5 Days of Open Education – Sign up now!
What is Open Education Week? Open Education week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement and its impact on teaching, learning and research. The aim is is to raise awareness about free and...
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Moodle Monday’s – Annotate student assignments in Moodle
Moodle now has the facility to grade student assignments online using its built-in PDF annotator. This means that assignment files no longer need to be downloaded to be marked electronically. If a student has uploaded...
Moodle Monday’s – Glossary Activity
What is it? The glossary activity enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions (like a dictionary), or to collect and organise resources or information. Glossaries have many uses, such as: A...
NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition
The NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). This 13th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an...
Learn with Lynda: Social Media in the Classroom
Social Media tools and platforms are increasingly being used by institutions and academics to enhance teaching, learning and the student experience. UCISA have recently published their Social Media Toolkit: a practical guide to achieving...
Improve student interaction and engagement with participant response tools
Quick polling is an interactive way to engage students in classes by asking them to respond to quick questions and provide immediate feedback. (Calma et al, 2014) Class participation tools can facilitate student engagement with each other, the...
Gamification and Talking About Teaching 2016 #YSJTAT
Friday 22 January 2016, 9.00 am – 4.00 pm ‘Talking about Teaching‘ is our annual event that gives staff an opportunity to engage in conversations about learning, teaching and assessment. The event will create...
Bring Your Own Device for Learning #BYOD4L
‘Bring Your Own Device for Learning’ course (BYOD4L) 11-15 January 2016 BYOD4L is a bite-size facilitated open course offered over 5 days for educators and students in HE but also anybody else who would...
Learn with Lynda: Gamification of Learning
This month, we’re shining the ‘Learn with Lynda’ spotlight on Gamification. Gamification is the introduction of ‘game-like’ features and processes such as ‘levelling-up’, reward systems and challenges into non-game environments such as education. The approach is...
Top Blog Posts 2015
It’s been another busy year on the TEL blog with 77 published posts, 20,647 views, from unique visitors, who left 65 comments. October attracted the most views with 2,469 when 12 posts were published. The...