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Building community through Ultra discussions

Blackboard Ultra | Case study | CHSS | Discussion | Inclusive Learning

Paul Redford shares how he has made discussions a central part of the fully online MA Education Leadership

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Feedback that sticks: why feedback engagement is a design problem

Digital Assessment | Digital Pedagogy | Discussion

The first in a short Digital Learning series exploring one of the most persistent challenges in higher education.

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Learning Activity: Discussion 

ABC Learning Types | Blackboard Original | Blackboard Ultra | Copilot | Discussion | Mentimeter

Learning through discussion requires the learner to articulate their ideas and questions, and to challenge and respond to the ideas and questions from the teacher, and/or from their peers

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Discussion Boards

Blackboard Original | Discussion | Teams

When you first use discussion boards with your students, it is a good idea to give them some guidance around the etiquette of using these.

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Teams for online teaching sessions – new integration with Blackboard

Blackboard Original | Discussion | Featured | Teams

Online guidance for using Teams for teaching at UWE

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Group work

Collaboration | Discussion | Inclusive Learning | Investigation

Read about the benefits of group work and different ways to run it.

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Using Groups in Blackboard

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Create groups in your Blackboard course for facilitating group work, providing different materials to different students, or for administrative purposes.

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Designing your teaching sessions using Laurillard’s learning types

ABC Learning Types | Acquisition | Active learning | Collaboration | Digital Pedagogy | Discussion | Investigation | Practice | Production

Plan your lessons using a variety of activities to help your students learn.

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Using digital tools you feel comfortable with to give students an authentic learning experience

Sarah Watson reflects on using familiar tools to develop an innovative simulation for her Accounting and Finance students.

Anti-racism in Higher Education: A candid conversation

Anti-racism in Higher Education: A candid conversation

A podcast conversation between three Black men at UWE Bristol prompts Temba Mahari to reflect on anti-racism as everyday cultural change.

The Lab Sheet as Tutor: Scaffolding technical learning for students and for those who teach them

The lab sheet as tutor: scaffolding students and those who teach them

Jon White explains how writing every lab worksheet in two editions, one for students and one for tutors, supports absent students and new teaching staff.

What can digital learning pinch from games accessibility?

What can digital learning pinch from games accessibility?

Digital accessibility expert Ghizzi Dunlop attended the GA Conference to explore what digital learning could learn from the event.

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Developing immersive experiences to support dementia education 

A project between UWE Bristol, NHS colleagues and external developers has created immersive VR and 360-degree experiences to help learners explore the challenges of living with dementia.

Building community through Ultra discussions

Building community through Ultra discussions

Paul Redford shares how he has made discussions a central part of the fully online MA Education Leadership

ALT Conference 2026: Learning without Edges

ALT Conference 2026: Learning without Edges

Harriet Watkinson, Digital Learning Designer, reflects on attending the 2026 Association of Learning Technology conference

MA Journalism: Building AI assistants that encourage students to think

MA Journalism: Building AI assistants that encourage students to think 

Using Microsoft Copilot Studio to create AI assistants that support practice, feedback and independent learning without simply giving students the answers. 

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  • Home
  • Digital Pedagogy
    • in CATE
    • in CBL
    • in CHSS
    • Learning Design
    • Blended Learning
    • Digital Assessment
    • Inclusive Learning
    • Immersive Learning
  • Tools
    • Adobe Express
    • Blackboard Ultra
    • Jisc Discovery Tool
    • LinkedIn Learning
    • Mentimeter
    • Microsoft Class Notebook
    • Microsoft Forms
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Panopto
    • PebblePad
    • Reading Lists
    • Xerte
    • + Supplementary Tools
  • About Us
  • Tools Matrix
  • Latest Articles