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A brief update on last week’s post on audience response systems. The proposal to upgrade our TurningPoint5 solution to TurningPoint8 which can be used by all staff and all students (using their own devices and/or our remaining clickers) was approved by the TEL Steering Forum last week. The next step is for the proposal to… Read more » about Audience response systems – a further update
One of the largest learning technology conferences, ALT (Association for Learning Technology) took place this week in Liverpool. BU was represented by Professor Debbie Holley and David Biggins amongst some 400 delegates. There is an ALT YouTube channel which contains some videos from this week’s conference including the three keynotes which are also available from the ALT… Read more » about BU’s presentations at the ALTC conference
A team from CEL, IT and LLS have been looking at our options for audience response systems. In the past, we have used the Turning Point clickers which have been very successful in some applications. Dedicated devices to capture audience responses have diminished over time due to their cost and the wide availability of users’… Read more » about Audience response systems – an update
We have recently been seeing some fantastic content created in our VLEs, myBU and Brightspace. We certainly have some very talented and creative members of staff! Here is an example using a Brightspace template: We would love to showcase your work on the CEL blog to inspire others about what can be achieved in VLEs…. Read more » about Showcasing your VLE expertise
We have scheduled 5 sessions in August, the next of which is tomorrow. All the sessions run between 13:00 and 17:00. You are welcome to drop in for as long or as short a time as you wish. The sessions are on: Lansdowne Thursday 10 August. S103 Monday 14 August. S103 Monday 21 August. S102 Talbot… Read more » about Brightspace drop in sessions in August – the next one is on Thursday 10th
Did you know that Brightspace has 11 page templates that can help you to make your content look fantastic? Here is one example. There is a template that staff working on the unit can use to introduce themselves to their students. When you open the template, the page looks like this: All you have to… Read more » about Brightspace: Using the new page templates to make your content stand out
In the last week, we have run the first three drop-in sessions for staff. The idea is that staff can come along and work on their Brightspace unit and gain help, if needed, from the on-hand staff from IT Skills, LLS and CEL. We had 7 people at yesterday’s session and one person commented that… Read more » about Brightspace drop-in schedule for August
The Fusion Building has been in use for almost a year. We would like to ask you a few questions about your use of the building in teaching and learning. Please use this questionnaire to tell us about your experiences. https://bournemouth.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/fusion-building-questionnaire Other than your department, all questions are optional. You can but you do not… Read more » about Questionnaire on the use of the Fusion Building for teaching and learning
Now that the majority of staff have received their initial Brightspace training in readiness for the semester 1 rollout, we are still delivering face-to-face training for staff and now transitioning to a less structured and more personalised support model of drop-in sessions for academic staff. We have organised the first three sessions: Thursday 27 July. … Read more » about Brightspace drop-in sessions on 27th July, 1st and 2nd August – in person or online
Our next face-to-face sessions are on Thursday 27 July. If you would like to attend the A session in the morning or the B session in the afternoon, please email your request to v4l@bournemouth.ac.uk.
