Explore our offer for training and staff development.
Developing your teaching, learning and assessment
To support the development of your teaching and learning at Sussex, we offer:
- a range of training sessions and themed events, delivered online, in person and (where feasible) hybrid
- self-study courses
- bespoke workshops
- one-to-one chats with your School Learning Technologist (LT) and/or Academic Developer (AD)
- Online Distance Learning specific training for academics.
Self-study courses
Explore teaching and learning tools at your own pace with our short self-study courses which cover the basics of how to use a range of the learning technologies available to you at Sussex.
Information and self-enrol links to all the courses can be found on the EE Resources Canvas site, including our regularly updated AI at Sussex course, marking and feedback and more.
Bespoke workshops
If you want to make changes to your programme, or are keen to try a new teaching or assessment approach in your module team, we offer bespoke workshops to support you.
We can run any of the workshops listed in the drop-down menu or develop new ones. Get in touch with your Academic Developer and/or Learning Technologist to discuss further.
- Workshop examples
Assessment and feedback
- Designing authentic assessments.
- Designing flexible or alternative assessments.
- Developing student feedback literacy.
- Designing effective MCQs.
- Effective and efficient feedback.
Digital teaching platforms
- Canvas: beyond the essentials.
- Marking with Turnitin and Canvas Online.
- Introduction to PollEverywhere.
- Blended learning.
- Teaching games and storytelling with Twine.
- Overview of e-submission at Sussex.
Teaching activities
- Problem-based learning.
- Team-based learning.
- Outdoor learning.
- Building brilliant engagement.
- Using collaborative tools in your teaching.
Inclusive curriculum design
- Digital accessibility.
- Universal design for learning.
- Flexible/alternative assessments.
Professional development
- Annual course review support session.
- National Teaching Fellowship information sessions.
- Supporting you with the scholarship of teaching and learning: from idea to output.