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Have you thought about using online awards in Brightspace? Are digital badges something you would like to trial with your students this academic year? Why use online badges or certificates in Brightspace? Online awards don’t contribute to formal grades but can be used to reward student achievements that encourage the work ethic you want to… Read more » about Using Awards in Brightspace – Drop-in Session
A common concern of students working on group assessments is being assigned one mark for all members, regardless of the individual levels of contribution. By using uGrade, students can peer assess each member of the group’s contribution to the group work and then each student receives an adjusted mark which reflects that contribution rating. What… Read more » about uGrade for student self and peer assessment
You may be familiar with the University of Kent Digitally Enhanced Education webinars which have been running since lockdown. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on HE is still dominating conversations, so colleagues might be interested to know that the next event in the webinar series will follow the theme ‘Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of… Read more » about Teaching with ChatGPT – Digitally Enhanced Education webinar
If you are thinking about applying for HEA fellowship in the Associate Fellow, Fellow or Senior Fellow categories, then you may wish to be added to the TeachBU mailing list so that you can hear about training events, changes to applications dates, etc. If so, then please email TeachBU@bournemouth.ac.uk to let us know. Dr Martyn… Read more » about Thinking About Applying for HEA Fellowship?
Brightspace’s quiz functionality is a really useful tool for running regular formative quizzes on your unit, helping to reinforce key learning points and aiding students in checking their understanding. The quiz tool also lends itself to promoting learning through retrieval learning or retrieval practice. What is retrieval practice? Research shows that learning occurs not just… Read more » about Formative quizzes and retrieval practice
Would you like to know more about using Mentimeter to add interactive elements to your teaching sessions? Mentimeter helps you to interact with your audience and share responses in real time. It can be used in both online teaching sessions or in the classroom, with participants easily participating using their own devices. If you’d like… Read more » about Mentimeter lunchtime drop-in – Wednesday 1st March FG04
Discussions Tool provides an area for student collaboration. It allows learners to post, read, and reply to messages on different topics, share thoughts about course materials, ask questions, share files, or work with your peers on assignments. Use the Discussions Tool in your unit to: Encourage users to share thoughts on course material with their… Read more » about Discussions Tool – drop-in session in FG04
Turnitin are running a free webinar series during February, March and April addressing some of the recent challenges to academic integrity, such as the rise in AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools. The webinars are delivered by expert educators in the field of academic integrity and will provide practical examples of how institutions are tackling these… Read more » about Turnitin Session Series – Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023
As educators and innovators, we are always looking for new and interesting ways of harnessing pedagogically sound technologies to support our assessment and feedback activities. Reviewing the methods in which you assess your students can help to keep your unit delivery fresh and engaging, rewarding both yourself and your students with an enriched teaching and… Read more » about Reviewing assessment and feedback practices – resources
Please note the change of date for this workshop Invitation to the National Teaching Fellow workshop Welcome from Dr Geli Roushan, Head of FLIE, and workshop facilitated by BU National Teaching Fellows Dr Mel Hughes and Professor Debbie Holley. Interested staff for this year and those interested in preparing for next year are warmly welcome… Read more » about National Teaching Fellow workshop – change of date
