I first learnt about Virtual Learning Environments almost twenty years ago. As a high school teacher I attended a training session on a ‘platform’ designed to record students’ homework tasks which would one day remove the need for planners (the…
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Accessibility tips: Mobile accessibility
Accessibility is a hot topic in Higher Education. Around 15% of the student population at the University of Sussex have registered disabilities with potentially many more who have unidentified or undisclosed needs. Mobile devices and the iPhone in particular have…
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
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
Digital Wellbeing – How to Focus and Unplug
You would be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed when it comes to tools for work, productivity, teaching, learning and entertainment. There is a lot of noise from a lot of places. Notifications popping up on our phones, tablets, laptops, watches and…
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…
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