Co-creation

Top ten VR and AR articles for 2018 from Digital Bodies

Posted by & filed under Augmented Reality, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, Equality and Diversity, Gamification, Mental Health, Virtual reality.

Curtesy of Digital Bodies here is their top ten VR and AR articles of 2018. Stand alone VR headsets arrive. The shifting AR VR market. Top ten Augmented Reality quotes. AI in Mixed Reality Environments. A stunning AR art exhibition. Coming developments in VR headsets. Accesability developments. A captivating AR storytelling experience. VR in healthcare…. Read more » about Top ten VR and AR articles for 2018 from Digital Bodies

#SocMedHE18 – running 9th January if anyone interested in following on twitter…

Posted by & filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Co-creation, conference call, Creativity, Digital skills, Events and workshops.

Image of a man using a haptic oculus rift

Dear All You are warmly invited to attend the Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference hosted at Nottingham Trent University on the 9th January 2019   #SocMedHE18 is nudged into the New Year and is the fourth SocMedHE Conference. The event will provide open spaces to share, discuss and develop notions about how… Read more » about #SocMedHE18 – running 9th January if anyone interested in following on twitter…

‘Tis the season for sharing … BU best practice

Posted by & filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Co-creation, Events and workshops, iInnovate, News.

Idea generation

This week I visited Goldsmiths University of London to share some of Bournemouth University’s best practice in problem-based learning. It focused on action-based research and relied heavily on co-creation. Students were introduced to a form of scenario planning which utilises expert opinion to create plausible scenarios. The students were taking the MA in Event and… Read more » about ‘Tis the season for sharing … BU best practice

The use of Lego for an Assessment Centres Workshop

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, Lego, Lego serious play, News, Reflective practice, Study Skills, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Manne Garon-Buffery, Placement Coordinator to Level 5 Design & Engineering students, shares her experience of using Lego for the first time. CEL has boxes of Lego for short term loan for teaching and training, please contact Curie Scott  Level 5 Design & Engineering includes four cohorts totalling 190 students studying Product Design, Industrial Design, Design… Read more » about The use of Lego for an Assessment Centres Workshop

Create: Share: Inspire: working with our students in global contexts

Posted by & filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Case Studies: In BU, CEL Staff, Co-creation, Communities of Practice, Conference Report, Creative Commons, Innovation, Virtual Avebury, Virtual reality.

Image of Prof Holley presenting

Professor Debbie Holley addresses an international audience at the World Education Conference (hosted by London International Education Conference) in Cambridge this week. Invited to keynote, her talk covers the possibilities and affordances offered by global collaborations. Drawing on the extensive knowledge of working with the ‘digital’ to engage staff, student and communities, Debbie covers the… Read more » about Create: Share: Inspire: working with our students in global contexts

Getting to Know Alexa

Posted by & filed under AI, BIG DATA, Blended learning, Brightspace, CEL Staff, Co-creation, Communities of Practice, Education, Flipped classroom, Innovation, TeachBU.

Following on from my discussion of domestic virtual assistants, I wanted to know more about how they worked in practice. I already have the Google Mini home and it is currently quite limited. It is linked to the Google Home Assistant which is basically your Google account, so it should link to all your Google… Read more » about Getting to Know Alexa

360 Video Simulation- Paramedic Sciences

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Flipped classroom, News.

Ever wondered what the inside of the BU Ambulance looks like? Soon you’ll be able to  through the eyes of Bob our Paramedic Science dummy. 360 video in recent months has taken the internet by storm, with companies such as Google, YouTube, and even the illustrious Ted Baker, and soon the faculty of Health and… Read more » about 360 Video Simulation- Paramedic Sciences

The Not So Fab 4 Quite Yet of AI Digital Personal Assistants

Posted by & filed under AI, Co-creation, Learning analytics, MOOC, Peer-Assisted Learning, Seeking advice, Seeking help, Social Media, Teaching and Learning, VLE.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) holds much promise for the future in automating many parts of our lives and integrating our own personal data with what’s relevant to us on the worldwide web. Step forward the Big 4 market leaders in this field, all vying for a foothold in this market. Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Google Home… Read more » about The Not So Fab 4 Quite Yet of AI Digital Personal Assistants

Brightspace Group Assignments and Collaboration.

Posted by & filed under Assessment and feedback, Brightspace, Co-creation, Education.

Student group

Does you unit call for group work? If so, you probably know that you can create groups to help with student management. But did you know that in Brightspace, groups can be used for much more.   Group Assignments. Now Brightspace (large file) and Turnitin assignments can be set up for group submissions. Any member… Read more » about Brightspace Group Assignments and Collaboration.

CQR and CEL: Creativity, the key to connectivity

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Communities of Practice, Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Events and workshops, HE Students, News, Reflective practice, Research, Student, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning.

The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) and the Centre for Qualitative Research (CQR) are natural allies for creative endeavours–in research and dissemination for CQR, and education or CEL. Members from both centres will be working together to share ideas, skills and resources across the fusion areas of Education, Research and Professional Practice. CEL are developing… Read more » about CQR and CEL: Creativity, the key to connectivity