Technology Enhanced Learning are always keen to be involved in school specific events and this year we have been pleased to be invited to contribute at many of the academic schools’ teaching and learning away days. These are sessions which…
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Active Learning, Feedback and Learning Spaces – TEL joins in @SussexUni Away Days
Tagged with: Events, Interactive teaching, Learning Design, Learning Technology
Posted in Active learning, Events, feedback
Posted in Active learning, Events, feedback
Transforming Seminars with Padlet – Podcast Episode 10
How can we transform seminars using online collaboration? How can students develop digital skills and become active creators of multimedia learning resources? In this episode, we interview Dr. Wendy Garnham (www.twitter.com/W_Garnham), who is a Teaching Fellow in Psychology and Director of…
Tagged with: Apps, Collaboration, digital skills, Interactive teaching, Learning Design, Learning Technology, Multimedia
Posted in Learning Design, Mobile learning, Podcast, Uncategorized
Posted in Learning Design, Mobile learning, Podcast, Uncategorized
Developing students’ discipline-specific vocabulary.
Every discipline has its own specialist terms and concepts. As students progress in their studies they learn the relevant language, but when they begin their studies there are lots of words that they are unsure about. Developing students’ fluency in…
Tagged with: glossary, Interactive teaching, Language learning, Learning Design, polling, Study Direct
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Study Direct
Posted in Learning Design, Polling tools, Study Direct
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
Scenario based learning design
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…
Tagged with: Learning Design, Scenarios, Storyboarding
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design
Posted in Digital scholarship, Learning Design
Designing digital learning activities and interactions
In the face of the myriad of technologies available to support teaching and learning, considered approaches to the planning of activities and integration of technology into curricula have never been more important. Universities across the sector have invested in specialist…
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