The TEL team recently demonstrated Plickers at the annual University of Sussex Teaching and Learning Conference 2016. The theme of the conference was inclusivity. To build on this theme, we demonstrated how to use technology to encourage participation with two TEL…
Tagged with: Engagement, Inclusion, Plickers, Quizzes, Quizzing
Posted in Polling tools, Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted in Polling tools, Technology Enhanced Learning
Using forums effectively – ways to improve engagement
In a Virtual Learning Environment such as Study Direct (Moodle), forums can be a great way to share course information, build community and allow students to easily share resources and ideas. Last year our post The benefits of lurking in…
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