We offer a range of support, resources and opportunities to help T&L colleagues – academic and professional/administrative –  to develop their digital practice and use of technologies to enhance the student learning experience. This includes:

TEL & Blackboard guides

• Access to step-by-step ‘how to’ guides on the TEL/Blackboard Help sites for:
              Staff
              Students

TEL Staff Development

• New colleagues should read Getting started with TEL for an understanding of what TEL means (and in its University of Reading context), support available and practical things to do to get started.
• The TEL team run a range of staff development sessions and provide online tutorials to help both academic and administrative colleagues develop their digital practice and effective use of supported technologies to support and enhance teaching and learning. These are part of CQSD’s T&L Programme and are advertised in regular CQSD and TEL emails. You can also find details on the UoRLearn system (search for TEL).

TEL Case Studies

• Access to TEL case studies on the University’s T&L Exchange.

TEL Networks

• Information about our TEL Practitioner Forum which meets termly and comprises colleagues from across the University with an interest in TEL.
• A number of Champions’ networks and special interest groups to share and promote good practice and expertise, including:
  • Support Centre Digital Champions
  • Padlet Champions

School Liaison

• Senior TEL Advisors liaise with senior T&L staff in Schools to support TEL strategy, the meeting of relevant STEAP objectives, TEL development and to facilitate bespoke staff training. Please get in touch directly with the appropriate TEL colleague to discuss and arrange the appropriate support.

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TEL help & support

If you have a query about anything related to technology enhanced learning, have a suggestion for an addition to this site, or find a broken link, please contact the TEL team via the DTS Self Service Portal or by emailing dts@reading.ac.uk.