Plickers (paper clickers) allow you to quiz up to 63 students with just one device, an app and a set of scannable Plicker cards. I recently used Plickers in a…
Written by Sally Burr
Sally Burr is a Learning Technologist at the University of Sussex and editor of the Technology Enhanced Learning blog. https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/tel/ Sally has recently completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Careers Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education with Warwick University and since written an ebook called 'Graduate Jobs: An Emergency Guide'.
How to Create an Academic Website for Free!
Set up a WordPress.com account. You may not have time to maintain a regular blog but that’s not to say you won’t benefit from an online space to call your…
MOOC for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
MOOCs or ‘Massive OpenOnline Courses’ provide an opportunity to learn for free. They have been given a good press, followed by a rather bad press. However, I think there is a…
Digital Skills: What Are They And How Are Yours?
The term ‘digital skills’ is frequently referred to both inside and outside of higher education. What does it really mean, and how can we judge if we are digitally literate/capable,…
The Value Of Lurking
Inspired by the journal article Online Discussion Forums in Higher Education: Is ‘Lurking’ Working?, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education Mazuro and Rao (2011), I will take a quick look at the…
Academics, Are You Linked In?
LinkedIn describes itself as ‘the world’s largest professional network with 300 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe.’ As an academic, you might consider LinkedIn simply because this…
A Guide To Developing Your Online Presence.
The internet is ‘where humanity is doing its stuff’ according to David White, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Arts who presented Learning and Teaching in the…