In this episode, we talk to Claire Fennell, a Senior Instructional Designer at University College Cork in Ireland, about how to blend classroom teaching with online learning in your virtual learning environment (VLE). As we approach a new academic year, it's a great opportunity to think about how you can build, update or redesign a site in your VLE to integrate aspects of online learning into your classroom teaching. Claire introduces the ADDIE model of instructional design and a range of interactive tools, such as Sway, Roojoom, Google Forms and Screencast-o-matic, which can help to enhance teaching and learning in both online and offline spaces. Check out this episode for tons of useful tips, tools and strategies for creating effective blended learning activities for your learners.

Links:

Claire Fennell

- Twitter: @clairefennel (https://twitter.com/clairefennell)

- Profile at University College Cork (https://www.ucc.ie/en/teachlearn/people/clairefennell/)

University College Cork Instructional Design

- University College Cork Instructional Design website (http://instructionaldesign.ucc.ie/)

- Twitter: @id_ucc (https://twitter.com/id_ucc)

Tools

- Microsoft Sway (https://sway.com/)

- Roojoom (https://www.roojoom.com/)

- GSuite for Education (https://edu.google.com/)

- Google Forms (https://www.google.co.uk/forms/about/)

- Google Docs (https://www.google.com/docs/about/)

- Microsoft Forms (https://forms.office.com/)

- Office 365 (https://www.office.com/)

- Screencastify (https://www.screencastify.com/)

- Screencast-o-matic (https://screencast-o-matic.com/)

- Zoom (https://zoom.us/)

In this episode, we focus on how to empower learners as researchers by making them specialists on a sub-topic within their discipline. This approach is simple but effective. Start by dividing aspects of the subject you are teaching into sub-topics or research areas. Each student is assigned one of these to pursue as a personal research project throughout the module, compiling a portfolio of their reflections and findings along the way. Their final portfolio submission demonstrate an application of the general content studied (common to all students) to their specific research area (unique to them).

Tab Betts talks to Professor Lynne Murphy, who is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex, and Dr. Paolo Oprandi, who is a Senior Learning Technologist at the University of Sussex. Lynne has recently published a book, entitled The Prodigal Tongue, which explores the love-hate relationship between British and American English (https://theprodigaltongue.com). Paolo has recently joined our team in Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Sussex, after working as an E-learning Developer in IT Services.

Links:

Professor Lynne Murphy

- Lynne Murphy at the University of Bradford (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/115259)

- Lynne Murphy on Twitter (twitter.com/lynneguist)

- Lynne Murphy's latest book: The Prodigal Tongue (https://theprodigaltongue.com/)

- Lynne Murphy's Blog: Separated by a Common Language (https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk/)

Dr. Paolo Oprandi

- Paolo Oprandi at the University of Sussex (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/125778)

- Paolo Oprandi on Twitter (https://twitter.com/paolo_oprandi)

In this episode, we focus on Team-Based Learning (TBL), a variety of flipped learning, and how this approach can help encourage students to prepare for lectures, seminars and other teaching sessions by creating a system of accountability. As this approach emphasises teamwork, it can also help students to develop teamwork and negotiation skills, as well as promote peer evaluation and critical thinking in the classroom. Best of all, TBL provides a clearly structured template for planning and delivering teaching sessions.

Tab Betts talks to Simon Tweddell PHEA, who is a Senior Lecturer and Curriculum Development Fellow based in the University of Bradford’s Centre for Educational Development. Simon is also a National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; he was the first certified consultant trainer for Team-Based Learning in the UK and is involved in promoting its use in other institutions across Europe.

Links:

Team-Based Learning

- The Team-Based Learning Collaborative (http://www.teambasedlearning.org/definition/)

- Definition of TBL(http://www.teambasedlearning.org/definition/)

- TBL on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team-based_learning)

- European TBL Community (http://www.teambasedlearning.org/committees/european-tbl-community/)

Simon Tweddell

- Simon Tweddell at the University of Bradford (https://www.bradford.ac.uk/research/our-researchers/simon-tweddell.php)

- Simon Tweddell on Twitter (https://twitter.com/simontweddell)

- Simon Tweddell at the Team-Based Learning Collaborative (http://www.teambasedlearning.org/talk-to-the-experts/simon-tweddell/)

- Simon Tweddell at the Higher Education Academy (National Teaching Fellow 2015) (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/person/simon-tweddell)

In this episode, Tab Betts talks to Dr. Maria Kukhareva, an Educational Developer at the University of Bedfordshire, about how she uses Object Based Learning (OBL) in her teaching. The discussion focuses on how strategic use of physical objects, photos and other realia can be used in any discipline to promote critical thinking, group discussion and reflective learning.

Links:

- Maria Kukhareva at the University of Bedfordshire

(www.beds.ac.uk/cle/about/team/maria-kukhareva)

- Maria Kukhareva's [email protected]

- Maria Kukhareva on Twitter: twitter.com/maria_kukhareva

- Overview of Maria's Object Based Learning Project(goo.gl/F3kv5N)

- More info about Object Based Learning from ALDinHE(goo.gl/eLrA7P)

- Presentation abstract from Playful Learning Conference (conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/wp-co…s-PL17.pdf)

- Maria Kukhareva's Ted Talk on resilience (www.youtube.com/watch?time_contin…e=2&v=3lY6QJIBu64)

TEL: US podcast & vidast, available here: https://youtu.be/kzFkRlMvXXI

This week Dan & Tab discuss and share tools that help manage our reading habits. We also filmed this one at the same time. To add a new dimension to the podcast. We wanted to be able to show you what we are talking about.

We'd love your feedback on this.

In this show:

Dan Axson: https://twitter.com/danaxson

Tab Betts: https://twitter.com/tabbanbetts

Sussex TEL: https://twitter.com/SussexTEL

Blinkist: https://www.blinkist.com/

Pocket: https://getpocket.com/

Instapaper: https://www.instapaper.com/

Safari reading list: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT200294

Feedly: https://feedly.com/i/welcome

MP3 players for visual impairment: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/jan/04/apple-ipod-shuffle-good-mp3-portable-music-players-blind-visually-impaired-users?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=259275&subid=18443773&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Spreed: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spreed-speed-read-the-web/ipikiaejjblmdopojhpejjmbedhlibno

Balabolka: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm

Zoom - Video conferencing: https://zoom.us/

Welcome to our last episode of 2017. In this Christmas special we are joined by the whole Technology Enhanced Learning team and special guest Professor Saul Becker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex.

On this week's show:

What's your favourite Christmas film?

What has caught your eye in teaching and learning at the university this year?

We finish with a quiz, hosted by our guest Professor Saul Becker.

Thank you for listening, we look forward to what 2018 brings. Merry Christmas to all our listeners.

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https://twitter.com/tabbanbetts

https://twitter.com/annehole

https://twitter.com/drdjwalker

https://twitter.com/AntonyCoombsHE

https://twitter.com/Super_GeorgeR

https://twitter.com/petesparx

https://twitter.com/kittyrhorne

https://twitter.com/profsaulbecker

This week on TEL US.

Dan & Tab talk over the following:

Dan https://twitter.com/danaxson

Tab https://twitter.com/tabbanbetts

Sussex TEL https://twitter.com/SussexTEL

Tandem https://www.tandem.net/

Thinglink https://www.thinglink.com

H5P https://h5p.org

TEL Advent Calendar http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/tel/2017/12/05/sussex-tels-festive-countdown

This week on the Sussex TEL US podcast.

We officialy announce that this is the beginning of Season 2.

Joining Dan Axson is Tab Betts and George Robinson.

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https://twitter.com/tabbanbetts

https://twitter.com/Super_GeorgeR

https://twitter.com/SussexTEL

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