On 23 January, Bournemouth University hosted an international conference aiming to improve how students use technology and interact online. Called the Digital Citizenship Summit UK (DigCitSummitUK), it is a unique conference geared towards safe, savvy, and ethical use of social media and tech. “Digital Citizenship” is an umbrella term used to describe the expectations of… Read more » about “Capturing the voice of the child: a co-design approach to developing calmer classrooms” research report
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“How Brilliant Are We?”
An appreciative action research project – Learning from what works. An asset based approach to Organisational Change. Last year a research team within CEL undertook a research project, adapting an innovative method based on Appreciative Action Research to learn from staff who have received a SUBU “You’re Brilliant Award”, what it is that makes them… Read more » about “How Brilliant Are We?”
Big data webinars Hadoop and Spark
Webinar: What is Hadoop? 23 February 2016 Online, 15.00 – 16.00 Have you heard of Hadoop but don’t know what it is or what it does? Or do you know that Hadoop is used to store very large datasets but you don’t know what it can do or why it might be relevant to… Read more » about Big data webinars Hadoop and Spark
eMundas project results
aplogies for cross posting, but some colleagues may be interested…. The eMundus project is over: long live the eMundus results! The eMundus project came to an end in December 2015, following two years of intense work where the project team has been facilitating discussions and awareness raising activities on the relation between Open Education… Read more » about eMundas project results
Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hrs/Day on Mobile Phones
Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hrs/Day on #MobilePhones buff.ly/1LQksrm By Rhea Kelly 11/19/15 The average U.S. millennial (aged 16-30) with Internet access spends 3.1 hours a day on a mobile phone — totaling 21.7 hours a week or 1,128 hours (47 days) a year, according to a new study from global research consultancy TNS…. Read more » about Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hrs/Day on Mobile Phones
Free Access to Education Journals for 14 days
Free Acess to Education Journals for 14 days – make the most of this festive offer! http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rped20/current
New publication from our fantastic PAL team: Peer learning leaders: developing employability through facilitating the learning of other students
Colleagues, I am delighted to share some good news with you: Peer learning leaders: developing employability through facilitating the learning of other students …authors: Neil Ford, Charlotte Thackeray, Paul Barnes, Katharina Hendrickx …and abstract: Employability is a key theme in higher education and attitudes towards its development have shifted from a focus on technical skills… Read more » about New publication from our fantastic PAL team: Peer learning leaders: developing employability through facilitating the learning of other students
Education for Sustainable Development – students want more, BU Vision and Values highlights our ambitions, so can we up our game?
The results of the fifth NUS student survey reveal students’ attitudes towards sustainable development: 80% of students said that they want their institutions to be doing more on sustainability, and 60% want to learn more about it. So are we doing enough at BU and how could we do more? BU 2018 articulates the vision:… Read more » about Education for Sustainable Development – students want more, BU Vision and Values highlights our ambitions, so can we up our game?
Journal of Information Literacy vol 9 (2) now out
Thanks to editor Emma Coonan for sharing Dear Colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that volume 9(2) of the Journal of Information Literacy is now available at http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index – please find the table of contents below. As a first-time editor, it has been an absolute privilege to be involved with the publication of this issue… Read more » about Journal of Information Literacy vol 9 (2) now out
‘Unlocking the digital potential of graduates: technology for employability
Extract from the JISC introduction: At Jisc, we have been looking into the hot topic of employability and the growing ‘employability gap’: the fact that the skills students have as they leave our educational institutions aren’t meeting the expectations of employers, and that employers also want wider, softer skills as well as demonstration of knowledge… Read more » about ‘Unlocking the digital potential of graduates: technology for employability
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