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Mentimeter have recently added this online course to their Mentimeter Academy. This self-paced course looks at how you can foster a sense of belonging among your students, by guiding you through the theory of inclusive teaching with practical strategies. Topics covered include: Sense of belonging Fighting biases Transformative reflection The course includes some theory with… Read more » about Inclusive teaching: strategies for engaging all students
Mentimeter Advanced Features for Educators webinar Mentimeter are running a new series of webinars aimed specifically at their campus community. Look out for these webinars which will run regularly at the beginning and mid-way point of each semester. The first webinar in the series is on Thursday 30th March 14.00 (BST). Learn from fellow educators… Read more » about Mentimeter webinar for Educators – 30th March
Our Academic Integrity webinar series brought to you by FLIE and the FMC Learning Development Team in association with ALDinHE continues this March. All sessions are running online via Zoom. Sign up via the FLIE Eventbrite page or using the links below. Alternatively, BU staff can simply join on the day and time by clicking on… Read more » about Academic Integrity webinars this March
We’ve recently added a series of template slides to Mentimeter to help you easily incorporate Mentimeter polls and questions into your teaching, and add an interactive element to your sessions. You can choose to add the template, then amend or edit the slides so they suit your own purposes. What templates are available? Ice breaker… Read more » about Template slides for your Mentimeter presentations
You may be familiar with the University of Kent Digitally Enhanced Education webinars which have been running since lockdown. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on HE is still dominating conversations, so colleagues might be interested to know that the next event in the webinar series will follow the theme ‘Teaching with ChatGPT: Examples of… Read more » about Teaching with ChatGPT – Digitally Enhanced Education webinar
Brightspace’s quiz functionality is a really useful tool for running regular formative quizzes on your unit, helping to reinforce key learning points and aiding students in checking their understanding. The quiz tool also lends itself to promoting learning through retrieval learning or retrieval practice. What is retrieval practice? Research shows that learning occurs not just… Read more » about Formative quizzes and retrieval practice
Would you like to know more about using Mentimeter to add interactive elements to your teaching sessions? Mentimeter helps you to interact with your audience and share responses in real time. It can be used in both online teaching sessions or in the classroom, with participants easily participating using their own devices. If you’d like… Read more » about Mentimeter lunchtime drop-in – Wednesday 1st March FG04
Turnitin are running a free webinar series during February, March and April addressing some of the recent challenges to academic integrity, such as the rise in AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools. The webinars are delivered by expert educators in the field of academic integrity and will provide practical examples of how institutions are tackling these… Read more » about Turnitin Session Series – Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023
Please note the change of date for this workshop Invitation to the National Teaching Fellow workshop Welcome from Dr Geli Roushan, Head of FLIE, and workshop facilitated by BU National Teaching Fellows Dr Mel Hughes and Professor Debbie Holley. Interested staff for this year and those interested in preparing for next year are warmly welcome… Read more » about National Teaching Fellow workshop – change of date
Last week, the Learning Technology team had the opportunity to get involved in a Lego® Serious Play® workshop with practitioner Dr Holly Henderson from FLIE. In these workshops, Lego is used to model themes and visualise ideas in a safe space which fosters communication where everyone’s voice is heard. In our team building activity, the team… Read more » about LTs get serious with Lego
