Brightspace units for 2018/19 are now live – click here to find out what steps you need to take to prepare your units.
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Brightspace and Turnitin: summer enhancements 2018
BU has been collaborating with Brightspace and other European universities to improve the experience of using Turnitin with Brightspace. Here are some of the big changes for the forthcoming academic year.
Brightspace & Learning Technology Update June 2018
It’s been another busy month for Brightspace and Learning Technology. Highlights include: CELebrate 2018 incorporating a wide range of events and workshops such as the Brightspace showcase on large group teaching by our very own Learning Technologists and TEL Development team, helpful tips on large group teaching from Academic Learning Designer, David Biggins, a visit from Barry Dahl, teaching & learning… Read more » about Brightspace & Learning Technology Update June 2018
Book now for CELebrate2018
Book now for CELebrate2018 here In this year’s CELebrate symposium, we are convening a range of different opportunities to work with staff in thinking about approaches to large group teaching, learning and assessment. Our Keynote is from Sarah Knight (Jisc Digital Futures directorate) speaking on “How are students’ expectations and experiences of their digital… Read more » about Book now for CELebrate2018
13th June CELebrate2018: Teaching, Technology and the TEF (keynote speaker Sarah Knight from JISC)
This year our CEL ‘CELebration’ events were Faculty based with a series of Faculty led Assessment and Feedback fiestas, conferences and laboratories. For CELebrate2018, the key theme that arose from working with staff across the University, was working with large groups. In this year’s CELebrate symposium, we are convening a range of different opportunities… Read more » about 13th June CELebrate2018: Teaching, Technology and the TEF (keynote speaker Sarah Knight from JISC)
Brightspace workshops, direct from D2L to a campus near you!
Barry Dahl, Teaching and Learning expert at D2L, the Brightspace provider, will be visiting BU on Thursday, May 24th to run two workshops: 1. Using Brightspace Tools to Increase Student Engagement and Instructor Presence 2. Intelligent Uses of Intelligent Agents The workshops are open to all staff; we would encourage you to read the… Read more » about Brightspace workshops, direct from D2L to a campus near you!
Brightspace & Learning Technology update April 2018
April has been another busy month in the world of Brightspace and Learning Technology; please click here for all the news and highlights!
Book a LEAP session for your unit, team or department
What is LEAP? LEAP is BU’s process for unit development. It consists of a 2-3 hour workshop, typically undertaken with staff from the same department, during which visualisations of units are created. Each visualisation shows how the learning activities are arranged in the unit, how they link to the ILOs, how many different learning types… Read more » about Book a LEAP session for your unit, team or department
The many (potential) benefits of Learning Analytics
A report issued on 8 March 2018 from the Higher Education Statistics Agency showed that 6.4% of undergraduate students dropped out of higher education during their first year in 2015-16, the third year that this percentage has risen nationally. The percentage for UK domiciled, full-time undergraduate) non-continuing students at BU who entered in 2015/16 is 8.8%,… Read more » about The many (potential) benefits of Learning Analytics
Brightspace & TELID Update March 2018
A lot has been happening this month in the world of CEL and V4L. It’s still full steam ahead with the Brightspace implementation and the TELID team is hard at work supporting the implementation process as well as settling into the new team structure and roles. To read further details of the March highlights, please… Read more » about Brightspace & TELID Update March 2018
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