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1. Access and edit your work anywhere and collaborate online with Office 365

   Last month staff were given access to Office 365. This resource includes web based versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

2. Curriculum Enhancement Bid Support

   If you think technology might be able to support an existing curriculum enhancement idea you’ve been considering or you just want some curriculum enhancement inspiration, why not speak to your local TEL and technical colleagues.

3. Fun, Froebel & Lifelong Kindergarten

   Find out more about the most recent incarnation of the Learning Creative Learning (LCL) online course.

4. Student Access and Publishing Canvas Courses

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

5. Visible Bodies Links and Guidance for Staff and Students

   Good news - Visible Bodies Anatomy and Physiology is now accessible to staff and students both onsite and off.

6. Improve Classroom Participation and More by Using Response Sites and Portable Devices

   This week therefore, I want to highlight how a group of mostly free websites can turn students’ own devices into powerful and versatile audience response systems.

7. Old friends, new beginnings

   Today we find ourselves in uncharted territory; disorientating and unfamiliar waters leaving many of us dealing with a new routine, on the hunt for novel solutions and new ways of working. Read more...

8. Book in review: Using Simulations for Education, Training and Research (Dieckmann (ed))

   Simulation-based educators should read this book, particularly those who are involved in designing programmes of training or who are responsible for designing the simulator environment and purchasing equipment.

9. Sharing Practice – Supporting Student Collaborative Activities with Shared Documents in Office 365

   Faculty colleague Andrew Kennedy has kindly offered to share his experiences of using shared documents on Office 365 both to support student group assessments and also to facilitate active and engaging shared writing and proof reading activities.

10. Sharing Practice – eBooks

    This blog post highlights the use of eBooks.