Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Do you struggle to gauge each student’s grasp of the teaching materials or find it challenging when students hesitate to admit they don’t understand a topic? Do you also feel pressured by the need to keep a uniform teaching pace, despite the diverse learning speeds in your class? Then look no further! This upcoming webinar… Read more » about Strategies for formative assessments with Mentimeter
There’s a few steps to remember when logging into teaching spaces and accessing the platforms you need to deliver your teaching, such as the Jisc attendance capture system, Brightspace and Panopto for lecture capture. Checkout our ‘Start of Session’ workflows which provide the most efficient way for you to get set up to start your… Read more » about Managing the start of teaching sessions
As teaching starts in earnest for all faculties, a brief reminder of some of the useful new features of the updated Jisc attendance capture platform: Check-in codes are available two weeks in advance No need to wait until the last minute to get the check-in code for students for your teaching session – you can… Read more » about Jisc attendance capture- highlights
Thank you to those who attended FLIE’s AI summit last week – we hope you enjoyed the presentations and the vibrant discussions that followed. 🙂 Prof Liz Falconer shared how she has been enriching her online course tuition through the use of Harry, her AI chat bot designed to prompt students’ reflective practice through the… Read more » about FLIE AI Summit and upcoming AI sessions
The updated JISC Learning Analytics platform went live on 9th September, redesigned with a more modern user interface and improved functionality and usability for attendance capture and monitoring. This academic year, staff must use Jisc to log student attendance at timetabled teaching sessions (not including optional drop-in sessions) and core supervision sessions on project and dissertation… Read more » about Jisc Attendance capture – Quick recap
Let’s start a conversation… Please come and join us for our first open coffee sessions! Monday 16th September 2024, 13.00-14.00 BG-113 (BGB, Lansdowne) Thursday 19th September 2024, 12.00-13.00 FG04 (Fusion, Talbot) These are the first of a series of sessions for BU staff we will be delivering this year. We look forward to meeting you… Read more » about Race Equality Academic Network
The JISC LA platform has been redesigned to provide a more modern user interface and improved functionality and usability for attendance capture and monitoring. Many of these improvements have been the result of our staff feedback via surveys and enquiries which have been collated during the last two years. Watch a video on the platform… Read more » about JISC Learning Analytics upgrade for 2024/25
As we welcome everyone back after the summer break 😎, we wanted to spotlight some of the enhancements that have been implemented for AY 24/25. Updated Attendance capture system The Jisc Learning Analytics system has been upgraded with further enhancements to support you with attendance capture and when viewing student reports. Join one of… Read more » about What’s new from FLIE for 24/25?
Do you have any new staff starting who need to get on board with Brightspace? Or are you a relatively new member of staff who would like to learn a bit more about Brightspace and the principles and pedagogical thinking that guide learning and teaching at BU? or maybe you’re an existing member of staff… Read more » about Checkout our Brightspace online training modules
What are some of the ways in which academics are utilising generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)? It is not and never will be a replacement for academic expertise, creativity and judgment. But are you aware of some of the kinds of things GenAI can help with in academia; whether that be with your research, to augment… Read more » about AI-enabled curriculum design
