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Show and TEL series - James Green presentation slide

Show and TEL - James Green

In this session, James presents his experience and insights around coordinating and teaching on three research methods modules in combination, which implied managing large classes through a combination of cohorts in a single site. The student experience was enhanced by multiple self-assessment quizzes, mobile friendly tutorials, heavy use of multimedia and use of release conditions to provide a level of personalization.
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Show and TEL series - Elaine Walsh presentation slide

Show and TEL - Elaine Walsh

In this session, Elaine provides great practical tips around good instructional design that include the principles of Universal Design for Learning when using Brightspace.
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Show and TEL series - Claire Gallery presentation slide

Show and TEL - Claire Gallery

My Brightspace journey: lessons learnt. From pilot to mainstream, Claire showcases in this session how her instructional design practice evolved in a year, with great nuggets of practical advice along the way!
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Show and TEL series - Briga et al

Show and TEL - Briga Hynes, Judi Pettigrew and Ciaran Purcell

In this session we share our team teaching experience and learnings on pre-planning, designing and using Brightspace for a cross disciplinary module with a mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Show and TEL series - Mags Phelan and Peter Reilly

Show and TEL - Mags Phelan and Peter Reilly

Mags and Peter discuss their experience of developing the Glucksman Library Assignment Toolkit in Brightspace to support Students. The toolkit is designed to empower students with the confidence and ability to successfully complete their assignments and is available to all.
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Show and TEL series - Ingrid Hunt presentation slide

Show and TEL - Ingrid Hunt

In this great session, Ingrid showcases excellent online teaching principles while reflecting on how Brightspace has enabled the design and facilitation process.
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Show and TEL series - Sarah Jay presentation slide

Show and TEL - Sarah Jay

In her presentation, Sarah talks through the configuration of her module, which follows a flipped classroom approach. She showcases how she articulated the learning pathway for her students while integrating the use of Panopto and BigBlueButton in order to facilitate her blended learning approach.
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Show and TEL series - Rob Dalton presentation slide

Show and TEL - Robert Dalton

The presentation focuses on how Rob and his team redesigned induction with a particular focus on the use of the ePortfolio tool to scaffold students’ reflections.
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Show and TEL - Maura Griffin and Sinead Spain

Show and TEL - Maura Griffin and Sinead Spain

In this first session of the second series of Show and TEL, Maura and Sinead present the Science and Engineering Community of Practice in Brightspace, which has been developed to address the practical and realistic support needs of academics as they get to grips with Brightspace and develop their teaching sites. It is also a space where they demonstrate good practices and design principles for online environments.
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Show and TEL presentation slide - Angelica Rísquez

Show and TEL - Angelica Rísquez

In this session, Angelica describes her use of Brightspace across two semesters, some tips and tricks to avoid some potential mistakes and keep it all consistent and simple. 
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Show and TEL series - Paloma Valencia presentation slide

Show and TEL - Paloma Valencia

In this session, Paloma shares some great tips for embedding presentations and interactions within your Brightspace sites, making them the center of your teaching!
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Show and TEL series - Erin King presentation slide

Show and TEL - Erin King

In this session, Erin tells us how she has combined the use of groups and discussions in Brightspace with other tools to facilitate continuous assessment, interaction and engagement in a large 4th year class.
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