For those of you who are engaging with the Future Facing Learning programme the Jisc Digital discovery tool is a key learning activity for you to assess your digital capabilities. We are offering this as a means for you to explore your digital practice both generally and within your teaching context…
Launch of EvaSys Module Evaluations
From November 2017, the University will be adopting a revised approach to the design and delivery of module evaluations through implementing the EvaSys online system. EvaSys is the leading suite for module evaluations in the UK and is used widely across the sector. It will allow much of the module evaluation process to be automated and will deliver a consistent approach across the University…
Students as Researchers 17/18: Calling all staff and students
The Students as Researchers Scheme at Teesside was introduced in the academic year 2011/12 as a learning and teaching enhancement activity. The purpose of the scheme is to develop learners as co-creators, rather than consumers of knowledge, enhance research and transferable
Blackboard (EAT) downtime this summer
As usual, we’ll be making some improvements to Blackboard (EAT) this summer. It will be unavailable between 28/07/17 at 6pm until 01/08/17 at 10pm whilst we work on a number of things. We fully appreciate that whatever time we choose, it won’t be ideal for everyone. After considering all the factors we know about (such as exam boards, re-sits and staff availability), we’ve tried to pick the least inconvenient times possible…
A Room with a View
Come along and see a room with a view, a view that is of our new online space Collaborate Ultra. Collaborate Ultra is a browser-based online classroom/webinar tool, integrated within Teesside University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) – Blackboard. We hope you’ll be able to join us as we introduce this new online environment at Teesside University’s ‘Teaching Excellence’ Learning and Teaching Enhancement Conference, taking place on Monday 26th June and Tuesday 27th June 2017 in The Curve…
Alternative uses for Journals
This article looks at how we can use the Journal tool in Blackboard for something a bit different to its usual task. The most common application of the journal is to create a space within a module for private reflection. However, it has other uses as this article will hopefully demonstrate. The article finishes with a very quick summary of reflection in education, and how Blackboard can help facilitate this…
Bite-size video, the way forward?
Bite-size is effectively ‘chunking’ relevant content into manageable nuggets of information. It is a great way to engage learners who prefer snappy, accessible and easy to remember content. Making information available in digestible portions provides students with the opportunity to work through material in stages, allowing them to focus on topics, which results in deeper, more meaningful learning…
Increasing Classroom Engagement with Socrative
Mobile apps aren’t just for use outside of the classroom – they can have just as much impact when used appropriately inside the classroom environment, especially in terms of student engagement…
Staff and Student feedback on ReView
ReView (powered by Panopto) allows lectures and teaching sessions taking place in equipped rooms to be recorded and then accessed by students at a later date through Blackboard. Recorded sessions can include seminars, tutorials, laboratory sessions and practice-based sessions as well as the more traditional lectures. The same ReView system also allows a wide range of learning and teaching materials to be recorded, which can provide additional resources for students…
Supporting the use of mobile devices
In 2012 the LTE team started to look at how mobile devices could be used to enhance the learning and teaching experience at Teesside University. At a time when mobile devices such as smartphones and technology use had started to become ubiquitous we had done very little to see where, or indeed if mobile devices could fit within our learning and teaching strategy.