Monthly Archives: February 2017

TEL Toolkit sessions on both campuses next week

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

What has been your innovation this year?

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?

Develop your TEL, employability and assessment skills through CPD activities starting 1st March

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

Virtual reality as a tool for dementia neuro-rehabilitation

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.”

Working through the blended learning module

‘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

Patchwork text as a remedy for the academic essay

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

Factors that promote successful blended learning

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

Video presentations to BU of the new VLE, Brightspace

Brightspace logo

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