Posts By: dbiggins

Reflections on the PAL Leader Conference – November 2015

Having had a very stressful, tiring and trying summer/semester 1, this was the perfect antidote. For me, spending time with other staff members who understand the struggles of PAL regardless of size of the scheme or institution was so refreshing and made me feel optimistic about returning to work on Monday! Whilst overly a Leader… Read more » about Reflections on the PAL Leader Conference – November 2015

What to do about Bloom’s 2 sigma problem?

Benjamin Bloom reported a research result about educational effectiveness in the journal ‘Education researcher’ (1984). Bloom was looking at the performance of students and comparing conventional group tuition with mastery learning tuition and also with one to one tuition. The results broadly showed how mastery learning techniques improved the average performance by 1 standard deviation… Read more » about What to do about Bloom’s 2 sigma problem?

YOUR education blog

Some staff members have asked if they can share their education questions, successes and experiences on the CEL blog. The answer is a resounding YES! We welcome your input and look forward to hearing from you. If you would like an account to post to the blog, please email dbiggins@bournemouth.ac.uk.

Many bids received in response to the CEL FIF call

The current round for CEL FIF proposals closed yesterday, 9th November. Eleven applications have been received focussing on either Technology Enhanced Learning, Employability, Work-based learning and professional practice, Innovative assessment, feedback and forward, and generic pedagogic development/research. Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. We are reviewing the applications on Friday and expect to… Read more » about Many bids received in response to the CEL FIF call

7 reasons to engage in the TEL Toolkit

We are in the process of developing a resources for BU academics that will provide help, support and guidance in gaining the most from the available TEL tools such as myBU, Xerte and Panopto to mention but a few.  The toolkit is being developed and populated this semester and is due for release in semester… Read more » about 7 reasons to engage in the TEL Toolkit

Suggestions for the TEL/IT seminars in Semester 2?

CEL is scheduling at least 8 seminars/workshops in semester 2 on issues related to technology enhanced learning and IT in teaching and learning. We are looking to include topics such as social media,  student engagement using Peerwise, use of the new presentation equipment and lecture video capture using panopto to mention but a few. If… Read more » about Suggestions for the TEL/IT seminars in Semester 2?

Call to academics to participate in flipped classroom resource bid

How often do you hear students saying ‘oh that was really boring’ about various lecture content, even though we, as lecturers, thought that was our best ever explanation of a challenging topic? The flipped classroom is one method of addressing undergraduate apathy towards lectures and traditional methods of teaching. The optimal two-way relationship is often… Read more » about Call to academics to participate in flipped classroom resource bid