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 kangaroo with a joey in her pouch
On the second week of our holiday Down Under visiting family in Australia, it became apparent that getting home was
On a table a mobile phone showing a list of courses on LinkedIn Learning app, next to earphones and a mug filled with a dark beverage
LinkedIn Learning LinkedIn Learning contains over 40,000 courses on technical, business and creative skills and is free to all University
Digifest 2020
Although a regular delegate at Jisc’s annual Digifest I had never before given a presentation so was excited to have
Into the unknown - part 2
Digifest (#digifest20) as a conference is awe inspiring, Jisc really know how to create that wow factor on entering the
working from home
As the UK prepares to work from home this week, many people might be feeling a little anxious and overwhelmed
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: learning, teaching and assessment during enforced absence
Calling all UoP Staff! In light of recent events the TEL team have been busy collating and developing a resource
into the unknown - part 1
Just like Elsa being called by unseen voices into an adventure as yet undefined (for those that don’t know, this
On changing from academic to educational technologist
Some of you may remember me – I spent about 16 years at Portsmouth, lecturing in the School of Computing.
People pointing at a computer screen
Recently Coventry University released a new plugin for Moodle around the idea of group and peer feedback. A colleague highlighted
Amand standing behind a handheld video camera
We often advise lecturers to use more interesting content on their Moodle sites, rather than just lecture slides, PDFs and
Jo and Sarah sitting on different sofas looking at each other
Hello! My name is Jo Fairwood and at the start of January 2020 I joined the Technology Enhanced Learning team
The Curriculum Framework Specification document, which provides detailed precepts and guidance for the design, development and review of all new

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