Posts By: Debbie Holley

Call for proposals OER 2016 – extended until 30th November

The Call for Proposals for OER16 has been extended to midday GMT on Monday 30 November 2015. The call is available to view as a Google Document  or download as PDF from https://oer16.oerconf.org/submissions. The vision for the conference is to focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies… Read more » about Call for proposals OER 2016 – extended until 30th November

Putting something in the middle: an image mediated dialogue approach

I am writing this blog ahead of an event I am facilitating this week to explore methods of encouraging dialogue and getting feedback. Members of the CEL steering group will recall that I have used this method before and will be familiar with my set of postcards and being asked to select an image and… Read more » about Putting something in the middle: an image mediated dialogue approach

An open education approach to CPD for teachers

Dr Debbie Holley, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of CEL has just returned from the London International Conference on Education, where she gave a keynote to participants called ‘An Open Education Resource (OER) approach to CPD’ calling for a more teacher focused approach to planning for, and organising, Continuous Professional Development. Drawing upon a series… Read more » about An open education approach to CPD for teachers

Horizon2020

  Debbie Holley went along to the stunning British Academy building in London for a Horizon 2020 briefing day about social science and research. Calls are already well documented, insert link, but keynote speaker Phillippe Keruafran, Deputy Head of Unit Research and Innovation, traveling from Brussels to give his talk, encouraged social scientists to look… Read more » about Horizon2020

A digital challenge for November!

Dear All, Colleagues from Hybrid Pedagogy have organised November as Gigi-writing month – and we are all invited to join in: http://www.digitalwritingmonth.com/home/ Here’s the invite: How Does One DigiWriMo? 1. There are no secrets to doing DigiWriMo, no right way and no wrong way to do it. Some people may write a novel using their… Read more » about A digital challenge for November!

Staff participants, Unituhack, London, Saturday 14 November (The Unitu team and Jisc )

Colleagues – this may be of interest Staff participants, Unituhack, London, Saturday 14 November The Unitu team and Jisc have collaborated to create UnituHack. It is a student & staff ed-tech event, bringing them together to form teams for one day to co-create technological innovations and solutions for specific challenges found in universities. There will… Read more » about Staff participants, Unituhack, London, Saturday 14 November (The Unitu team and Jisc )

Free data workshop: Los Angeles – some funding available – see below

Debbie Holley has been thinking about data this week, and shares a tip for keeping up-to-date with data issues, events, publications and lots more … Interested in data? The UKdataservice have an excellent JISCMAIL list – free to join, and there are are range of interesting opportunites, both in the UK and abroad. This caught… Read more » about Free data workshop: Los Angeles – some funding available – see below

Warm invitation to Women’s Academic Network (WAN) event

Women’s academic careers and motherhood Mutually exclusive? Mutually compatible? Lunchtime speaker panel discussion with refreshments Friday 20 November 12:00-14:00 TAG 22 We very much hope to see many of our WAN colleagues there – and being a family friendly outfit, please feel free to bring children or other relatives too if you are on care duties at that time…. Read more » about Warm invitation to Women’s Academic Network (WAN) event

PG Cert Online week: contribute to our Twitter debate

Join us: #PGCertBU Thursday 29th October 10.30/11.30 Dr Debbie Holley is a National Teaching Fellow and leads the Post Graduate Certificate for Educational Practice – the BU in-house course designed to support and develop new staff. Successful completion of the course also means participants qualify for the award of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy,… Read more » about PG Cert Online week: contribute to our Twitter debate

Jorum resources – schedule for retirement

The UK’s largest repository for discovering and sharing Open Educational Resources for HE, FE and Skills. ==== Dear Colleagues, Since the retirement was first announced on 24th June, the Jorum team have been developing a plan of activities to ensure the successful retirement of the service and ensure that this is communicated to our users…. Read more » about Jorum resources – schedule for retirement