Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Thank you to everyone who has completed the digital skill self-assessment. To date we have had 337 completed questionnaires. Our goal is that all academic staff will complete the survey but the survey is also open to any member of staff who wants to assess their confidence in the digital arena against the processes, systems… Read more » about What the digital skills self-assessment is telling us
Next Tuesday, CEL are running a session on developing a digital curriculum. The session takes place in PG3oa between 10.00 and 12.00. Topics covered in this session will include: Digital policy and frameworks – why these matter The JISC model of digital innovation Mapping your own unit or programme The session will be of use… Read more » about Developing the digital curricula – Tuesday 11 October
Teaching Excellence Framework – Deans Summit On 27 September our first Deans’ Summit was held in London. Delegates discussed what is currently known about discipline level TEF, what the TEF narrative might look like and what the challenges associated with providing data at course level might involve. HEA Student Surveys HEA student surveys are important… Read more » about Higher Education Academy – Update 5 October 2016
The Fusion Building has been a significant investment for BU and the design, functionality and features can be used in different learning scenarios to deliver innovative teaching and learning. A crucial part of this is the Audio Visual equipment that has been installed throughout the building. The most up to date systems have been used… Read more » about AV equipment drop-in sessions – Friday 7 October 2016 in FB1
It has been a busy couple of days on Twitter. Here are 10 of the education stories you may have missed: 6 ideologies that influence educator’s decisions How jobs will differ in the next 5 years The unemployment rate for graduates is less than half that of non-graduates Information on BU’s Global Talent Programme 7… Read more » about Items you might have missed in the last 2 days on the CEL Twitter feed
In response to requests for help in completing the Digital Skills Self Assessment, we have created a 9 minute video which runs through the questionnaire, explains the questions being asked and the responses that are anticipated. Click here to watch the video. Click here to complete the digital skills self assessment. This video was created… Read more » about Have you completed the digital skills questionnaire?
The Centre for Excellence in Learning is pleased to invite applications for its Student-Led Co-creation Projects. The co-creation project funds student-led, collaborative projects delivering co-created outputs between an academic and a student. Whether that’s a paper, presentation or product, the output is important. Projects don’t have to form part of a particular unit of a curriculum and it… Read more » about Call for student-led co-creation project proposals – 25 Nov 16
The first of the new series of iInnovate workshops is coming up soon: Date Topic Location Facilitators Tuesday 11 October 10.00-12.00 Developing the digital curricula – Come to our workshop and get support to learn more about designing technology into your curricula PG30a David Biggins, Debbie Holley, Geli Roushan Click here to book your place.
At this time in the academic year, you can have many units listed in myBU and it can be more difficult to find the unit you are looking for. It is very easy to display your units in blocks by academic years as in this example: It takes 10 seconds to do this. To learn… Read more » about Viewing your units in myBU by academic year
The GTP is about helping students to develop and evidence the attributes they need to succeed in today’s global workplace. The GTP brings together BU’s central extra-curricular employability offer under one banner subsuming the Student Development Award and Post-Graduate Development Award. On this page you will find out a bit more about the programme, what… Read more » about New for 2016/17, the Global Talent Programme (GTP)
