Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
We had a early Christmas present this year with a first look at the initial designs for the TEL Toolkit. The Toolkit is due to be released in the first week of February so this sneak preview was great to see. The home screen will enable you to access information on the tools in the… Read more » about TEL Toolkit – a first look
BU is hosting the first study group which is discussing ‘The Circular Economy’. The group is based around ‘The Circular Economy; A Wealth of Flows’ by Ken Webster, Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The group works through a learning method that addresses the whole of us (imaginative thoughts; feelings/ existing patterns and… Read more » about Circular Economy Study Group: 27 Jan 16
BU’s Fair Access Agreement includes a project fund to support Fair Access (FA) and Widening Participation (WP) projects, research and innovation. Faculties and Professional Services are invited to bid for funding to support specific and targeted projects that will have FA or WP impact. The projects will contribute to and inform the growing evidence base… Read more » about Fair Access Project Fund
As part of the Vision4Learning Project we are developing the TEL Toolkit to support and encourage our academics to consider different tools and techniques to support the learning for our students. The project team are now modelling the TEL Toolkit and will be using the next V4L Drop In Sessions to welcome as much feedback… Read more » about TEL Toolkit drop in sessions – 7th and 11th of January
UCAS and SMCPC have recently published their annual reports. You may find the following highlights of interest: 532,300 applicants got admitted in higher education through UCAS (up by 3.9 per cent). Acceptances from EU increased by 11 per cent while those from outside of EU increased by 1.9 per cent. Pupils in the White ethnic… Read more » about Highlights of UCAS and SMCPC annual reports
This post supports and is aligned to the TEL Toolkit pedagogy. Its purpose is to be a focus point for comments, suggestions, case studies, research and ultimately a community of practice for staff who have an interest in this area. We welcome your feedback and comments on this pedagogy in teaching and learning.
Marian Mayer recently gave an excellent talk on what has been described by John Hilsdon, the noted expert on Learning Development as “Sector Leading” provision. This presentation took place on the 2nd of December 2015 and was part of an ongoing CEL seminar series. It drew on a variety of reasons to support Media students… Read more » about Sector Leading Learning Development in FMC
BU’s IT Services has introduced a new and convenient way of showing presentations using BU’s – or your own – devices without wires or adaptors. This new installation is part of the wider Audio Visual Refresh Project, which has seen equipment in teaching spaces and meeting rooms across the university being replaced with the most… Read more » about TEL Toolkit: Presentation equipment
In the first twelve (working) days of December, CEL hosted a campaign to promote the Library and Learning Support available at BU. This initiative, which we disseminated on Twitter with #12DaysOfLLS, was produced by our colleagues at BU Library, and had the aim of spreading the word about the wealth of services, resources and support… Read more » about 12 Days of Library and Learning Support Roundup
Dr Geli Roushan reports on an Academic Leadership Tour that was hosted by the University of Groningen to learn more about how the University is using Blackboard (Bb), or as we refer to the application, myBU. A number of UK universities were joined to hear Groningen’s experience of Bb where their IT and education departments have… Read more » about What we can learn from how others are using Blackboard/myBU
