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.

Students talking at he top of the stairs, plus other students walking up them
The transition from further education to higher education can be a daunting experience for students. Being away from home for
The image taken from Moodle login page. Four boxes for different areas
At the beginning of each new academic year TEL receives many Moodle queries from staff – here are the top
A cup of coffee with the words MOOC on the top
FutureLearn – the first UK-led MOOC platform – is now in its fifth year of operation. It was launched in
A MOOC speech bubble
Encouraged to enrol on a MOOC, and then write about my experience, I decided I had better first find out
A book laid open with a pen and an eye glass resting on it
After the stress of sitting A-level exams passes, and the last of the summer fades, the realisation dawns that you
Cute picture of a cat and dog two images pit next to each other
Okay, so this post isn’t really about whether cats are cuter than dogs… rather, it’s about open source repositories, and
Copyright when blogging
David Sherren Map Librarian - University Library, UoP Copyright guru - David maintains the Copyright Guidelines at the University and
Podcast
Header image used under Creative Commons Licence. Taken by Jonas Smith from Flickr Podcasts are episodic audio files that can
Sarah Cooper Senior Online Course Developer - Faculty of Science, UoP The Safe Exam Browser (SEB) is a Windows programme developed
Amazon image of the name and a tick on the sign to look like a smile
I’m somebody who gets distracted easily. Sometimes this can get in the way of what I need to do, but
A laptop on a table with a side view of a person typing on it
Lynda.com is an online learning platform that offers thousands of e-learning courses (mostly video, but it includes downloadable materials, exercises
Lecturer presenting at the front of the class
Is now the right time to question our role in education? In my previous role of ICT Co-Ordinator within local

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