Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
We had a early Christmas present this year with a first look at the initial designs for the TEL Toolkit. The Toolkit is due to be released in the first week of February so this sneak preview was great to see. The home screen will enable you to access information on the tools in the… Read more » about TEL Toolkit – a first look
BU is hosting the first study group which is discussing ‘The Circular Economy’. The group is based around ‘The Circular Economy; A Wealth of Flows’ by Ken Webster, Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The group works through a learning method that addresses the whole of us (imaginative thoughts; feelings/ existing patterns and… Read more » about Circular Economy Study Group: 27 Jan 16
BU’s Fair Access Agreement includes a project fund to support Fair Access (FA) and Widening Participation (WP) projects, research and innovation. Faculties and Professional Services are invited to bid for funding to support specific and targeted projects that will have FA or WP impact. The projects will contribute to and inform the growing evidence base… Read more » about Fair Access Project Fund
As part of the Vision4Learning Project we are developing the TEL Toolkit to support and encourage our academics to consider different tools and techniques to support the learning for our students. The project team are now modelling the TEL Toolkit and will be using the next V4L Drop In Sessions to welcome as much feedback… Read more » about TEL Toolkit drop in sessions – 7th and 11th of January
This post supports and is aligned to the TEL Toolkit pedagogy. Its purpose is to be a focus point for comments, suggestions, case studies, research and ultimately a community of practice for staff who have an interest in this area. We welcome your feedback and comments on this pedagogy in teaching and learning.
BU’s IT Services has introduced a new and convenient way of showing presentations using BU’s – or your own – devices without wires or adaptors. This new installation is part of the wider Audio Visual Refresh Project, which has seen equipment in teaching spaces and meeting rooms across the university being replaced with the most… Read more » about TEL Toolkit: Presentation equipment
Dr Geli Roushan reports on an Academic Leadership Tour that was hosted by the University of Groningen to learn more about how the University is using Blackboard (Bb), or as we refer to the application, myBU. A number of UK universities were joined to hear Groningen’s experience of Bb where their IT and education departments have… Read more » about What we can learn from how others are using Blackboard/myBU
The new Talbot building, Fusion Building 1 or FB1 for short, is progressing well with new developments visible to passers by every day. The plan is for the building to be released to us around Easter with its use for teaching commencing in September 2016. The screens around the side of the site provide an… Read more » about A new teaching and learning philosophy for a new building
Due to illness, we have had to postpone today’s Let’s talk about IT drop in session in PG30a. We apologise for the cancellation. We will reschedule the session shortly and advise of the new date(s) here on the CEL blog.
The recent workshops on the TEL Toolkit have been very good for gathering a wide range of input on the Toolkit and related issues. For the launch in February, we have identified the initial tranch of TEL tools that we would like to include. After the launch, there will be further tools added and we… Read more » about Tools to be included in the TEL Toolkit
