{"id":6516,"date":"2017-12-05T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2017-12-04T16:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:33:35","slug":"sussex-tels-festive-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/12\/05\/sussex-tels-festive-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex TEL\u2019s Festive Countdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology Enhanced Learning\u2019s very own Elf, George Robinson, has been busy making a countdown to Christmas calendar full of TEL goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6517\" style=\"width: 1102px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/resource\/Christmas\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6517\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6517 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2017\/12\/2017-12-04_1605.png\" 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