EdTech: Improving your approach to searching online

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Module description.

Search engines will present you with online content for just about any subject, much of it free to use; presentations, videos, images, quizzes and more.

But often there is so much to choose from - where do you start?

This module looks at how you can make your searches for subject-specific digital resources more effective.

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13th March 2019
Feedback byGeraldine Barker
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11th March 2019
Feedback byKevin Norris
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9th March 2019
Feedback byMatthew Gordon
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8th March 2019
Feedback bySusanna Brandon
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25th March 2019
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19th March 2019
Feedback byLesley Bousbaine
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7th March 2019 (edited on 14th October 2020)
Feedback byJane Tomlinson
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29th March 2019
Feedback bySarah Bradley
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8th April 2019
Feedback byLesley Beckwith
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8th April 2019
Feedback byTony Shakespeare
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30th March 2019
Feedback byJudith Hassan
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6th January 2022
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4th January 2022
Feedback byJerry Nightingale
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2nd January 2022
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31st October 2021
Feedback byKaren Uzzell-Childs
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8th September 2021
Feedback byKeith Paice
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31st August 2021
Feedback byEmma E
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31st August 2021 (edited on 31st August 2021)
Feedback byAdam Weaver
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25th August 2021
Feedback byEmma Steward
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7th August 2021
Feedback byDave Gee
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6th July 2021
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25th June 2021
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25th June 2021
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22nd June 2021
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2nd June 2021
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1st June 2021
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22nd May 2021
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14th May 2021
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11th May 2021
Feedback byNadia Sherwood
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11th May 2021
Feedback byAaron Davies
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29th April 2021
Feedback byJulie Bass
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29th April 2021
Feedback byBob Flanagan
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20th April 2021
Feedback byCamille Stephens
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7th April 2021
Feedback byJane Nott
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1st April 2021
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1st April 2021
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30th March 2021
Feedback byClaire White
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30th March 2021
Feedback bySamantha Simpson
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26th March 2021
Feedback byMakala Fairley
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25th March 2021
Feedback byJennifer Dixson
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24th March 2021
Feedback byBeverley Caunt
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24th March 2021
Feedback byJames Tansey
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24th March 2021
Feedback bySelina Wainwright
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24th March 2021
Feedback byGeorge Kainyek
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23rd March 2021
Feedback byGill Dobson
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22nd March 2021
Feedback bySamantha Wade
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15th March 2021
Feedback byAaron Churchyard
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14th March 2021
Feedback byMark Fulton
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11th March 2021
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8th March 2021
Feedback byTanya Richardson
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5th March 2021
Feedback byRichard Hoshea
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5th March 2021
Feedback byRuth Batchelor
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4th March 2021
Feedback byDeborah West
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3rd March 2021
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2nd March 2021
Feedback byTracey Akeroyd
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27th February 2021
Feedback byDavid Holland
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21st February 2021
Feedback byJayne Smart
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12th February 2021
Feedback byJulie Savage
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12th February 2021
Feedback byJohn Marston
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10th February 2021
Feedback byPaul Waine
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10th February 2021
Feedback byGillianne Longman
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10th February 2021
Feedback byJulie Toms
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10th February 2021
Feedback byJacqueline Apps
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8th February 2021
Feedback byJames Poppleton
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2nd February 2021
Feedback byTrevor Murgatroyd
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2nd February 2021
Feedback byJason Howlett
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1st February 2021
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29th January 2021
Feedback byBryn Homewood
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28th January 2021
Feedback bySteve King
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14th January 2021
Feedback byOlga Sidoryk
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8th January 2021
Feedback byDavid Adams
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5th January 2021
Feedback byChristian Hammond
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11th December 2020
Feedback byVicki Townsend
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25th November 2020
Feedback byLilly Markwell
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23rd November 2020
Feedback byWendy Blackburn
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22nd November 2020
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12th November 2020
Feedback byDan Christiansen
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19th October 2020
Feedback byHellen Jordan
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12th October 2020
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4th October 2020
Feedback byEddie Reffell
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11th September 2020
Feedback byPippa Wilkinson
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10th September 2020
Feedback byHolly Bowden
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26th August 2020
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10th August 2020
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4th August 2020
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29th July 2020
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27th July 2020
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21st July 2020
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20th July 2020
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15th July 2020
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14th July 2020
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10th July 2020
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9th July 2020
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8th July 2020
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3rd July 2020
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1st July 2020
Feedback byKirsten Patterson
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22nd May 2020
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21st May 2020
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17th May 2020
Feedback byEdward Chambers
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16th May 2020
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30th April 2020
Feedback byDenise Wood
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29th April 2020
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28th April 2020
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28th April 2020
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26th April 2020
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22nd April 2020
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22nd April 2020
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21st April 2020
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19th April 2020
Feedback byJane Roche
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17th April 2020
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14th April 2020
Feedback byDr Emily Stammitti-Campbell
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2nd April 2020
Feedback byLesley Pemberton
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1st April 2020
Feedback byJoanna Dowle
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20th March 2020
Feedback bySheila Barton
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4th March 2020
Feedback byPeter Kilcoyne
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12th December 2019
Feedback byTina Mason
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10th December 2019
Feedback bySarah Strover
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29th November 2019
Feedback byEmily Brogden
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9th November 2019
Feedback bySharon Yates
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19th October 2019
Feedback byNeil Stewardson
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1st October 2019
Feedback byDawn Goodman
The rating is 2 out of 5
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26th September 2019
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26th September 2019
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18th September 2019
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11th September 2019
Feedback byDawn Calderwood
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23rd August 2019
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10th July 2019
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2nd July 2019
Feedback byPaul Miles
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18th June 2019
Feedback byClaire Wood
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17th June 2019
Feedback byMaria Abbott
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3rd June 2019
Feedback bySarah Bond
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2nd June 2019
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28th May 2019
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24th May 2019
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21st May 2019
Feedback byHazel Porter
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15th May 2019
Feedback byChristian Salas
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15th May 2019
Feedback byMelanie Baskin
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12th May 2019
Feedback byJasmine Massidda
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8th May 2019
Feedback byValeria Panyko
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23rd April 2019
Feedback byAnna Robinson
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15th April 2019
Feedback byAlexandra Brown
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1st April 2019
Feedback byFionna Mortime
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23rd March 2019
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21st March 2019
Feedback byRebecca Wilkinson
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11th March 2019
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