Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
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 application for Senior Fellowship of the HEA. Attend as CPD only, or attend for an additional day, and upon successful completion of coursework be awarded… Read more » about PG DIP CPD units begin next week
[A report from Iain Darby, Lecturer in Paramedic Science] David Biggins came to the Paramedic Science team away day during the summer to talk to us about Peerwise. Peerwise is a website that allows students to compose questions for their course peers and answer questions that their peers have written. Following this session we decided… Read more » about Use of multiple choice questions by the Paramedic team
On Monday, Liz joined the CEL team. Liz is an Academic Learning Designer in the Centre for Excellence in Learning at BU. She was previously Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning and Director of the Education Innovation Centre at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Prior to joining UWE, Liz was Director of the… Read more » about Professor Liz Falconer joins CEL
We are delighted that Curie has joined the CEL team this week. Curie says: I am delighted to join the CEL team as senior lecturer and PGCE Programme leader. CEL’s work dovetails with my interests in innovative practice for teaching and learning. I am interested in embodied cognition, the co-construction of knowledge via making, visual… Read more » about Welcoming Dr Curie Scott to the CEL team
[From Stephen Pyne, Learning Technologist] As a Learning Technologist I’m always looking for new and ingenious ways of harbouring the latest technologies in our learning and teaching practices. I’ve recently come across a new and novel way of using mobile devices to bring to life you tube and apps using holographic technology. The technology itself… Read more » about Holographic technology
BU has new PowerPoint templates for presentations, these can be found here: I:\M&C\Public\BU Branding\PowerPoint templates The logos and fonts have been updated. The logo can be downloaded from: I:\M&C\Public\BU Branding\_GUIDELINES & LOGOS\Logos internal use only BU’s official fonts are Bitter for headings and PT Sans for body text. You can find the guide for BU’s branding at: 6726… Read more » about Updated Powerpoint template
The effective use of Learning Analytics (LA) has been identified by Jisc as a priority for HEIs and there are many case studies of its successful use. The data from LA can be used at the institution, faculty, department and unit levels to help make informed decisions which can lead to improved student satisfaction, retention… Read more » about Interested in Learning Analytics?
Zuzanna discusses BU’s new virtual learning environment. All in 61 seconds.
The annual Service Excellence conference is being held on 20 April 2017. Book your free tickets here. The past years’ conferences have been fantastic and this year is shaping up to be even more awesome. Whether you are academic staff or professional services, there is lots on offer at the Service Excellence conference.
After the success of last year’s CELebrate event, we are planning to hold another conference this year, this time a one day event. We are working to develop an engaging and thought-provoking day of demonstrations, workshops, presentations, posters and key-note speakers. We are still working on the detail but, in the interim, please blank out… Read more » about CELebrate 2017 – hold the date: Tuesday 13th June
