A-Z Tools & Technologies: Kahoot
What is it? There are many audience participation apps and tools that can be used to encourage student participation and engagement, we have covered quite a few on this blog. This post is focusing...
Tagged: Staff Development
‘TEL’ Me About… Improving your feeback through Turnitin
We recently ran one of our lunchtime ‘TEL’ me about… sessions covering using Turnitin to improve feedback for students. Staff at the university can choose whether to set assignments through the Moodle assignment or...
January MOOCs: Teaching with Video and Teaching with Moodle
If you’re on the lookout for some professional development in 2017, there are a couple of MOOCs starting in January that may be of interest. MOOC means ‘Massive Online Open Course’. They are usually...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: Meetoo
What is it? When I attended ALT-C in September I saw a demo of Meetoo, which had only recently moved into offering to Education, a tool that allows you to engage with your audience...
12 Apps of Christmas 2016
It’s that time of year again; only so many shopping days until Christmas, Mariah Carey, Shakin’ Stevens & Slade on an eternal loop and the, now annual, “12 Apps of Christmas” emails dropping into...
Moodle Monday: Quiz Activity
What is it? There are quite a few ways that you can make your Moodle course more interactive and encourage student engagement. One method is using the Quiz activity module, this allows you to design...
Learn with Lynda: Prezi Presentation tips and tricks
This month’s Learn with Lynda is focusing on presentations. Are you looking for a different way to present to students? Then Prezi may be the (free) tool for you! We have previosuly introduced Prezi in...
‘TEL’ Me About… Workshops
Throughout this academic year, the TEL team will be delivering a series of lunchtime workshops. These sessions will cover a range of tools and technologies available at the institution for enhancing teaching, learning and...
Teaching with Moodle MOOC
Since I am relatively new to using Moodle from a staff perspective (I have previously used it as a student) I’ve decided to take part in the Teaching with Moodle MOOC that has started...
Learn with Lynda: How to Make Accessible Learning
July’s Learn with Lynda course was released only last month and is called How to Make Accessible Learning. This 50 minute course is a great introduction to accessibility issues that can arise at any...