Welcome to Tel Tales, the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team’s blog site!

Click on our blog posts below to view what the team have been up to, where we’ve been and what inspires us in learning and teaching. We are always looking for keen bloggers to contribute to our site, if you are a University of Portsmouth member of staff and interested in writing a post for Tel Tales then please get in touch with your ideas.

A view from Hohenlimburg Castle
Guest Blogger: James Brand - Erasmus+ Staff Training: Visiting the FernUniversität in Hagen (Part 3)
This is the third of four related blog posts about about an Erasmus+ Staff Training experience to the FernUniversität in
Guest Blogger: James Brand - Erasmus+ Staff Training: Visiting the FernUniversität in Hagen (Part 2)
This is the second of four related blog posts about about an Erasmus+ Staff Training experience to the FernUniversität in
Hagen Germany
Guest Blogger: James Brand - Erasmus+ Staff Training: Visiting the FernUniversität in Hagen (Part 1)
This is the first of four related blog posts about about an Erasmus+ Staff Training experience to the FernUniversität in
Lady looking at a laptop
Digital Skills Certificate
Earlier in the year I went to Digifest 2018, the biggest conference for Education Technology in the UK. As well
A sandy beach with waves coming in
New Modules for Moodle 2018-19
You may remember that we introduced a new way to request new Moodle modules last year, since then the service
Dog with an edible small bone on his nose
Guest Blogger: Carole Phillips - Old Dog - New Tricks
Blog following TEL Training sessions: The saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks isn’t quite true in
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The Portsmouth Moodle - Accessibility Snapshot
In January 2018 we were lucky enough to host a visit from Alistair McNaught, a JISC subject specialist on accessibility
A rabbit with a flower in his mouth and a hen's egg
Guest Blogger: Julian Ingle - The Green Zone Rabbit
In the Green Zone, a safe area where politicians live, Hajjar and his friend are hiding in a villa preparing
People either side of a map, a camera, a laptop, some writing paper and pens
New Features of Moodle and Bespoke TEL Training Sessions
During August TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) will be offering New Features of Moodle 3.5 and bespoke training sessions only. The
A layout of a Moodle page
New Moodle theme
Over the past academic year members of TEL have been talking to people across the University about what Moodle should
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Student digital experience 2018 - results from the JISC tracker
For the past three years the University of Portsmouth has run the JISC student digital experience tracker – a survey
Nearpod logo
Some thoughts on Nearpod
Nearpod is a service that uses audience interaction during presentations to enhance almost any form of teaching. Before we get

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