Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
This Fusion project has taken a while to get going but we are now starting to deliver training to staff. Students have been helping staff across a range of topics including social media, Microsoft Office and the use of PCs, Macs and smart devices. Several sessions are booked in the coming weeks and we have… Read more » about Students as trainers of staff
In May we asked what you would want from an audience or student response system. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to Sue Callard or via the short feedback form. We are accepting feedback and suggestions until the end of June so if you have any views on these systems that we need to… Read more » about Audience response systems – a further update
An excellent video on the AV equipment available in FB1 and more generally around the campuses from IT Services.
A 12 minute video exploring the TEL Toolkit. Includes: – How to access the Toolkit – Why we have a Toolkit – How the information is organised – Why engaging with the Toolkit can help you – The main sections – What each sections contain Click here to open the TEL Toolkit. The video mentions… Read more » about Video overview of the TEL Toolkit
In response to requests for help in completing the Digital Skills Self Assessment, we have created a 9 minute video which runs through the questionnaire, explains the questions being asked and the types of responses. Click here to watch the video. Click here to complete the digital skills self assessment. This video was created using… Read more » about How to complete the digital skills self-assessment
To support the use of myBU, Library and Learning Support have created an excellent page in the TEL Toolkit which explains the structure of a standard unit and provides links and PDFs of supporting material. Click here to access the page. The use of lecture capture will be an important element of our teaching practice in… Read more » about What content can be added to myBU?
Learn how to use the new Audio Visual equipment on Thursday 23 June. The Fusion Building has been a significant investment for BU and the design, functionality and features can be used in different learning scenarios to deliver innovative teaching and learning. A crucial part of this is the Audio Visual equipment that has been… Read more » about Using AV Equipment in The Fusion Building – 23 June
This afternoon we held the MOOC workshop with Blackboard’s Anne Cross and Ashley Wright. According to Russell et at (2013), MOOCs are changing education. For example MIT’s computing courses can attract over 100,000 students (Chandler 2014). MOOCs demonstrate one way of opening up education to a much wider, global audience, many of whom would otherwise… Read more » about A review of today’s MOOC workshop
For the digital skills self-assessment questionnaire, we currently have 174 responses. A big thank you to all those people who have completed the online questionnaire since it was launched in February. We would ideally like all academic staff to complete the survey so can you spare 15 minutes to help us please? Completing the questionnaire… Read more » about Have you completed the digital skills self-assessment?
At the start of May, we asked what you would want from an audience or student response system. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to Sue Callard. We are in the process of collating the information received and deciding which of the many potential solutions to this requirement we can include in the review. … Read more » about Audience response systems – an update
