On the day that the Higher Education White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy, is released we thought we would share with you our thoughts from the Teaching Excellence Framework workshop we facilitated as part of the CEL away day. This workshop aimed to raise awareness among CEL staff regarding the implications of the Green Paper (Fulfilling… Read more » about Teaching Excellence Framework: a public feelings workshop
Monthly Archives: May 2016
MOOCs – an introduction
A MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) is a model for delivering online learning material to anyone who wants to sign up for the course. Usually, there is no limit on the number of people who can sign up for a MOOC. Figures suggest that 25 million people have signed up for MOOCs in the last… Read more » about MOOCs – an introduction
ARLG Eastern brings you “Lego in Teaching” with Andy Walsh
ARLG Eastern brings you “Lego in Teaching” with Andy Walsh In this full day workshop, Andy Walsh will be running his (now famous) workshop on using Lego as a valuable teaching tool in library lessons. We will introduce briefly the concept of Lego® Serious Play® and carry out some exercises using these principles. Attendees… Read more » about ARLG Eastern brings you “Lego in Teaching” with Andy Walsh
The PAL award ceremony
It was a real pleasure to attend the PAL award ceremony on Monday evening. The ceremony marks the end or many students’ engagement with PAL before recruitment starts next week for the new cohort. Graham Beards presented the certificates. It was an excellent opportunity to celebrate the commitment and achievement of the PAL leaders and… Read more » about The PAL award ceremony
This week on the CEL Twitter feed
Each week we tweet internal events and activities as well as news from the UK and global higher education spaces written by key organisations (eg HEA and Jisc) and established educationalists. In the last week, we have tweeted: In BU: The CEL and PCGE away days, developing your digital skills with the help of students,… Read more » about This week on the CEL Twitter feed
A review of the work of CEL by Professor Gail Thomas
Professor Gail Thomas opened yesterday’s CEL AwayDay with a review of the work on CEL and the leading role and contribution made to Teaching and Learning at BU. Click here to watch the video.
An introduction to the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
An introduction to the Teaching Excellence Framework and the implications for learning at BU by Dr Marcellus Mbah, Dr Jacqueline Priego and Dr Alex Waldrop from yesterday’s CEL AwayDay. Click here to watch the 21 minute video.
The assessment and feedback theme – an update from Anne Quinney
A 5 minute update on work within the Employability theme from Anne Quinney from yesterday’s CEL AwayDay. Click here to view the video.
Open University Widening Participation Conference: reflections
Image courtesy of Milton Keynes Council Two weeks’ ago our Fair Access Researchers, Clive, Ed, Lizzie and Alex went to Milton Keynes for the Open University’s international widening participation conference, Transforming Lives Through Life-Wide Learning. It was a really stimulating two days of papers, plenaries and workshops. And it was a real privilege to… Read more » about Open University Widening Participation Conference: reflections
The employability theme – an update by Carly Lamont
An 8 minute update on work within the Employability theme from Carly Lamont from yesterday’s CEL AwayDay. Click here to view the video.
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