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🎉 Please note capacity has been increased so there are still places available! 🎉 Join our upcoming summit on Generative AI at BU on Tuesday 17th September 11-1pm in Share Lecture Theatre – Fusion Building. The session provides an opportunity to explore the impact of AI in our academic practices through two keynote addresses, followed… Read more » about BU AI Summit
Please join our upcoming summit on Generative AI at BU on Tuesday 17th September 11-1pm in Share Lecture Theatre – Fusion Building. The session provides an opportunity to explore the impact of AI in our academic practices through two keynote addresses, followed by updates and presentations on integration of our policies in our pedagogical practices…. Read more » about BU AI Summit
Please join our upcoming summit on Generative AI at BU on Tuesday 17th September 11-1pm in Share Lecture Theatre – Fusion Building.The session provides an opportunity to explore the impact of AI in our academic practices through two keynote addresses, followed by updates and presentations on integration of our policies in our pedagogical practices.The event… Read more » about BU AI Summit
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
Are you looking to rethink the assessment plan on your unit? Would you like to move to more authentic assessment practices or enhance your use of groupwork? or maybe you’d like to understand what your assessment type options are? These resources have been developed to support you with your pedagogical enhancement and to help better… Read more » about Engaging Assessment Practices
Are you confused about Generative AI? Would you like to better understand how it might help you in your role? or how you can work with your students to build their understanding? We’ve put together some resources around the impact of Generative AI on HE to help you gain an understanding of some of the… Read more » about Understanding AI for learning and teaching practices
The new curricular units for 2024/25 are now available on Brightspace to staff. (Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester 1, for the majority of programmes this will be Monday 9th September). Standardised Coursework brief template and updated Assessment module There is now a standardised single… Read more » about Rethinking assessment in the era of GenAI – staff guidance
**UPDATE – We encountered some technical issues with the release of the units for 24/25 but this has now been resolved** The new curricular units for 2024/25 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Thursday 4th July. Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester… Read more » about New curricular units on Brightspace for 2024/25 – Thu 4th July
‘Generative AI offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance educational experiences and personalize learning, yet it also presents challenges in ensuring ethical use, maintaining academic integrity, and adapting traditional teaching methodologies to harness its full potential.’ – ChatGPT In our second week of sharing FLIE’s AI Literacy resources to help you build your knowledge and skills and… Read more » about AI Literacy resources for BU staff – part 2
My colleague Rob recently wrote a blog post titled Podcast Assignment Types about delivering a session teaching students how to create a Podcast using Zoom and Panopto. The session, along with written guidance available in their unit in Brightspace, prepared them to produce a Podcast for an upcoming assignment and generated some great feedback from… Read more » about Podcast Assignments (Part 2)
