Technology enhanced learning

Our Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team support students with a range of digital education issues and topics. The team also supports students with digital accessibility - helping ensure that learning resources are understandable and accessible for everyone.

Digital learning tools

TEL team teaching VR
Digital learning tools 
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Digital accessibility 
Looking through a VR headset to help see spaces differently. See how we use this technology in the Urban Studies and Planning Department.

Changing perspectives

How our planning students use virtual reality (VR) to understand, evaluate and improve our towns and cities.

Student learning support

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Our virtual learning environment

Access and engage with learning materials on the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Blackboard.

Using Blackboard (Student login required)

A view looking down on a group of students sat around a table working on their laptops

Online assessments

Help with submitting individual and group work to Blackboard and Turnitin, including media based assignments.

Assessment support (Student login required)

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Digital wellbeing

Information dedicated to maintaining a healthy work/life balance with technology, including tips to incorporate into daily life.

What is digital wellbeing?

Wandering in a volcano using the virtual reality headsets

Volcanoes in virtual reality

How our geography students use virtual reality (VR) to explore remote and hazardous locations.

Get in touch

Find guidance and support

Our technology enhanced learning (TEL) support pages are designed to help students and staff access and use our digital learning and teaching tools with confidence.

TEL support

Find us

C Floor, Geography and Planning Building

The University of Sheffield

Winter Street

Sheffield

S3 7ND

Contact us

Email us at geo-usp-tel@sheffield.ac.uk

We're available from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.