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We are running our annual Learning and Teaching conference on Monday 7 July 2025. It includes speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. The event offers engagement in current and emerging student learning and opportunities for education innovation and excellence at BU. Staff are invited to showcase their Learning and Teaching practices in the… Read more » about Save the date – FLIE Learning and Teaching Conference 2025
The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI – Dr Tricia Bertram Gallant and Dr David Rettinger 16.00-17.00 26 Mar 2025 Part of the Academic Integrity online webinar series Feb/Mar 2025 Join us for a transformative session focused on integrity in education. We will explore research insights into why students engage… Read more » about The Opposite of Cheating – Academic Integrity online webinar series
We’re continuing to share examples from our Student AI Literacy series of exercises, created by FLIE for you to use with your students to help develop their AI literacy. Each exercise is designed to be led within a classroom environment with students undertaking a guided hands-on activity, improving skills such as prompting and evaluating AI… Read more » about Student AI Literacy resources – AI as negotiating counterpart
We’re continuing to share examples from our Student AI Literacy series of exercises, created by FLIE for you to use with your students to help develop their AI literacy. Each exercise is designed to be led within a classroom environment with students undertaking a guided hands-on activity, improving skills such as prompting and evaluating AI… Read more » about Student AI literacy exercises – AI as prompt engineer
What can GenAI tell us about why students cheat? – Dr Thomas Lancaster 14.00-15.00 20 Mar 2025 Part of the Academic Integrity online webinar series Feb/Mar 2025 The problem of why students cheat is one of the most studied in academic integrity. Thomas will discuss how he has used GenAI to help to process existing… Read more » about What can GenAI tell us about why students cheat? -Academic Integrity online webinar series
Registration for BU staff is free! To avoid paying a registration fee please enter the promo code ETBLC25BU, then click “apply” before selecting your ticket. Please select the appropriate ticket i.e. only select the TBLC member option if you are a TBLC member. If you are interested in becoming a TBLC member please feel free… Read more » about 👇👇Join us for the premier European conference on Team-based Learning here at BU! 👇👇
The JISC LA platform will be updated on 12/03/25 with an improvement which will slightly change how ‘unexpected students’ are presented on the system. What are ‘unexpected’ students? Students are able to check in for any session where the code has been shared with them. They can do this from 10 minutes before the start… Read more » about Attendance capture: Improvement to better handle ‘Unexpected’ students
Future-proofing Academic Integrity: Human Rights and Dignity in a Postplagiarism Era – Prof Sarah Elaine Eaton 15.00-16.00 12 Mar 2025 Part of the Academic Integrity online webinar series Feb/Mar 2025 New technologies can send educators and policy makers into a tizzy about academic cheating. It happened with the Internet and it’s happening again with artificial… Read more » about Future-proofing Academic Integrity – Academic Integrity online webinar series
We’re continuing to share examples from our Student AI Literacy series of exercises, created by FLIE for you to use with your students to help develop their AI literacy. Each exercise is designed to be led within a classroom environment with students undertaking a guided hands-on activity, improving skills such as prompting and evaluating AI… Read more » about Student AI literacy exercises – AI for generating ideas
Professor Lydia Arnold shared some inspiring insights in her AI Summit Keynote last week. Professor Arnold took us on a fascinating journey, starting with her research in assessment design and exploring the multifaceted layers of authenticity in assessments. She shared invaluable insights on the importance of developing feedback literacy processes with students, and cautioning us… Read more » about BU AI Summit part 2 – slides and recording
