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The Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team at the University of Reading, UK.

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our team was delighted to celebrate our success in winning a #BlackboardCatalystAward for #LeadingChange at tonight's Vice-Chancellor's Awards eve (esp in the University's centenary year). This was awarded for our work with staff & students to move to Blackboard Ultra @uniofreading.bsky.social

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our team enjoyed participating in last week's #Welcome: University Life Fair, where we met some of our new students and helped get them started with #Blackboard and other institutional tools and technologies. Blog post: blogs.reading.ac.uk/telblog/2026...

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Helping students get started with Blackboard at Welcome Fair – TEL Blog

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our team is looking forward to welcoming & meeting some of our #NewStudents at today's #WelcomeFair, where we'll be chatting to them about #Blackboard & showing them how to access help & support - Blackboard Help for Students site: sites.reading.ac.uk/tel-support-... @uniofreading.bsky.social

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do you use #Padlet for HE T&L? Join the online Padlet Higher Education Symposium 2026 for an afternoon of HEI lightning talks: 16th Sept 2-4pm GMT Book your free place: www.eventbrite.com/e/padlet-uk-... Case studies, student impact, adoption. @uniofreading.bsky.social @angliaruskin.bsky.social

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Delighted to share that we've won a #BlackboardCatalyst Award for Leading Change for how we used #BlackboardUltra’s new features & functionality to enhance the student learning experience, & for our #ChangeManagement approach in engaging & supporting colleagues to move to Ultra & redesign Courses.

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We're looking forward to our #Padlet showcase on 1st July to share examples of effective practice from across the University & inspire colleagues to use the tool in their teaching #StudentEngagement TEL guide: sites.reading.ac.uk/TEL-Support-...

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#LTHEChat #Scholarship

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A nice piece of news to share: we've been nominated for a Blackboard Catalyst Award in the 'Leading Change' category for our work to support staff & students move to #BlackboardUltra Well done also to our fellow nominees! Winners will be announced in June 🥳 🎉 🤞 www.blackboard.com/catalyst-awa...

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Looking forward to today's Dept of Languages & Culture session examining the use of #AI in the teaching & learning of #ModernLanguages, including #Blackboard's AI Design Assistant #AIDA www.reading.ac.uk/languages-cu... #TeachingAndLearning #HigherEd

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Department of Languages and Cultures – University of Reading

The Department of Languages and Cultures offers a range of modern languages degrees and conducts world-leading research into languages and their associated cultures.

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

March is #Women'sHistoryMonth when we recognise & celebrate the contributions of women throughout history. Why not learn more about the women, like Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer), who have changed the tech world? www.globalapptesting.com/blog/the-wom... #WomenInTech #History

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

At today's #TeachingAndLearning #Infrastructure #Showcase, CQSD TEL sharing progress on work to secure an institutional polling tool to support the student learning experience #TEL #EdTech #Digital #DigitalInfrastructure #Polling

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uortel.bsky.social @uortel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

TEL team taking part in today's #TeachingAndLearning #Infrastructure Showcase, sharing some key findings from our #BlackboardUltra evaluation & suggested small changes to make a big difference: using Ultra Documents to group & present content, the search bar to find content & using notifications.

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