FLIE will be running two sessions in January specifically for academic staff in FMC, in response to Faculty requests. You can find details of the two sessions below with links to book yourself on via our Eventbrite page. Project and Dissertation Supervision workshop Monday 17 January 13:00-14:30 FMC benefits from a rich level of expertise… Read more » about Faculty Specific FLIE Sessions – January 2022
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Teaching Large Cohorts – Education Enhancement Workshop Summary
Many lecturers at BU teach classes with 60-120+ students. These are large cohorts! In the last workshop on this topic, it was clear that the specificity of discipline/field and teaching context are critical. The workshop in January draws on case studies and will make space for audience experience and group thinking. As I said in… Read more » about Teaching Large Cohorts – Education Enhancement Workshop Summary
National Teaching Fellowship workshop 13th January
If you’re planning to submit an application for a National Teaching Fellowship, this year or in future, there is a BU workshop on Thursday 13th January to explain the process and the support available. The workshop will be led by National Teaching Fellow Debbie Holley from HSS, with contributions from BU’s other National Teaching Fellows,… Read more » about National Teaching Fellowship workshop 13th January
Online help for Semester 2
A reminder that our LT online drop-in sessions are up and running again after the Christmas break. So if you need any help with getting your units ready for the new semester or just a quick refresher on something, you can join a Learning Technologist on Zoom at 11am on Mondays and Fridays. To access… Read more » about Online help for Semester 2
Education Enhancement Workshop Series – February
February is around the corner, and with it come new instalments of the Education Enhancement Workshop Series. Some events will be hosted by FLIE and you can find all the details and register on our Eventbrite page. Others will be hosted by the Doctoral College and you can enquire here for more details. All events… Read more » about Education Enhancement Workshop Series – February
Brightspace bug: Pasting text from MS Word
We have recently discovered a bug in Brightspace which meant that when you pasted text into the Text Editor from MS Word it would try to launch a dialog box that would then fail and cause the page to freeze. The dialog box, which gave you the option to Remove or Keep Formatting, has now… Read more » about Brightspace bug: Pasting text from MS Word
Education Enhancement Workshop Series – January Events
Welcome back to FLIE! The Education Enhancement Workshop Series & Conference 2022 is about to kickstart. Here’s a reminder of what’s happening this month. Soon we will share the February events, so please keep an eye on the blog, on Brightspace or on Eventbrite for more news. The FLIE team
Brightspace issue with large file submissions
We are currently investigating an issue with large file submissions which is preventing students from submitting large files to Brightspace (files over 1.3 GB). A fix has been identified and D2L are actively working on resolving the issue. We’re hopeful this will be resolved shortly and will update you on any developments. How does this… Read more » about Brightspace issue with large file submissions
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