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The TEL (Technology-Enhanced Learning) team has a new programme of workshops which will give you the opportunity to test and assess new technologies before using them in the classroom, or in your work or study routine.

If you are interested in using technology in your teaching but apprehensive about taking the plunge, or perhaps have seen faculty members using technologies but not yet had the chance to test them out for yourself, join the TEL team for a stimulating workshop.

Bookmarks, Prezis, Padlet? If these terms are not familiar to you and you would like to learn more, please see our staff training programme.

We can help demystify new learning technologies for you and give you ideas on how to use these new and emerging tools in your teaching.

New TEL workshops 

We have five new workshops to run alongside our popular standard workshops. Here is a list of the new training opportunities available to you;

1. Interactive teaching with mobile devices
   This workshop will introduce three web-based applications (Poll Everywhere, Socrative, Padlet) that can take advantage of mobile devices to increase student engagement and interaction in large groups and seminars.
2. Designing engaging visual presentations
   This workshop will introduce two different types of presentation tools (Prezi and NearPod) that academic staff can use to create more dynamic and interactive presentations.
3. Introduction to Adobe Connect
   This interactive workshop introduces the leading web conferencing system.  Adobe Connect facilitates one-to-one or multiparty communication via the web and is an ideal solution for online meetings or tutorials.
4. Creating screen- and pod- casts for more interactive resources 
   This workshop session will introduce a number of free tools (including ScreenR and Vocaroo) that academic staff can use to record audio or video straight from their PC or laptop.
5. Digital note-making and bookmarking tool
   This workshop will look into the best way teaching staff and researchers can use web-based tools and mobile apps (Evernote, Diigo and Pocket) to assist with their everyday workflow, organisation and productivity.

To book your place, simply follow the link to the TEL training page and you will see under the course entry an invitation to book a place, for example, Book onto the Interactive teaching with mobile devices workshop here. Click on this and it will take you straight to the booking page and you simply click ‘Book now’ to reserve your place.

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