Hear from Sonya Harvey, Student Development Award Coordinator, about how she engaged with the TEL Toolkit.
One staff member’s experience of using augmented reality
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Marking using the generic assessment criteria
Like many tutors at the start of semester 1, I embedded the new generic assessment criteria (GAC) into my unit’s assessment where appropriate. The criteria were added to the assignment briefs and explained in the Unit Handbook with links provided so that students could understand the ways in which their work would be marked and… Read more » about Marking using the generic assessment criteria
“I just love what CEL is doing – it isn’t just for academic activities. All of BU would benefit from your talents”
This was the comment from one attendee at last year’s Service Excellence conference. On the day, CEL hosted a number of tools that can be used not only in teaching and learning but across professional services too. The tools enable us to improve the quality of services we all provide to our student/clients/consumers. We demonstrated… Read more » about “I just love what CEL is doing – it isn’t just for academic activities. All of BU would benefit from your talents”
One staff member’s experience of Prezi
TEL champion, Ashley Spriggs, explains how she used Prezi in her teaching practice in this short, 2 minute video.
Self-assessing your digital skills
It has almost been a year since the Digital Skills Self-Assessment was launched. To date, some 60% of academic staff have completed the questionnaire. For academic staff, completing the questionnaire gives you valuable insights into your range of skills and also identifies areas where you may want to develop in the future. From a CEL… Read more » about Self-assessing your digital skills
Try something different in 2017
Over the last semester, 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 all Faculties,… Read more » about Try something different in 2017
Higher Education Academy Update – 10 January 2017
HEA student experience and engagement surveys 2017 We currently have more than one hundred confirmed participants in the postgraduate PTES and PRES surveys and a 60% increase in participants in the undergraduate UKES. If you want to find out more about participation and the support we can offer you in running the surveys, please get… Read more » about Higher Education Academy Update – 10 January 2017
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Try something different in 2017
Over the last semester, 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 all Faculties,… Read more » about Try something different in 2017
Report from the Social Media in HE Conference in Sheffield on 16 Dec 16
On behalf of CEL, I attended a one day conference on Social Media in Higher Education (#socmedhe16) last week. Some 150 delegates attended from institutions mainly across the UK, including someone from the LSE who we had met two days previously on the CEL/LLS visit there. This is the first conference I have attended that… Read more » about Report from the Social Media in HE Conference in Sheffield on 16 Dec 16
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