INTO TEL Podcast

We had the pleasure of being joined by Katy Forrest, a colleague from INTO University of Stirling who teaches law, among other things. Katy shares the interesting work she's done in reimagining her law module's assessment, and what plans she has for future assessments. This is a great episode if you're looking for ideas on how to make assessments in your module more authentic.

For this episode, we're pleased to be joined by our very own Alan Odgers, the TEL team's Lead Instructional Designer. Alan has a wealth of experience in designing learning activities and content for students and employee development. We sat down with him to pick his brain on what makes a good learning content and to get some top tips you can apply when designing your course and/or material...

In this episode, we're pleased to be joined by Dr Rachelle Maddison and Dr Paul Mackay, both from INTO Newcastle. We focus on ⁠Nearpod⁠ , a great way to add interactivity to your lessons to make them more engaging.

Welcome back to the TEL podcast, where we explore the latest trends and best practices in technology-enhanced learning. Today, we're having a further look at artificial intelligence (AI) tools and their impact on higher education, specifically focusing on their use in academic writing classes. This episode is hosted by Glen and Coral, who had the great pleasure of being joined by Dr Laura Dumi...

Welcome to the INTO TEL podcast, where we explore the latest trends and best practices in technology-enhanced learning. Today, we're excited to bring you a discussion on the topic of AI, and how it might be embraced within higher education. The hosts for this week's podcast are Coral and Glen, who were pleased to be joined by Dr Paul Mackay from INTO Newcastle. Paul has been experimenting...

In this preview of episode 7 (Season 2), you can hear Dr Laura Dumin sharing her experiences on the impact AI tools have had on her time in preparing courses and lessons. Dr Laura Dumin is a Professor in English and Technical Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma. Laura was kind enough to share her experiences of incorporating AI tools into her lessons and overall course design.

A hearty welcome to the TEL podcast, where we explore the latest trends and best practices in technology-enhanced learning. Today, we're excited to bring you a discussion on the topic of active learning and how VLEs can be used to support and complement learning both in and out of the classroom. The hosts for this episode are David and Glen, who were pleased to be joined by Emre Bennet, a Senior C...

Welcome to this month's episode of the TEL podcast, where we explore the latest trends and best practices in technology-enhanced learning. Today, we're excited to bring you a discussion on the topic of playful pedagogies. Joining us today are our hosts, Coral and David, and a very special guest, agile coach Steve Sweales. We were lucky enough as a team to attend a previous agile training sess...

Welcome to the TEL podcast, where we explore the latest trends and best practices in technology-enhanced learning. In this episode, hosts David and Coral discuss the importance of online communities with Rosemarie Chui, INTO's Director of Community. Rosemarie talks us through the key considerations in the creation of an online community, how to encourage student engagement in these communities, an...

Welcome to Episode 2, Season 2 of the INTO TEL Podcast. Hosts Glen and Coral from the INTO TEL team talk to three very special guests – Maarten Koeners and Adam Lusby from the University of Exeter and Yousuf Hindess from INTO University of Exeter about INNOPLAY. INNOPLAY is designed to co-create and promote a culture that can foster play within the University by creating capacity for awareness, up...

In this first episode of Season 2 of the TEL podcast, the team discuss how you can incorporate technology into your classroom using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. Coral, Glen and David discuss how considering UDL can improve the learning experience for all students, as well as provide some examples of UDL in practice.

This is a short preview of Season 2, Episode 1: Bringing Technology into the Classroom Using UDL Principles.

In this episode Tab Betts, Yusuf Dirie, Ellis Taylor and Coral Condeco-Dunachie discuss the future of Educational Technology. From robots through VR to open education pedagogies; the team discuss what they would like to see the future look like.

In this episode Ellis, Coral, Tab and Yusuf discuss the role of the Learning Technologist in education; considering them as a 'learning companion' for a teacher.

In this episode the team discuss what it might be like returning to the classroom after the covid-19 pandemic and consider some of the technologies and ideas we might continue to use from our digital lessons.

In this extra special 30 minute episode, Coral, Tab, Yusuf and Ellis discuss some of their favourite tools for teaching online. Some of the tools covered are Discussion Forums, Flocabulary, Quizzes, Screenrecording and Flipgrid. 

In this episode, we continue our discussion on extended reality in online teaching from our previous episode. Tab, Coral, Ellis and Yusuf discuss ideas for implementing extended realities into your teaching and provide some more tools to help you do this.

In this episode Coral, Ellis, Tab and Yusuf discuss the use of Extended Reality in teaching. Extended reality covers Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. In this first episode, the team discuss what these terms means and potential tools we can use for implementing this in an online classroom. Part 2 will follow in two weeks.

In this episode Learning Technologists Tab Betts, Yusuf Dirie and Ellis Taylor discuss the design and use of asynchronous tasks in online teaching. They provide some tips and ideas for how to integrate activities into your learning content.

In this episode, Learning Technologists Tab Betts, Yusuf Dirie and Ellis Taylor discuss the use of escape rooms in online teaching. 

In this episode, Yusuf, Tab and Ellis discuss the idea of interactive storytelling and how this can be used to enhance teaching. 

In this episode Ellis, Tab, Yusuf and Coral discuss the use of podcasts in online learning. They discuss some of the benefits of using podcasts for remote learning, as well as provide some ideas for sourcing suitable podcasts, or even starting your own!

In this episode, Tab Betts and Ellis Taylor discuss ideas for taking online learning away from the screen. Some ideas include building in regular screen breaks, asking students to write on paper, creating offline asynchronous tasks and setting tasks offline during live lessons.

In this episode, Learning Technologists, Tab Betts, Ellis Taylor and Yusuf Dirie talk about gamification in online learning. The team discuss ideas for including play in your online teaching, as well as provide some ideas and tips for implementing this.

In this episode, led by Learning Technologist Ellis Taylor, the team discuss ideas and tips for supporting student wellbeing and mental health online.