A 4 minutes update on work within the TEL theme from David Biggins from yesterday’s CEL AwayDay. Click here to view the video.
The TEL theme – an update by David Biggins
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Education Leadership: Partnerships in Learning by Maggie Hutchings
Maggie Hutchings gave an engaging presentation yesterday to the CEL AwayDay on the topic of partnerships in learning. Click here to watch the video. 8 minutes 14 seconds.
BU Student Development Award Ceremony
The Student Development Awards Ceremony was held on 4th May 2016 in the Student Centre. Sonya Harvey (SDA coordinator) worked incredibly hard to ensure the evening was a great success and provided bubbly and canapés for all the attendees. A number of dignitaries were in attendance including The High Sheriff of Dorset – Sir Philip… Read more » about BU Student Development Award Ceremony
Engage Competition 2016: open for entries!
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement‘s award competition, Engage 2016, is open for entries! The closing date is Monday 18th July 2016 at 12 noon. The competition recognises and celebrates the excellent work that it is being done to share and develop research with the public. Applications are welcome from projects of all sizes and cost… Read more » about Engage Competition 2016: open for entries!
Update on closing down of JORUM
Apologies for cross posting Blog post here: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/final-status-for-jorum-resources-deposits-cease-date/ This is via Siobhan Burke, Jorum OER Service Manager: This will be the last communication from the Jorum team until we near the final retirement date on 30th September this year. Deposits cease The last date to deposit resources in Jorum will be Tuesday 31st May 2016…. Read more » about Update on closing down of JORUM
What do you need from an audience response system?
Audience Response Systems such as TurningPoint and Mentimeter are being used across the University in the Faculties for teaching and learning and in Professional Services to capture electronic feedback. We are undertaking a review of audience response systems in the next 3 months to determine an appropriate solution for BU. In order to help us… Read more » about What do you need from an audience response system?
CEL – ESD Case study Competition – submission Date extended to 30th May
Education for Sustainable Development – what are you doing? The role of universities in contributing to a sustainable future has been quite clear since Agenda 21 – our shared prosperity is at risk if we do not find more sustainable ways of living and working. Universities have an important role to play through research, developing… Read more » about CEL – ESD Case study Competition – submission Date extended to 30th May
Academic Peer Learning: Special edition journal
Colleagues, Please see below the information about the special edition. —– We are delighted to announce publication of the second part of our special edition of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) on the increasingly important theme of academic peer learning. You can view the edition online at http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/index.php?journal=jldhe&page=issue&op=current. We are very… Read more » about Academic Peer Learning: Special edition journal
EIFL and partners launch a new project to open digital content to the world
Dear colleagues, you may find the following news item of interest: EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) which is a not-for-profit organization that works with libraries to enable access to knowledge in developing and transition economy countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America and partners have launched a two-year project titled ‘Open access policy development in… Read more » about EIFL and partners launch a new project to open digital content to the world
Trialling the virtual classroom
Last week saw the commencement of a trial of the virtual classroom application from Blackboard called Collaborate. Collaborate allows you to create virtual spaces to which you can invite students and colleagues and share video, audio, documents (PSFs, images and PowerPoints) and a whiteboard. If you use the Chrome browser to access Collaborate, you can… Read more » about Trialling the virtual classroom
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