Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence

Mapping Learning Excellence with colleagues from Events and Leisure

Posted May 23, 2019 by Curie Scott & filed under AdvanceHE, Assessment and feedback, Blended learning, Brightspace, CEL Staff, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Gamification, LEAP, Study Skills, Summer of 6C, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, TEL, Visual learning, Visual thinking, Widening participation.

We held a Learning Excellence (LEAP) session with twelve colleagues from the programme team in the current Department of Events and Leisure last week. The goal was to work on new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes starting in Sept 2019. Unit teaching teams worked with new Intended Learning Outcomes and their knowledge from current units to… Read more » about Mapping Learning Excellence with colleagues from Events and Leisure

“Worth taking a LEAP of faith on the process”

Posted August 23, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Assessment and feedback, Curriculum design, LEAP, TEL.

We held a LEAP session with our colleagues from Paramedic Science (Alison, Pete, Iain, Adam and Chris) this morning. The goal was to design a new unit, Emergency Care Fundamentals, which is to be delivered in November 2019. Using the current unit structure as the base, the conversations ranged over all elements of curriculum… Read more » about “Worth taking a LEAP of faith on the process”

Using Twitter to engage your conference audience

Posted August 21, 2018 by Debbie Holley & filed under Augmented Reality, CEL Staff, Conference Report, Education, LEAP, Public Engagement.

What do Professors do in the summer? This summer I was delighted to be invited to give a keynote at Liverpool Hope University;and was keen to get onto the interactive part of the session, where we would be trying out various augmented reality tools. So how to get across the policy background? The answer was… Read more » about Using Twitter to engage your conference audience

LEAP workshop with Social Sciences – 27 Jul 18

Posted July 27, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Events and workshops, LEAP.

During today’s Social Sciences Curriculum Development Day we held a LEAP workshop. This was prompted by several drivers including the departmental revalidation exercise and new programmes/units scheduled for 2020, the more immediate need to consider how the new assessment policy, 6C, can be embedded ready for 2019 and the impetus for change generated from our… Read more » about LEAP workshop with Social Sciences – 27 Jul 18

What staff are saying about the curriculum design process – LEAP

Posted July 4, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Assessment and feedback, Curriculum design, Events and workshops, LEAP, News.

The last week has been a busy time for BU’s Learning Excellence Acceleration Programme, LEAP with a drop-in session and workshops for the History Department and Wiltshire College. One member of staff used the drop-in session to work on a unit for which she is the unit lead. This involved setting out the structure of… Read more » about What staff are saying about the curriculum design process – LEAP

Come and find out more about LEAP on 4 July, 9-11:30 in F112

Posted June 26, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Curriculum design, LEAP.

What is LEAP? LEAP is BU’s process for unit development. It consists of a 2-3 hour workshop, typically undertaken with staff from the same department, during which visualisations of units are created. Each visualisation shows how the learning activities are arranged in the unit, how they link to the ILOs, how many different learning types… Read more » about Come and find out more about LEAP on 4 July, 9-11:30 in F112

LEAP at 100

Posted June 20, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Assessment and feedback, Curriculum design, LEAP, TEL.

BU’s unit and programme visualisation process, LEAP, passed a recent milestone with the 100th member of staff attending one of CEL’s sessions. The response from staff has been very positive. You can read about the previous sessions and peruse the feedback here. If you would like to find out more or discuss how the LEAP… Read more » about LEAP at 100

LEAP session with JEC

Posted June 5, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Assessment and feedback, LEAP.

This afternoon we held a LEAP session with 30 colleagues in Journalism, English & Communication (JEC). The session commenced with an introduction to the LEAP process, explaining the layered approach to building up the unit visualisation and how the process can help in blending, unit re-design and vertical and lateral integration to create balanced and… Read more » about LEAP session with JEC

LEAP taster session on Friday 8 June, 1-5 in F306

Posted June 4, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under LEAP.

LEAP is BU’s unit visualisation process which is very useful for developing existing or new units, seeking ways to blend student learning, modifying assessment and, overall, developing great units and programmes that engage students and enhance their learning. Past blog posts have recorded the sessions held across BU. Read these posts to see what the… Read more » about LEAP taster session on Friday 8 June, 1-5 in F306

Come along to the next LEAP workshop on Friday 8 June

Posted May 24, 2018 by dbiggins & filed under Curriculum design, LEAP.

LEAP is BU’s unit visualisation process which is very useful for developing existing or new units, seeking ways to blend student learning, modifying assessment and, overall, developing great units and programmes that engage students and enhance their learning. Past blog posts have recorded the sessions held across BU. Read these posts to see what the… Read more » about Come along to the next LEAP workshop on Friday 8 June