Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
CEL are hosting TEL Toolkit sessions on 14 & 15 February. The purpose of these sessions is to explore how you can use the Toolkit in your teaching practice. There is no set agenda. Instead we respond to what tutors need and explore the options. That said, we try to cover 6-7 tools per session… Read more » about TEL Toolkit sessions on both campuses next week
Since the start of semester 1, CEL has been supporting staff across the university to ‘try something different‘ to enhance their teaching and professional practice. One of the initiatives within this campaign is a BU-wide scheme called ‘iInnovate‘ where academic staff are encouraged to adopt one new innovation in their teaching. With the agreement of… Read more » about What has been your innovation this year?
Enhance and develop your own Practice; gain a deeper understanding of Pedagogic Principles; share and develop your knowledge and skills with the CEL CPD opportunities Available for all BU staff, take a series of one or half day workshops (spread out over the semester) to extend your own CPD/ build your promotion profile/ move towards… Read more » about Develop your TEL, employability and assessment skills through CPD activities starting 1st March
Do you recognise this? It is a BB-8 from the last but one Star Wars film. CEL has purchased three Sphero BB-8 droids for testing purposes. The marketing material says ‘Based on your interactions, BB-8 will show a range of expressions and perk up when you give voice commands. Watch your Droid explore autonomously, guide… Read more » about How to use robots in teaching and learning
This was on Radio 4 this afternoon source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08crzrf “Virtual Reality is being harnessed to help people recover from serious brain injury following accidents or strokes, and in conditions like Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Mark visits a clinic in Salford where they’re using virtual reality in neuro-rehabilitation.”
[From Professor Edwin van Teijlingen] Today we offered preliminary feedback to key stakeholders in Kathmandu as part of our research into CPD (Continuous Professional Development) for nurses in Nepal. Today’s presentation is party funded by LJMU (Liverpool John Moores University) and partly funded by BU’s Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL). Late 2016 CEL funded the qualitative part… Read more » about CPD study findings presented in Kathmandu
‘At its simplest, blended learning is the integration of classroom face-to-face learning experiences with online learning experiences.’ (Garrison and Kanuka 2004 p 96). Blended learning is a key pedagogy at BU and a core component in the TEL Toolkit. The topic of blended learning is expanding in both use and importance so it is vital… Read more » about Working through the blended learning module
Source: “Surface Learning’: The Patchwork Text as a Remedy for the Academic Essay” (A slightly amended version of an article published in The Guardian, Education Section, Tuesday June 10th, 2003, p.15) by Richard Winter It is, as they say, that time of year again: teaching is over and we begin to assess students’ attempts to… Read more » about Patchwork text as a remedy for the academic essay
A useful reflective on blended learning from four perspectives. Source: Stacey, E. and Gerbic, P., 2008. Success factors for blended learning. Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? Proceedings ascilite Melbourne 2008, pp.964-968. The literature on blended learning is dominated by insider accounts of its introduction in campus-based courses, generally using a… Read more » about Factors that promote successful blended learning
The company supplying the new VLE, D2L, recently visited BU to provide demonstrations of their Brightspace platform to all four Faculties and Professional Services. The demonstrations were very well received and generated a good deal of excitement around the capabilities of our new VLE. For those who were unable to attend the sessions, please follow… Read more » about Video presentations to BU of the new VLE, Brightspace
