{"id":3008,"date":"2017-07-21T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2017-07-21T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T10:24:06","slug":"inaugural-tel-fest-17-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/07\/21\/inaugural-tel-fest-17-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural TEL Fest &#8211; a success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2017\/06\/TEL-Fest-Logo-orange.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2826\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2017\/06\/TEL-Fest-Logo-orange-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"TEL Fest logo\" width=\"109\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>&#8220;Really liked the event &#8211; thought there was lots of opportunity to chat with colleagues (both TEL and outside TEL) informally and share best practice. I learned a lot that will help me make my <\/em><em>module better with relatively little effort. You should definitely do it again next year!&#8221; [TEL Fest delegate]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The university&#8217;s first <strong>TEL Fest<\/strong>, held 11-13 July 2017, has been hailed a great success with lots of positive feedback from staff who attended the 3 day event. Our festival of Technology Enhanced Learning comprised a range of 11 staff development sessions aimed at helping staff develop their awareness and use of technology to engage students and enrich their learning experience here at the university.<\/p>\n<p>Staff from Blackboard and UCL joined TEL and CQSD staff along with colleagues from across the university to network, present and share TEL and Blackboard ideas and expertise to help enhance teaching, learning and assessment here at Reading. From tasty &#8216;TEL tapas&#8217; and Blackboard Bootcamp, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/teaching-learning\/case-studies\/2016\/mar\/designing-programmes-and-modules-abc-curriculum-design\">UCL&#8217;s ABC rapid design curriculum design workshop<\/a>, TEL tools for teaching large classes, using video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/library\/eresources\/image-sound\/lib-box-of-broadcasts.aspx\">Box of Broadcasts<\/a> and sharing apps for teaching and learning, it was a varied programme with something for everyone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2017\/07\/TEL-Roadshow3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3025\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2017\/07\/TEL-Roadshow3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Image of TEL Roadshow event\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also launched the new<a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Collaborate\/Ultra\"><strong> Blackboard Collaborate Ultra<\/strong><\/a> tool (live online classroom) for use in modules in the new academic year. Staff from UoR Malaysia and Blackboard joined us remotely along with early adopters to help launch the tool and, yes, there were party poppers! You can find out more information about this new tool and access self-help materials on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/support-blackboard\/collaborate\/\">TEL Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>TEL Fest in numbers<\/h3>\n<p>Around 130 staff attended one or more of the sessions with Henley Business School, International Study and Language Institute (ISLI) then Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy being the top three schools in terms of staff attendance.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>TEL Fest in tweets<\/h3>\n<p>View an account of TEL Fest in the tweets posted during the event at this TEL Fest <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/unirdgtel\/tel-fest-17\">Storify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Thanks to all involved. 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