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Welcome to the Case Studies of the TEL Blog here you have extra reading to do as well as learn about best practices at the university.

  • Case Study: Mentimeter

    Case Study: Mentimeter

    Member of Staff: Steve Hirschler School: Psychological and Social Sciences What is Mentimeter? Mentimeter is an audience response system. It can be used in training, conference business settings and is also widely used in teaching. Some uses of Mentimeter are: •…

  • Case Study: Padlet

    Case Study: Padlet

    Member of Staff: Rob Vaughan, Senior Lecturer in Psychology School: School of Psychological & Social Sciences What is Padlet? Padlet is a virtual pin board where users can post content and make comments. It is also possible to upload documents from…

  • Case Study: Using Screencast-O-Matic in teaching

    Case Study: Using Screencast-O-Matic in teaching

    Member of staff: Julie Raby School: Humanities, Religion and Philosophy What is Screencast-O-Matic? Screencast-O-Matic is a computer screen capture software, and it can easily be downloaded to your PC. The software is intuitive, and fairly straightforward to use, and the…

  • Case Study: Using OneDrive with Moodle

    Case Study: Using OneDrive with Moodle

    Summary of approach/tool OneDrive is an online storage space that York St John staff and students can use to store, share and collaborate on files. Member of Staff: Artemis Alexis School: Art, Design & Computer Science What was the issue/need…

  • Case Study: Padlet as a Tool to Design Learning

    Case Study: Padlet as a Tool to Design Learning

    Summary of approach/tool Padlet is a website and app that allows you to curate information onto virtual bulletin boards using a simple drag-and-drop system. You can share your Padlet boards with specific individuals, allowing them to contribute and then view…

  • Case Study: Using Microsoft Teams to analyse text in a face to face collaborative environment

    Case Study: Using Microsoft Teams to analyse text in a face to face collaborative environment

    Summary of approach/tool Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Using Teams you can create collaborative classrooms, where students are able to work simultaneously on documents and easily share materials and…

  • Case Study: Using Microsoft Teams in a third year Geography module

    Case Study: Using Microsoft Teams in a third year Geography module

    Summary of approach/tool Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Using Teams you can create collaborative classrooms, where students are able to work simultaneously on documents and easily share materials and…

  • Peer Assessment through the Workshop Activity – Case Studies

    Peer Assessment through the Workshop Activity – Case Studies

    In this post, we look at how two members of teaching staff at York St John have been using the workshop activity in Moodle. Thank you to Dr Sam Yoward and Wayne Fiddler for taking the time to contribute feedback…

  • Turnitin Case Study

    Turnitin Case Study

    Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting a number of case studies where technology is being used in line with teaching goals at York St John. In our fourth case study, Tiffany Bisby-O’Rorke discusses her use of Turnitin. Summary…

  • Nearpod Case Study

    Nearpod Case Study

    Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting a number of case studies where technology is being used in line with teaching goals at York St John. In our third case study, Rachel Burke discusses the use of Nearpod in…

  • Mentimeter Case Study

    Mentimeter Case Study

    Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting a number of case studies where technology is being used in line with teaching goals at York St John. In our second post, Joe Bailey discusses the use of Mentimeter in his…

  • Sway Case Study

    Sway Case Study

    Over the next few weeks, we’ll be presenting a number of case studies where technology is being used in line with teaching goals at York St John. In our first case study, Stephen Wey discusses the use of Sway in…