Communities of Practice

4th European Team-based Learning Symposium at BU in collaboration with FLIE Learning & Teaching Conference 2025!

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AI Assessment and Feedback Department of Nursing Science Digital EdTech Education Events Faculty Information Generative AI Innovation National Teaching Fellow Nursing Sciences European Team-based Learning Community Symposium 7th – 8th July 2025 at BU in collaboration with FLIE Learning & Teaching Conference 2025! Registration is open! (And free for BU staff!) Join us for the 4th European Team-based Learning (TBL) Community Symposium 2025, at BU! Keynotes, interactive workshops, lightening talks,… Read more » about 4th European Team-based Learning Symposium at BU in collaboration with FLIE Learning & Teaching Conference 2025!

👇👇Join us for the premier European conference on Team-based Learning here at BU! 👇👇

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Registration for BU staff is free! To avoid paying a registration fee please enter the promo code ETBLC25BU, then click “apply” before selecting your ticket. Please select the appropriate ticket i.e. only select the TBLC member option if you are a TBLC member. If you are interested in becoming a TBLC member please feel free… Read more » about 👇👇Join us for the premier European conference on Team-based Learning here at BU! 👇👇

Another new National Teaching Fellow at BU!

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Dr Jonny Branney, Principal Academic in Nursing & Clinical Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, was delighted to represent Bournemouth University at the UK Teaching Excellence Award Ceremony 2024 in Edinburgh 3rd October 2024, where he received a National Teaching Fellowship! The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) recognises, rewards and celebrates individuals who have made an… Read more » about Another new National Teaching Fellow at BU!

Posted . Filed under Co-creation, Coaching/ Mentoring, Communities of Practice, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Education, FLIE, Flipped classroom, HE Students, Innovation, MA Education, Reflective practice, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

At FLIE, we promote working with creative methods with HE students to encourage divergent thinking. We showcased work previously using collage, images, lego and origami Working with creative methods assists active learning in both small and large groups through reflection, personalisation and social learning, Rebecca Hindley, Lecturer & Faculty of Management Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)… Read more » about

Future Teacher 3.0 talks and archive – monthly webinar series

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Aims of Future The general aim of the wider project is to provide a platform for exploring, discussing and sharing effective practice and to provide free tools and resources to support you and your colleagues including the opportunity to participate and contribute directly as part of a more formal cohort of participants.   Link to… Read more » about Future Teacher 3.0 talks and archive – monthly webinar series

International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) 5th issue now available!

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Colleagues, Please do share.. === We are delighted to let you know that the 5th issue of the International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) is available from https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap/issue/view/349 In this issue we have a special section dedicated to Students as Partners in the Third Space.  This consists of 6 articles and an editorial. At 200pp Issue 3.1 is our largest to… Read more » about International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) 5th issue now available!

Journal of Information Literacy – June version free to download

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We are delighted to announce that the June issue of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published and is free to read and download at https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/. This issue includes peer-reviewed articles on the use of the Philosophy for Children method in library programming in ‘Shaking up story time’; research into ‘What academics really think about… Read more » about Journal of Information Literacy – June version free to download

Changing practices: why culture matters

Posted . Filed under Augmented Reality, Communities of Practice, Conference Report, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, EU, HE Students, Innovation, TEL, Virtual Avebury, Virtual reality.

A report from Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation, HSS The Instytut Pedagogiki (Institute of Pedagogy), part  of Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, is a centre of excellent practice in teaching and developing trainee teachers based in Lublin, Poland. Students undertake a three year undergraduate programme of study, followed by a two year Masters specialisation. The Scientific… Read more » about Changing practices: why culture matters

JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge

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This report is split into two sections. The first section focuses on summarising the major strategic challenges the sector is facing, analysing the current state of the most relevant emerging technologies and then mapping where the emerging technologies could help with the strategic challenges. The second section consists of a horizon scan of mental health and wellbeing. In… Read more » about JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge