Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
In the next few weeks, Professor Chris Shiel will be sending out a call for case studies (it’s going to be a competition with prizes) to gather case studies of approaches used at BU to develop the knowledge, skills and competences to address the need for sustainable development. Chris will be asking staff to illustrate… Read more » about Education for Sustainable Development – and could you consider Fairtrade?
CEL is developing a digital skills self-assessment questionnaire which has the aim of identifying the digital skills of BU’s academic staff. What is the purpose of the questionnaire? The purpose of this questionnaire is to capture information about the level of confidence in digital skills across BU, especially in the area of teaching and learning… Read more » about Self-assessing your digital skills
uGrade is BU’s name for a peer and self-assessment system, and is a product of Loughborough University and University of Hull. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
Assignment submission and feedback software which incorporates text-matching to support academic writing, and a plagarism checker. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
An audience response system which enables your audience to participate in lectures by submitting responses to questions using a small handset. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
Talis Aspire manages digitised content and reading lists for students. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
Prezi is a cloud based presentation tool that enables you to create a single canvas of text and mulitmedia online. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
PeerWise is an online multiple choice question (MCQ) application that is accessible by all staff and students. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
An easy to use video platform tool which provides video recording and streaming, video management and inside-video search capability. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
Blackboard provides Bournemouth University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), and is more commonly known as myBU. We welcome your feedback and comments on your use of this tool in teaching and learning.
