Education

VR Meditation: The Path To Next-Gen Health & Happiness

Posted by & filed under Creativity, Education, Equality and Diversity, HE Students, Innovation, Mental Health, Reflective practice, Student, Study Support, Teaching and Learning, TELID, Virtual reality.

Stress has been dubbed the “health epidemic of the 21st century” by the World Health Organization and technology is often cited as one of the major contributors to the stressors of modern life. But, at the same time, tech is becoming part of the solution. In this article Sol Rogers of Consumer Tech from Forbes,… Read more » about VR Meditation: The Path To Next-Gen Health & Happiness

Today! Do join in an excellent webinar Tuesday 2nd April 12.00-13.00

Posted by & filed under ALDinHE, Case Studies Outside BU, CPD, Education, HE Students.

Working One to One: Authentically Student-centred Learning Development   Dr Helen Webster Head of the Writing Development Centre Newcastle University   About this conversation Learning Developers, Personal Tutors, Peer Mentors, Dyslexia Tutors, Librarians… Many of us work one to one with students to help them reflect on their learning and develop their academic literacies and wider… Read more » about Today! Do join in an excellent webinar Tuesday 2nd April 12.00-13.00

5 Key Barriers to VR Adoption and How to Break Them Down

Posted by & filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Education, Gamification, Innovation, Mental Health, Social Media, Student, Virtual reality.

In this interesting article for VirtualiTeach, Steve Bambury, Head of Digital Learning and Innovation across the JESS Dubai schools, addresses the five main barriers to adopting virtual relaity in schools. I personally think that there are five key barriers to VR integration in schools. Five walls that are usually built from misconception, lack of understanding… Read more » about 5 Key Barriers to VR Adoption and How to Break Them Down

Regional event: Intro to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Posted by & filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Case Studies: In BU, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Gamification, HE Students, Innovation, Research, Teaching and Learning, TEF, TEL, Virtual Avebury, Virtual reality, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Bournemouth University hosted the South Coast Academic Regional Network (SCARN). SCARN enables PGCert leaders from various Universities around the region to discuss Education practice  and collaborate for conference and writing opportunities. SCARN meets 2-3 times a year and this event was hosted by Dr Curie Scott from CEL on Monday 18th March 2019. SCARN members… Read more » about Regional event: Intro to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Undergraduates lack the numeracy skills required for their courses and work place, according to new exploratory study

Posted by & filed under Assessment and feedback, Coaching/ Mentoring, CPD, Education, employability, Fair access, HE Students, Library, Library and Learning Support, Peer-Assisted Learning, Study Support.

Added 11th February 2019 An exploratory project by National Numeracy, commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation, has found that many undergraduate students do not have the numeracy skills required to fully understand their course. Social science students from nine different UK universities assessed their skills using the National Numeracy Challenge, an online resource which any adult… Read more » about Undergraduates lack the numeracy skills required for their courses and work place, according to new exploratory study

BAFTA and albert partner with UK universities to tackle environmental impact of screen industries

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27 February 2019 The initiative will provide students, staff and graduates with the opportunity to learn about environmentally responsible working practices and their professional relevance, contributing to the transformation of the film and television industry The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced a new partnership between UK universities and albert,… Read more » about BAFTA and albert partner with UK universities to tackle environmental impact of screen industries

JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge

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This report is split into two sections. The first section focuses on summarising the major strategic challenges the sector is facing, analysing the current state of the most relevant emerging technologies and then mapping where the emerging technologies could help with the strategic challenges. The second section consists of a horizon scan of mental health and wellbeing. In… Read more » about JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge

Have you tried Padlet yet? Rebecca Hindley

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What is Padlet? Padlet is a web-based whiteboard or bulletin board where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share text, images, video and links in a secure online location. Padlet allows users to create a hidden wall with a custom URL, that you can then embed into Brightspace if you want to, and as the… Read more » about Have you tried Padlet yet? Rebecca Hindley

A look into the National PAL/PASS Conference 2018

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Back in November, a team representing BU attended the Annual National PASS/PAL Conference at the University of Manchester. The team consisted of myself, our PAL Intern Jess, Michael Knight from the faculty of HSS and three student PAL Leaders, all of whom made BU very proud with their contributions during the conference to sharing best… Read more » about A look into the National PAL/PASS Conference 2018