University of Sussex Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

From supporting staff with their Virtual Learning Environment module sites and related teaching tools, I have seen past experiences become barriers. I aim to explore […]

If you stand near me long enough, I’ll start talking about digital skills and if I had a soapbox, I’d be standing on it. I […]

What is Authentic Assessment? An authentic assessment is one in which students are presented with real-world tasks to demonstrate how to apply knowledge and skills. […]

Some topics are of perennial interest and given that technologies are constantly changing there is usually something new to say. Two of the most popular […]

I first learnt about Virtual Learning Environments almost twenty years ago. As a high school teacher I attended a training session on a ‘platform’ designed […]

Call for Participation now open for the first Sussex University Education Festival Do you have an example of good practice, innovation or research in teaching […]

This year’s theme for LGBT+ History Month is ‘Behind the Lens’ and seeks to focus attention on the makers of images. However, everyone is a […]

The key learning technologies in use here at Sussex are regularly updated in response to customer feedback. In this post we’ve cherry-picked some of the […]

Sometimes connections fade away due to inevitable change, but if they really did work, why not bring them back?  When asked to setup a new […]

Educational Enhancement (EE) team members have been organising, attending, and presenting at a range of conferences and events over the Autumn term. This is part […]

The use of video to support teaching has increased significantly over the last ten years, with the number of teachers finding value in video content […]

There’s an episode of The Sopranos, quite early on, where Christopher Moltisanti has someone impersonate him and take the stockbrokers’ licensing exam on his behalf […]