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1. Student Access and Publishing Canvas Courses

   We’ve had many queries this week in relation to student access to Canvas courses.

2. The Healthcare Simulation Dictionary

   Thanks to SSH Society for Simulation in Healthcare for the following post.

3. Sharing Practice - Faculty Distance Learning Course Examples

   Following the Faculty TEL survey we have collated a handful of good practice examples of courses and approaches designed/redesigned to support distance learning via active blended learning. Read more...

4. Sharing Practice – eBooks

   This blog post highlights the use of eBooks.

5. New Year News

   This week we have a number of institutional TEL updates (some of which are biggies) that we would like to pass on.

6. New finds and related archives – Elder Dempster

   Read more about new finds for the Elder Dempster Lines - the largest UK shipping group between Western Europe and West Africa from the late-nineteenth century to the 1980s.

7. Jim Forsey interview

   Jim was a Purser at Elder Dempster Lines. Listen to Jim's interview.

8. Barry Groombridge interview – Elder Dempster

   Barry Groombridge joined Elder Dempster Lines aged 16. Barry’s first voyage was from London to the United States, via West Africa. The voyage lasted nine months. Listen to Barry’s interview to hear about the Christmas he spent with nuns in Madeira and what life was like as a purser at Elder Dempster Lines.

9. Olu Olaseinde

   Olu Olaseinde was a passenger on the Elder Dempster lines. Read his story.

10. Ken Birch

    Ken Birch was a Managing Director for Elder Dempster Lines. Ken had a family history of seafaring and had experience of the sea as a child after he and his family relocated to Southport because of the bombings in WWII. LIsten to Ken's interview.