Quizzes and polls in class and online
Polls and quizzes can be great for increasing the interactivity of teaching sessions and encouraging student engagement. You might want to use a poll to […]
5 top Poll Everywhere question types
Poll Everywhere is a fantastic polling tool licensed by the University of Sussex for use by teaching staff. It allows you to pose questions to […]
Adding a ‘chat’ backchannel to in-person classes
During the pandemic most lectures have been online – either as recordings or as live Zoom sessions. Academics noticed that the ‘chat’ facility in the […]
Top tips for large and small group (online) teaching
This post aims to provide some quick tips and tricks to help improve student engagement during online teaching sessions. We understand that group sizes mean […]
Poll Everywhere UK User Group Event 2019
The fourth annual Poll Everywhere UK User Group Event was held on Thursday 11th April 2019 at the University of Liverpool. This year’s User Group […]
Custard, empathy and the challenges of teaching: new case studies
The TEL team recently interviewed staff at the University of Sussex from Education, Economics and Law. They spoke to us about how they have been […]
Poll Everywhere Pilot
Why Use Poll Everywhere? Poll Everywhere is an audience response technology based on web and cell phone networks, which means that your students or audience […]
Gamification using Poll Everywhere’s Segmented Responses
Gamification in education is a pedagogical approach in which elements of games are incorporated into teaching sessions and/or online delivery, with the aim of increasing […]
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) […]
Live Polling in Google Slides!
I know that so many people love using Google Drive for the convenience, collaboration, and ease of sharing. But, when it comes to Slides, there […]
Overcome Your Nightmares
Today was the first day of a new semester at our university. I teach a Technology for Teachers course in the School of Education – but […]
Must Have Mini Bites!
Yesterday I wrote about the great professional development site, Grovo, that offers 60 second training on all sorts of topics. I realize that I like […]
